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Maine Small Business & Technology Development Centers (Maine SBTDC)

As a recognition of the role that technology plays in the future of Maine's small business economy, the Maine SBDC, through partnership arrangements with the Maine Technology Institute , Maine’s Technology Development Centers and others, offers focused business assistance to Maine's technology community. This expanded technology focus aims to assist entrepreneurs in developing innovative and profitable technology businesses by providing commercialization and in-depth business planning consulting services to technology-based businesses throughout the State of Maine.

Maine SBTDCMaine Small Business & Technology Development Centers (Maine SBTDC)
are a working collaboration between the Maine Technology Institute (MTI) and the Maine SBDC, 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

Contact the Maine SBTDC Service Center at the Maine Technology Institute for additional information.

Additionally, each of Maine’s Technology Development Centers (TDC) is affiliated with the Maine SBTDC. As technology business incubators, TDCs are designed to help firms meet the challenges of introducing new technology-basedTechnology Development Centers products. TDC incubator managers provide fundamental business counseling and training services to on-site and off-site incubator members in association with the Maine SBDC and SBTDC. The Maine SBDC/SBTDC provides ongoing counselor training and authorization to the TDC incubator managers; access to the Maine SBDC/SBTDC databases to track member/client activity and the interaction of TDC/Maine SBDC/SBTDC staff; access to Maine SBDC/SBTDC operational and training technologies and business counseling tools; and assist, as appropriate, in the coordination of the Technology Development Centers in collaboration with the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development Office of Innovation.

Contact the Technology Development Center nearest you for additional information.

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. The partnership formed between the Maine SBDC and MTI, necessary to the development of the Maine SBTDC, has been acknowledged as an apt solution advanced to create economic growth and development through entrepreneurship; realizing such acknowledgement within the “Putting It Together: The Role of Entrepreneurship in Economic Development” proceedings conducted by the SBA Office of Advocacy, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the Council of State Governments and the National Lieutenant Governors Association. Additionally, the Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration has recognized the Maine SBTDC as a pioneer in technology business counseling.