Valdis Balcers successfully completed the online course "Technology Commercialization, Part 1: Setting up your Idea Filtering System" through Coursera with distinction on December 18, 2014. The course, taught by Mark Wilson from the University of Rochester, focused on generating winning entrepreneurial ideas and shaping them for success by developing an Innovation Creed and customized Idea Filter. This statement acknowledges Balcers' completion of the online portion of the course, but does not confer credit from the University of Rochester.

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Statement of Accomplishment
WITH DISTINCTION
DECEMBER 18, 2014
VALDIS BALCERS
HAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER'S ONLINE OFFERING OF
Technology Commercialization,
Part 1: Setting up your Idea Filtering
System
Technology Commercialization Part 1 focuses on the generation of
winning entrepreneurial ideas and shaping them for success
through the development of an Innovation Creed and a
customized Idea Filter.
MARK WILSON
LECTURER IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP
SIMON BUSINESS SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
PLEASE NOTE: THE ONLINE OFFERING OF THIS CLASS DOES NOT REFLECT THE ENTIRE CURRICULUM OFFERED TO STUDENTS ENROLLED AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER. THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT AFFIRM THAT THIS STUDENT WAS ENROLLED AS A STUDENT AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER IN ANY WAY. IT DOES NOT CONFER A UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER GRADE; IT DOES NOT CONFER UNIVERSITY OF
ROCHESTER CREDIT; IT DOES NOT CONFER A UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER DEGREE; AND IT DOES NOT VERIFY THE IDENTITY OF THE STUDENT."