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Maine
CED Bulletin
Maine
Center for Enterprise
Development
This
monthly bulletin is published by the Maine
Center for
Enterprise Development (Maine CED). Please share this bulletin with
your colleagues.
-- John Ferland, Executive Director
Contents:
- New Tenants:
Identity Cops
- New Staff: Sandra
Hotchkiss
- Monthly Luncheon
Workshop Series, sponsored by Norway Savings Bank
- E2Tech Breakfast on
2/17 - Kevin Roche, General Manager of RWS
First
New Tenant of 2005 & New Grants
Identity
Cops, which started in Cape Elizabeth
Identity
Cops Inc.
developed an innovative, web-based technology to prevent and remedy
identity theft and electronic privacy invasions. It is the only
technology of its kind, taking a preemptive step to search for all
potential sources of privacy invasion and prevent identity theft
from causing harm.
Through
this technology, Identity Cops is tackling a very serious and
growing problem. Their patent pending computer technology searches
hundreds of electronic databases, identifying potential security
breaches. It then automatically notifies subscribers when they may
be at risk and provides automatic and affirmative remedial options.
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Identity
Cops
The
Maine Technology Institute recently announced their most recent
round of seed grants, and one of the MCED on-site tenants received
an award. CrossRate Technology
LLC will use the award to conduct market research for
their integrated GPS/Loran receivers.
MCED
tenants have office/lab space a the Center and receive a variety of
services through the Center, including one-on-one professional
consulting services from on-site and off-site experts. For
information about our services and leasing options, please call John
Ferland at 767- 4302.
Introducing
a new staff member: Sandra Hotchkiss
Sandra
Hotchkiss
joined the Center in January as project coordinator. She will work
on website, marketing, programs, and tenant-related projects.
Sandra
has entrepreneurial experience as a PC consultant, real estate
broker, co-owner of a fishing vessel, and co-founder of a community
non- profit, the Falmouth Youth Lacrosse
Association. For the last two years, she has been the varsity coach
for the Falmouth High
School girls tennis team. She served as
Fund Director of the Annual Fund at Bowdoin College, her alma mater, and is a member
of the corporation of the Hurricane Island Outward Bound School.
Lunch
& Learn Workshop Series at the Center
Sponsored
by Norway Savings Bank
 The MCED is pleased to recognize Norway
Savings Bank as the sponsor for the Center's monthly Luncheon
Workshop Series for 2005. The series was initiated several years ago
as a way to build ties among entrepreneurs in the Portland area
while also providing useful information on business practices,
growth strategies, and business management.
Wed.,
Feb. 16 - Business Mentor
Relationships for Start-ups (John
Ferland, Director of the Maine Center for Enterprise Development). Our
clients have raised over $5 million in the last three years. They
have research and development relationships with eight university
R&D programs, two federal agencies and one federal laboratory.
Many of these companies have succeeded because of the right
relationship with a mentor.
This
workshop will discuss opportunities through the incubation program
to connect with resources such as the Small Business Development
Centers, the University of Southern Maine School of Business, the
MIT Club of Maine and the Maine Technology Institute's Tech Tracker
program.
Upcoming
Workshops
Wed. March 16 - Wow! Investor Presentations
(Patrick
Martin, Maine Manufacturing Extension Partnership)
Wed. April 13 - Promoting Your Company's
Value - Steps to Success in Technology PR (Alison Harris,
Harris Media Services)
Wed.
May 18 - Building Your Executive Team: Who You Need and How to Find
Them (Meriby Sweet, Maine Small Business Technology and
Development Center)
Wed. June
15 - How to Make a Buck From Your Invention (John Karp,
Maine Manufacturing Extension Partnership)
All
programs run from noon to 2 p.m., with a $10 fee. Sandwiches are
served in our conference room (101 Hague Building), and we meet in
one of the nearby SMCC classrooms. Please note that school is in
session, so parking can sometimes be difficult.
Please
RSVP to sandra.hotchkiss@ceemaine.org
or by calling 767-4302 x100. Pre-registration is required so that we
can order the right amount of food.
Environmental
& Energy Tech Council Breakfasts
Program
7:30 am at Bernstein Shur Sawyer & Nelson
February
17 -
Keynote Speaker is Kevin Roche, the General Manager of Regional
Waste Systems (also known as RWS), with 62 employees and a $24
million operating budget. RWS is a non- profit solid waste
management corporation that serves 27 cities and towns in Cumberland, Oxford, and York
counties in Maine. The waste transported to
the facility located off outer Congress Street in Portland is
incinerated to create electricity, which then is sold to
Constellation Energy Group. RWS also has an extensive recycling
program, with more than 100 recycling containers in more than 60
locations.
Roche
joined RWS in September 2004. He has more than 15 years of
experience in solid waste and recycling in both the public and the
private sector. In his last position, he served as Deputy
Commissioner of Public Works in upstate New
York's Broome County, where he managed solid
waste operations that included a 900-ton per day landfill and an $11
million budget.
The
program will begin at 7:30 at BSSN's office at 100 Middle
Street in Portland. Please register early, as the
forums are quite popular. Admission is $15 ($5 for E2Tech Council
Members). Payment can be made at the door the day of the event. To
register for the event, please email John Rooks at jrooks@rookscom.com.
Get
Involved in MCED/CEE Programs
We
are here to help you be more productive and profitable
Our
job is to help new and young firms commercialize technologies by
systematically assisting businesses with intellectual property and
business plan needs, R&D activities, early stage financing and
product commercialization.
Our
off-site clients receive advice, contacts and other services, and
our on-site clients benefit from more intensive attention and
additional programs - including having work space outside of the
owner's home. Our waterfront incubator in South Portland
currently has offices and research labs available for rent.
For
information on renting space or becoming an affiliated firm, please
contact John Ferland at John.Ferland@ceemaine.org
or call him at 207- 767-4302.
Onsite
Incubator Tenants and Selected Maine CED
Clients
Successful
Incubator Graduates
Financial
Partners: 2004
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