Resources
WPI Resources
(these links are in the WPI domain, but exit this site)
Grants, Awards, and Funding
- Kalenian Award
- Funding - Govt, Angel, VC, Other
Faculty Entrepreneurship Networks
- KEEN - The Kern Entrepreneurship Education Network initiative develops a network of engineering schools. Together these schools identify best practices in undergraduate entrepreneurial education and share them among institutions to create institutional advantage by being part of the network.
Other Resources
Funding
Angel Investment
Who is an Accredited Investor?
Angel Capital Association
New England:
- Angel Investor Forum - East Hartford, CT
- Bay Angels - Cape Cod, MA
- Beacon Angels - Boston, MA
- Boston Harbor Angels - Boston, MA
- Boynton Angels - Worcester, MA
- Cherrystone Angel Group - Providence, RI
- CommonAngels - Lexington, MA
- Connecticut Angel Guild - Fairfield, CT
- eCoast Angels - Portsmouth, NH
- Golden Seeds LLC - Stamford, CT and Boston, MA
- HubAngels - Brookline, MA
- Landmark Angels - Greenwich, CT
- Launchpad Venture Group - Wellesley, MA
- Maine Angels - Portland, Maine
- North Country Angels - Vermont
- River Valley Investors - Springfield, MA
- Walnut Venture Associates - Wellesley Hills, MA
Federal Goverment
- US Small Business Administration SBIR/STTR home page
- Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency
- US Department of Agriculture: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
- Department Of Defense SBIR/STTR Funding
- Department Of Energy SBIR/STTR Funding
- Office of Technology SBIR/STTR Funding
Massachusetts Funding
Venture Capital
Legal Resources
Bitlaw - a comprehensive Internet resource on technology law, containing over 1,800 pages on patent, copyright, trademark, and Internet legal issues.
WPI Intellectual Property Policy
Business Support Organizations & Foundations
Local Organizations Supporting Entrepreneurship & Innovation
- Massachusetts Small Business Development Centers (MSBDC)
- MSBDC at Clark University - Worcester branch
- Massachusetts Business Resource Team
- SCORE - Worcester - mentors for start-ups and ongoing businesses
- Worcester Chamber of Commerce
- Corridor Nine Chamber of Commerce
- Center for Women and Enterprise - start-up programs for more than women
- Running Start Incubator - co-working space and start-up resources
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Business Empowerment Center - incubator and resources
