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FALL 2008 ENTREPRENEURIAL CELEBRATION

An Opportunity to Catch the Entrepreneurial Spirit!
December, 2008, RCF Student Services Building

Entrepreneurial Celebration will feature student presentations:
* Market Analyses from ENTR-215, Taking Innovation to Market
* Rocket Marketing Presentations from Entrepreneurial Students

For more information, call 410-772-4785 or email blogan@howardcc.edu
To RSVP, email cebe@howardcc.edu

ENTREPRENEURIAL CELEBRATION - TRADITION @HCC

The Entrepreneurial Celebration,every semester held at the Howard Community College provided a forum for students in the Entrepreneuship Program to make their final presentaions of the semester. Two groups of students were making presentations: one group showed their entrepreneurial concepts and business plans for their own personal business ideas and the other group presented market analyses of inventions from government-supported labs. Students from the Technology Assessment Program presented their assessment of government inventions which they had been working on throughout the semester. The great evening showcased the students’ ideas and talents. Attendance from community members, both inside and outside of HCC, always was wonderful. In addition to HCC participants, judjes inclded community members: Nesbitt Brown, Mona DEFrawi, Jeff Franco. Faculty and staff members were all involved in the success of this celebratory event!

LIBRARY RESOURCES FOR RESEARCH AND MARKET INFORMATION

I. INTERNET: PATENT RESEARCH

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
click on Site Overview – new users – to access site research tutorial
Full-text Database Help for using USPTO web site
Patent Searching: Tutorial and Guide to Online Resources and Information

EXCELLENT place to start learning about patent research

hands-on, interactive patent searching experience utilizing the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office web site
Start by reading “Why Perform a Patent Search”
NOTE: This site offers two separate tutorials, one on the fundamentals of patent searching and one on the actual patent application process.

University of MD Engineering and Physical Sciences Library (EPSL)

This is a designated U.S. Patent and Trademark Depository Library, offering a core collection which includes the full-text of all U.S. Patents on DVD-Rom (1970-present) along with indexes and other search aids. Homepage offers web site links to international patent sites.

II. STATISTICAL SITES FOR RESEARCH
For information as a basis for research into the number of people who might use a product, the following sites have direct links from the HCC Library Web site (click on “Great Web sites”.

Statistical Sites on the World Wide Web
Featured site June-Aug.: will be listed under “Business and Economics” thereafter. Site links to statistics and information from more than 70 agencies in the US government, including the following:

Census Bureau (note that this site links directly to the Statistical Abstract of the US) Bureau of Economic Analysis Economic Research Service Statistics of Income (IRS) Individual State Labor Market information
International Statistical Agencies

EDGAR
(under Business and Economics): company registration statements, periodic reports, forms. Includes TUTORIAL.FirstGov.gov
(under “Political Science”): on left side navigation link to “data and statistics”

Fed Stats
PLEASE NOTE: This site is not on the “Great Web sites” list

III. HCC LIBRARY DATABASES: COMPANY INFORMATION, ARTICLES, ETC.

Business and Company Resource Center
Hoovers
LexisNexis Statistical Search: includes links to government agencies, university sites and non-government services
Standard’s and Poor’s

-Prepared by Gail R. Hollander June 6, 2006

OPPORTUNITIES

OCCUPATIONS:
Your skills, gained through experience and training at HCC’s course ENTR-215 “Taking Innovation to Market” may be used in the following occupations:

Marketing Specialist / Manager

Technology Licensing Professional

Management Analyst

Patent Specialist / Assistant

Program Analyst

Patent Advisor

Entrepreneur

Researcher / Scientist

Business Development Manager

LINKS

To learn more about new programs and courses offered in the Business and Computer Systems Division visit web sites:

Business & Computer Systems
Entrepreneurship Program