Entrepreneurship in College
Forms
- Intent to Compete Form
- Strage Innovation Award Statement of Originality and Source of Idea (SOSI) Form (pdf)
WPI Resources
Grants, Awards, and Funding
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
- Worcester Business Resource Alliance
- Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers
- National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer
- US Small Business Administration - Business Guide
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 and Innovation
- MSBDC at Clark University - Worcester branch
- 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
- Clearly Coworking - co-working space for start-ups
- Worcester CleanTech Incubator
- Worcester IdeaLab - collaborative space
- The Venture Forum - tech entrepreneurs, networking, competitions, membership