ActivateNM powered by CNM Ingenuity offers “office hours” for New Mexico startups and small businesses. Office Hours are a facilitated regular gathering of the growing ActivateNM community of entrepreneurs and mentors who get together to talk about pressing business questions their ventures are facing. The next monthly meeting will take place online on August 20.
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Invention-Con Delivers Patent Information
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is sponsoring a free online convention to help entrepreneurs capitalize on their intellectual property. Invention-Con takes place online from August 18 through 20.
Participants will hear from business and government experts about turning ideas into innovations, protecting work, and accessing valuable resources. Keynote speakers Serene Almomen, CEO of Senseware, and recording artist Ansel Brown will share their insights on science, technological innovation, music, and business.
Continue readingIncrease Sales in the New Economy
A steady stream of sales is crucial to sustaining or growing a business. How do you increase sales in an economy where consumer buying styles have changed?
Join WESST online from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm on Tuesday, Aug. 17 for the first of four sessions to learn how to engage customers with a new approach to selling that increases revenue and eliminates pressure from the buying process.
Continue readingDisrupTECH 2021 to Introduce New Technologies
DisrupTECH is a celebration of the disruptive technology created by the scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory. At this signature innovation event — now in its seventh year — thirteen carefully selected entrepreneurial-minded scientists will present their ideas with the goal of introducing the latest groundbreaking technology from Los Alamos and their inventors to entrepreneurs, investors, regional leaders, policymakers, and industrial partners. Be the first to see and experience the work of these featured scientists, and have the first shot at engaging in tech transfer opportunities.
Continue readingCAP Program Fills Collateral Shortfall
The Collateral Assistance Program (CAP) helps creditworthy small businesses obtain a loan for which they might not otherwise qualify. To help banks and other financial institutions make loans to small businesses in underserved markets, the New Mexico Economic Development Department can pledge cash to cover a collateral shortfall of a loan to enable commercial financing. Business owners apply through a participating bank or financial institution that can initiate the loan.
Continue readingIncrease Profits with the Rural Efficient Business Program
The Rural Efficient Business Program (REBP) offers assistance to small businesses and agricultural producers to reduce energy consumption, implement renewable energy systems, and increase profits.
Continue readingTechnology is Available for Licensing
Los Alamos National Laboratory has a stockpile of patents covering technologies with untapped commercial potential, as well as a portfolio of copyright-protected software it wants to share with businesses that can translate these assets into private-sector jobs.
Continue readingSpecialized Assistance for Native American Entrepreneurs
Native American business owners are encouraged to utilize the wide range of resources available to all New Mexico entrepreneurs, however, a number of opportunities focus exclusively on the growth of Native-owned businesses.
Continue readingDo You Have IP to Protect?
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) launched a new website in May 2021, to help entrepreneurs and inventors navigate the system that protects intellectual property.
Continue readingNorthern N.M. Tribal Economic Diversity Grants
The Regional Development Corporation will begin accepting applications for grants from its Tribal Economic Diversity Fund on July 1, 2021. The deadline to apply is August 2 at 5:00 pm.
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