Continuing Professional Education (CPE) for CPA

Understanding Business Investment Opportunities: This course, presented by the TechColumbus Venture Development team, will provide you with information on private equity, state and federal grants and tax incentives that would benefit clients that participate in research and development of new technology based products. CPA's will earn 2 hours of Specialized Knowledge CPE Credit.

Learning Objective: To become aware of the numerous resources for technology based companies and to identify how and when a company should seek these resources.  
 

Fee:  The cost is $15

Program Content and Major Subjects:
• The landscape of private equity sources in Ohio and an overview of how they operate.
• Navigating Ohio’s Third Frontier Grant and Loan programs
• Discovering Ohio’s Technology Investment Tax Credit for accredited investors
• Overview of Traditional Economic Development programs.

Advance Preparation: Optional for the participants to preview the TechStart program beforehand by visiting the website at www.techcolumbus.org/techstart .

Instructional Delivery Method: Classroom style lecture with PowerPoint presentation and handouts.

Course Registration Requirements:  Registration is required by July 14 at 12:00 pm

Designed For:  CPAs looking to a better understand private equity and grant based funding opportunities for technology companies.
 

Prerequisite: None 
 

Contact Information: Laura Coffee, TechColumbus at 614-675-3755 or by email at lcoffee@techcolumbus.org