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Entrepreneurship Workshop: Business Coaching and Mentoring Resources

Jan. 23 | 1:30-3 p.m. | Library Rm. 223

Come learn the valuable resources at UCF that encourage student entrepreneurs with competition, mentoring and support resources.

Featuring speakers from I-Corps, UCF Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, and Florida SBDC at the University of Central Florida.

For more information and to register visit: http://guides.ucf.edu/entrepreneur

Light refreshments will be served.

UCF Libraries, in partnership with the College of Graduate Studies Pathways to Success, is offering a full slate of graduate workshops during the spring 2019 semester including Library Research & Literature Review Strategies, Planning Poster Sessions, EndNote & RefWorks: Citing Made Easy, Useful Apps All Grad Students Should Love & Use, Optimizing Your Online Presence, Where to Publish & Author Rights, and Presentation Skills. Online sessions have been added to several of the workshops.

Registration for these workshops is required and is done through myUCF (Student Center → Graduate Students → Pathways to Success)

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Join the UCF Library as we celebrate the 30^th anniversary of becoming a Patent and Trademark depository library!  This one-day FREE seminar, “Researching Patent and Trademark Information”, features a range of informational sessions for inventors, entrepreneurs, educators, students and legal professionals.  Topics include:

• An overview of Intellectual Property
• How to conduct a patent search
• How to conduct a trademark search
• How to avoid invention promotion scams
• A local resource panel of business and innovation experts.

You may stay for the entire seminar, or only come for the morning or afternoon.  Advance registration is recommended so that we may send attendees a complimentary parking pass and estimate attendance.  See http://guides.ucf.edu/PTRC2018 for registration and further information.

Come join us for our annual fall Kram for the Exam. SGA will be walking around the John C. Hitt Library handing out goodies and study materials during the following dates and times:

• Tuesday, December 4th at 12:00 pm
• Thursday, December 6th at 5:00 pm

Hope to see you here and good luck on your exams!

Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights: Tools for Entrepreneurial Success

Nov. 15 | 1-2:45 p.m. | Library Rm. 223

Business names and brands, product logos, original artwork, secret recipes, and inventions are all forms of intellectual property that one can lose the rights to if measures aren’t taken to protect them! Come learn about patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and copyright, what they mean, and why they are important to entrepreneurs.

For more information and to register visit: http://guides.ucf.edu/entrepreneur

Light refreshments will be served.