The NH High Tech Council has announced the addition of five new members to its Board of Directors, as well as the selection of a new board chair. Candice Benson, Ian Howell, Lisa King, Dan Scanlon and John Whelan were elected to the Council’s Board of Directors and Toral Cowieson was named board chair. The election was finalized at the Council’s annual member meeting held on May 31 with each member serving a three-year term. Read more. Read more
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New Hampshire’s largest startup competition, TechOut, is now accepting applications for its 2016 competition. TechOut, jointly organized by the NH High Tech Council and AlphaLoft, is entering its fifth year of recognizing talented entrepreneurs by awarding cash investments to promising tech start-up companies. The competition will provide a half a million dollars in financing, awarded over the course of five years. This year’s awards event is October 5 at Dyn in Manchester, NH. The application deadline is August 19. Read more. Read more
By Catherine Yao
Anyone from individuals to companies of all sizes may have a range of intellectual property (“IP”) considerations. Even where you do not specifically intend to create intellectual property, you and/or your company may have protectable rights or interests to consider. You should also be wary of the possibility that you may be using and even unintentionally infringing the intellectual property of others. From trademarks to copyrights to patents to trade secrets, it is important to understand each distinct category of intellectual property as well as the respective protections and limitations that surround them. Read more. Read more
The NH High Tech Council’s TechWomen|TechGirls committee is in planning stages for the Second Annual TechWomen Ambassadors Week 2016 for ninth grade students. This year, the events will take place the week of November 14 – November 18, 2016. The theme is “STEMspiration to Explore STEM Careers.” Read more. Read more
Patrick Sullivan, president and cofounder of Game Creek Video, a mobile high-def sporting event video and television production company based in Hudson, was named 2016 Entrepreneur of the Year at the NH High Tech Council’s annual celebration on June 7. Sullivan pivoted a career in sports team management into an innovative and Emmy Award-winnng business that produces major sporting events for networks and organizations across the globe. Read more. Read more
Winner announced at annual award event celebrating innovative disruptors at Southern NH University on Tuesday, June 7Four New Hampshire entrepreneurs have been selected as finalists for the Council’s annual Entrepreneur of the Year Award. They are: Howard Brodsky, CEO of CCA Global Partners of Manchester; Patrick Sullivan, president of Game Creek Video, LLC of Hudson, and Marjorie and Stephen Thorpe, president and vice president of finance, respectively, of Adaptive Communications LLC of Portsmouth. The winner will be announced at the Council’s annual Entrepreneur of the Year Event at 5:30 pm on Tuesday, June 7 at Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU), 2500 North River Road, Hooksett. Read more.
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The TechWomen Power Breakfast series goes on the road in June and will be held in Durham at the recently opened University of New Hampshire’s InterOperability Laboratory (IOL). Join us Wednesday, June 8 from 7:30 to 9 am at the IOL, 21 Madbury Road, Durham. Sharon Kaiser, chief information officer at New England BioLabs (NEB) – a global life sciences company headquartered in Ipswich, Mass. – will headline the event. Read more. Read more
On May 18, local companies Near Field Magnetics and UltraCell Insulation will share their company stories and challenges with a group of hand-selected experts (and a live audience) in hopes of gaining valuable feedback and advice. That’s the format of our Entrepreneur Forum series, and event organizers are excited to share the group of accomplished professionals who will lend their experience to entrepreneurs from each presenting company. Read more. Read more
Two local products will be in the spotlight at the Council’s May 18 Entrepreneur Forum as their inventors look for advice and feedback before launching their new technologic advances to the world. Join the Granite State’s entrepreneur and business community and hear from Jon Strimling of UltraCell Insulation and Dave McManus of Near Field Magnetics Inc. (NFMI) as they share their stories with a live audience and panel of hand-selected experts at 5:30pm on Wednesday, May 18 at FIRST Place in Manchester. Read more. Read more