WIE Speaking Event: Monica Goyal – Starting Your Own Business
The Women in Engineering Committee presents Monica Goyal, who will discuss lessons learned when starting your own business.
The talk will discuss the following:
- Lean Startup – The lean startup approach involves early customer validation of your hypothesis with a minimum viable product. Advantages of this approach for startups will be discussed.
- Angel investing vs Bootstrapping – Finding a source of capital to launch your new venture may prove difficult and sometimes you have to will have to reach deep into your own pockets and fund the project with your own savings.
- Government funding and resources for entrepreneurs – The Federal and Provincial governments provides various grants and loans to assist small engineering start ups in Canada. Resources available and experiences will be explained.
Monica Goyal is a Toronto-based lawyer and a softwarenology entrepreneur who founded My Legal Briefcase, an online legal service firm focused on small claims court cases. After graduating from her undergraduate degree from the University of Waterloo, where she was a Dean’s List Scholar, Monica attended Stanford University, where she earned her Masters degree in Electrical Engineering. Monica also holds a law degree from the University of Toronto.
Monica has extensive industry experience as an electrical engineer. She was employed in the United States and Canada in research and development with several major telecommunications and semiconductor companies. After the completion of her law degree, she worked with a top Canadian IP firm. Monica’s volunteer work with organizations such as Griffin Centre, Adventure Place, Downtown Legal Services, and Pro Bono Law Canada has given her insight into the accessibility and affordability of legal needs for the marginalized. She developed My Legal Briefcase to empower individuals going to court.
This will also be an opportunity for networking with other members. Light snacks will be served. The cost to attend this event is free.
Please register by February 4, 2011.