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ZOOM SUPPORT

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Disaster Relief Resources
FINANCIAL SUPPORT

BUSINESS LINKS

ESSENTIAL LINKS

Using the Lean Canvas


Pitching a Business Idea


Writing a Business Plan

    • SBDC: The Winning Business Plan


    West Virginia Business Information


    National Business Information

    Financial Information

    Starting a Business

    Social Entrepreneurship

    • What Is a Social Enterprise?
    • 5 Reasons Why Social Entrepreneurship Is The New Business Model (Forbes)

    Intellectual Property

    Intellectual Property, often known as IP, allows people to own their creativity and innovation in the same way that they can own physical property. The owner of IP can control and be rewarded for its use, and this encourages further innovation and creativity to the benefit of us all.

    The four main types of IP are:

    • patents for inventions - new and improved products and processes that are capable of industrial application
    • trade marks for brand identity - of goods and services allowing distinctions to be made between different traders
    • designs for product appearance - of the whole or a part of a product resulting from the features of, in particular, the lines, contours, colors, shape, texture or materials of the product itself or its ornamentation;
    • copyright for material - literary and artistic material, music, films, sound recordings and broadcasts, including software and multimedia

    For more information, visit the  US Patent and Trademark Office website.

    College Prep

    Career Readiness