Issue #6 - August 11, 2004

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The Made in NH Expo
A behind the scenes look

by Patti Caldwell, Bedford, NH

The curious, the brave, the visionaries and the veterans. These are all words that can be used to describe New Hampshire’s entrepreneurs, those individuals who have assumed the risk of running their own business and are now responsible for achieving their own success by bringing their products and services to market. And for a full weekend each spring, the Made in NH Expo offers a great opportunity for each entrepreneur to promote their products and build new retail and wholesale accounts.

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Got Bookkeeper?
What to consider when engaging a bookkeeper

by Kimberly Perkins, Books By The Numbers, LLC, NH

Most entrepreneurs, especially those just starting their venture, believe they can keep their own bookkeeping records. Given the plethora of robust accounting software packages available on the market, it is easy to see why this is the case. And controlling cash flow, the lifeblood of any business, is a natural and often very personal responsibility of every business owner, including the monitoring of expenses, writing checks, and balancing every account.

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Demystifying the Patent Process

by Todd A. Sullivan, Hayes Soloway, Manchester, NH

Editors Note: This is the last in a series of articles by Attorney Sullivan leading up to the 9th Annual Independent Inventors Conference, August 20-21, 2004 at the Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, NH

The longer I practice, the more I find that very few people, outside of patent owners and patent attorneys, have any idea what goes into getting a patent. Our office routinely gets calls from independent inventors who are thinking about seeking a patent, but are trying to learn exactly what they are getting into before they meet with an attorney. I do not suppose anyone would have any reason to learn about the patent process, like any government administrative process, until you need it. But if you are considering seeking a patent, you might find the following information useful.

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Architecture Lessons from Nature
Design researchers find some fascinating architectural and engineering principles in Nature

While many scientists and naturalists have studied the ways in which Nature grows, builds, and evolves, rarely do they use this knowledge to influence our understanding of design and the way we build architecture. Years of research has revealed that Nature applies certain underlying principles in a spectacular variety of imaginative forms.

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Upcoming Events

Feb 21 (8-9:30a): NH Forum on the Future, NHHTC, CR Sparks, Bedford, NH

March 1 (6:30-8:30p): Women's Business Center and MicroCredit-NH Networking Event, Bank of America, Portsmouth, NH

March 6 (10a-noon): Growth Capital Resources in New Hampshire, City of Nashua, Office of Economic Development, Daniel Webster College, Nashua, NH

March 8: (12pm -1pm) Break the Rules and Close More Sales, Amoskeag Business Incubator, Manchester, NH

March 16: Peak Pitch (pitch your plan to invstors on the chairlift), Mt. Sunapee, NH ($)

March 22: Breaking Trends in Web Develoment, UVCIA, Hanover, NH ($)