E is for Entrepreneurship; The E-Fair Comes to UMaine
Contact: Sharon Malm, Target Technology Center, 866-6500;
ORONO, Maine — Studying and getting a degree just isn’t enough for some University of Maine students. They want to bring their ideas to the marketplace and turn new knowledge into a product or service. For them and other students who want to consider such a path, UMaine will hold an E-Fair in the Memorial Union, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., February 10. Sponsored by the UMaine Innovation Center and Target Technology Incubator in Orono, the fair will offer panel discussions and exhibits on business support services. “It’s designed to allow students to stop in as their schedules allow,” says Sharon Malm of Target.
Last year’s fair in Wells Commons drew more than 100 students. “The E-Fair is very educational, and I would recommend it to all students who are serious about starting a business in Maine,” says Carl E. Barr, a UMaine MBA graduate student, business owner and power plant engineer. Gary Arnold, recent UMaine graduate in business administration, adds, “there was considerable value in having successful entrepreneurs discuss their stories of moving through the process, from concept to commercial reality.”
At this year’s event, exhibits will be set up in the Bangor Room, and panel discussions will be held at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. across the hall in the FFA Room. Speakers will include a student entrepreneur, faculty members with expertise in entrepreneurship and representatives of business development services such as the Small Business Development Center, Eastern Maine Development Corporation and Maine Technology Institute.
No registration is required.