​Event Summary

​Every founder has ideas, but not every founder knows how to identify their intellectual property (IP) or communicate it in a way that excites clients and investors. IP is more than legal protection, it’s a signal of value, defensibility, and long-term growth. This interactive session hosted by Catapult Startups, with guest speaker Ian Andrews, IP Lawyer from Field Law, helps business leaders, founders, and entrepreneurs turn innovations into investable assets. You’ll learn to spot the hidden IP in your technology, processes, and brand, then translate it into a crisp, investor-ready message. The program blends education with hands-on work: a mini-workshop on mapping your IP, followed by a practical exercise to draft your one-sentence IP positioning statement.

​What You’ll Learn

• ​How to quickly identify hidden IP across product, process, data, and brand.

• ​The difference between patents, trade secrets, trademarks, copyrights, and data rights—and when each makes strategic sense.

• ​How investors read IP as a signal of traction, moat, and scalability.

• ​IP Inventory Checklist for your business or startup.

• ​How to write a one-sentence IP positioning statement tailored for investors.

​Who Should Attend

• ​Entrepreneurs, business owners, students, immigrants, newcomers, refugees, and founders looking to grow and protect their business ideas.