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The Tech Bar is the UNM Innovation Academy's 3D printing lab that is located in the Innovation Academy Classroom in the Lobo Rainforest Building. This is a fully self-serve tech lab, but materials needed for 3D printing will be available.
The Tech Bar includes five 3D printers: XYZ printing pro, Photon, Dremel, MakerBot and IIIP. Some 3D printers may require specific computer software in ability to print, please reference each individual machine for this information, software is usually available to download for free through each respective website.
The Tech Bar is currently closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, thank you for your patience.
For more information on the iA Tech Bar or to check availability click here.
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UNM Rainforest Innovations is an excellent resource for safeguarding you innovations. UNM Rainforest Innovations protects and commercializes technologies developed at UNM by filing patents and copyrights and transferring the technologies to the marketplace. UNM Rainforest Innovations connect the business community (companies, entrepreneurs and investors) to these UNM technologies for licensing opportunities and the creation of start-up companies.
Information regarding Lobo Rainforest Building events, programs, speaker series, mentorship opportunities, etc.
The New Mexico Rainforest University Center provides training and technical assistance at all of the University of New Mexico sites (Main, UNM-Taos, UNM-Valencia, UNM-Gallup, and UNM-Los Alamos).
The University Center mission is to:
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Advance high-growth entrepreneurship
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Cultivate innovation
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Encourage business expansion beyond the local market
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Develop a high-skilled work force through entrepreneurship fundamental training
From MIT: MIT App Inventor is an intuitive, visual programming environment that allows everyone – even children – to build fully functional apps for smartphones and tablets. Those new to MIT App Inventor can have a simple first app up and running in less than 30 minutes. And what's more, our blocks-based tool facilitates the creation of complex, high-impact apps in significantly less time than traditional programming environments. The MIT App Inventor project seeks to democratize software development by empowering all people, especially young people, to move from technology consumption to technology creation.
InVision is a free interactive platform to design prototypes and mock-ups for any idea. From InVision: We believe the screen is the most important place in the world. That’s why we are dedicated to helping you deliver the best possible digital product experience, with our platform and best practices from your peers. With intuitive tools for ideation, design, prototyping, and design management, the InVision platform gives you everything you need for digital product design, all in one place.
The Kauffman Founders School taps the potential of online education, presenting a robust curriculum from which entrepreneurs can learn anywhere, anytime. Subject experts present lectures that are embedded in modules designed to give founders a rich learning experience, engaging them in lessons that will make a difference in what they do in their business today, tomorrow, and in the future.
Free course on types of funding for your venture. This unique course demystifies venture capital deals and startup financing to give both first-time and experienced entrepreneurs a definitive guide to secure funding. Taught by renowned venture capitalists Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson, partners at the Foundry Group and authors of Venture Deals, the course reveals the secrets behind how venture financings really work. Feld, a well-known speaker and author of several books in the Startup Revolution series, began financing technology startups in the early 1990s, first as an angel and later as an institutional investor.
Entrepreneurial resources recommended by UNM University Libraries department.
Wave Financial is financial software for small businesses that strives to seamlessly integrate accounting with invoicing, receipt scanning, payment processing, and payroll. Web-based software and apps for tracking invoices/expenses are free to use, there is a small fee for processing credit card payments.
FreeLogoDesign is a free logo maker for entrepreneurs, small businesses, freelancers and organizations to create professional looking logos in minutes. Get a free logo for your website, business cards or correspondence.
The user-friendly editor will help you create the perfect logo for your business, sports club, organization, etc. in just a few clicks. Simply select a template from a variety of options, edit your logo until you are completely satisfied, and download your logo free of charge.
Watch this video guide on how to start a sole proprietorship created by Morgan Parker from UNM Anderson's Corporate & Community Engagement Office:
The document with links utilized in the video can be accessed here: