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Maine Small Business & Technology Development Centers (Maine SBTDC)

Maine SBTDCMaine Small Business & Technology Development Centers (Maine SBTDC) is designed to provide technology-based businesses the assistance they need as they develop and grow. Maine SBTDC counselors are tech-certified to work intensively with technology-based businesses. “T” counselors provide in-depth coaching, guidance, facilitation, and assistance for technology entrepreneurs seeking to launch or expand their businesses.

As a matter of course, all Maine SBDC counselors can and do assist technology-companies in most areas of business development, and all Maine SBDC and SBTDC business counselors have specific areas of expertise they provide in correlation with one another. The Maine SBTDC provides specialized counseling and training in the following areas:

  • Market Readiness
    • Technology commercialization assessment
    • Market feasibility
  • Intellectual Property Protection
    • IP Strategies
    • Licensing fundamentals
  • Management Team Assessment
    • Management team strengths & weaknesses
    • Management team selection
  • Financing Alternatives
    • Maine Technology Institute (MTI) grants & awards
    • Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants
    • Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grants
    • Angel investment
    • Venture capital
  • Commercialization Strategies
    • New product development & distribution
    • Strategic & business alliances
    • Technology marketing
    • Deal structure basics
    • Exit strategies
  • Networking and Resource Identification
    • National & statewide resources of Maine SBTDC partnerships

The Maine SBDC/SBTDC assists clients interested in Small Business Innovation Research Assistance Program (SBIR) by informing them of the available resources within the state and linking them with the appropriate agencies that provide direct assistance, notably the Maine Technology Institute (MTI) and the Maine Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC). Assistance available within the agencies include access to current government solicitations, literature and printed material on the program, help with proposal preparation, connection with appropriate federal agencies, and one-on-one counseling. The Maine SBDC/SBTDC also provides targeted SBIR assistance through its Statewide SBIR Outreach Office.

Contact the Maine SBDC Statewide SBIR Outreach Office for additional information.

   

The Maine SBTDC is accredited as a “T” program by the Association of Small Business Development Centers. .