So, You Want to Start a Business?
Contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777
ORONO, Maine — University of Maine students will get the inside scoop about what it takes to start their own business during an Entrepreneurship Fair on March 25. Panel presentations will include students who have started business as well as UMaine business faculty members and business owners.
In addition, business development organizations will provide information about their services, including advice on how to apply for business assistance funds and get advice on patent protection, marketing, accounting and other business activities.
“We want to give students the flavor of what it’s like to start a business,” says Debbie Neuman, fair organizer and director of UMaine’s Target Technology Incubator in Orono.
UMaine students and recent graduates who have started businesses will be present to talk about their experiences. They include Chad Callan and Soren Hanson of Sea and Reef Aquaculture, Jacob Pelletier of Pell Innovations, Chris Franks of Intelligent Spatial Technologies and Nathan Hankla of versionZero.
The event will be held in Wells Commons on the UMaine campus from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Panel presentations will begin on the half hour at 10:30, 11:30, 12:30 and 1:30. Students are being encouraged to stop in as their class and work schedules permit.
Other organizations that will be present include the Maine Technology Institute, the Small Business Development Center, the Maine International Trade Center, the Market Development Center, the Fogler Library Patent and Trademark Center, Eastern Maine Development Corporation and the Maine Manufacturing Extension Partnership.