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Inspiring Women in STEM
www.inspiringwomeninstem.com
Inspiring Women in STEM was created to deliver high-quality professional-development programming and conferences.
Its mission is to encourage, support and inspire female scientists, engineers and other STEM professionals.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INCORPORATION AND PATENT EXPERTS
Delaware’s deep landscape of experts in intellectual property, trademarks, patents, incorporation and other corporate services makes it a destination for companies of all sizes, as well as researchers working to bring their innovations to market.
CORPORATE SERVICE PROVIDERS
CSC
www.cscglobal.com
CSC helps businesses with a range of compliance needs, including business licensing and trademark registration.
Harvard Business Services
www.delawareinc.com
Harvard Business Services has been helping companies incorporate
in Delaware for more than 30
years, assisting more than 150,000 corporations and LLCs during this time.
IncNow
www.incnow.com
Run by two licensed Delaware attorneys, IncNow has helped entrepreneurs, startups, law firms, incubators and businesses get started for more than 40 years.
IP Group
www.ipgroupplc.com
An IP commercialization company focused on evolving the best ideas, mainly from partner universities, into innovative businesses.
University of Delaware Office of Economic Innovation and Partnerships www.oeip.udel.edu
The office’s mission is to guide entrepreneurs from ideas to the marketplace, facilitating patent applications and other steps in setting up a business.
Worldwide Incorporators
www.worldwideincorporators.com
Worldwide helps businesses navigate all aspects of incorporation, including filing a Certificate of Authority or forming an LLC in any of the 50 states.
LAW FIRMS
Bayard, P.A.
www.bayardlaw.com
A commercial law firm that also provides personal legal services.
Areas of expertise include
the customs and procedures
of Delaware’s state and
federal courts, and Delaware’s commercial business entity law.
DLA Piper LLP
www.dlapiper.com
DLA Piper’s attorneys provide
both strategic and litigation- related IP advice to clients ranging from emerging technology and pharmaceutical companies to established banks and financial institutions.
FIRST STATE INNOVATION: ACCELERATING BUSINESS CONNECTIONS
www.firststateinnovation.org
First State Innovation (FSI) was founded in 2006 to accelerate Delaware’s and the surrounding region’s entrepreneurial economy by connecting people,
ideas and capital. Since then, the general awareness of entrepreneurism in Delaware has grown dramatically.
Early on, the organization held more than two dozen events featuring some 75 new and emerging companies, which have presented their business plans to investors, major corporations and fellow entrepreneurs. This helped highlight the importance of the entrepreneurial economy in Delaware and the surrounding region.
FSI sponsored the formation of an early-stage venture fund. The fund, Leading Edge Ventures, has raised $10 million for investment in early-stage companies, focusing on Delaware and the surrounding region.
FSI also serves as a “voice of Delaware” in
Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Washington, D.C., along with other economic-development organizations such
as Select Greater Philadelphia and the University City Science Center. “FSI has met often with these entities to ensure Delaware’s assets and needs are heard,” says Ernie Dianastasis, FSI’s chairman.
Recently, FSI founded the Entrepreneur Roundtable, a forum where entrepreneurs meet to share ideas that improve one another’s ventures and also grow the entre- preneurial ecosystem. It also supported the development of a digital platform that connects stakeholders in the Delaware entrepreneurial community and provided direct support for OpenBracket Delaware.
Going forward, FSI will continue to collaborate with entities that grow the entrepreneurial economy in Delaware and the region.
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