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Missouri Small Business & Technology Development Center provides technical assistance to startup and existing businesses.

ScaleUP! Kansas City helps businesses with revenues around $200K scale toward their first $1 million.

Missouri Procurement Technical Assistance Centers helps local businesses obtain government contracts.

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Patents, copyrights, and trademarks help you protect your intellectual property, but each serves a different purpose.

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determine whether you need a copyright, trademark, or patent
review what can and cannot be protect as intellectual property
weigh the costs for filing, obtaining, and maintaining a patent against your invention’s projected profitability
evaluate the benefits, disadvantages, and scope of a copyrights or trademark
evaluate the benefits and disadvantages of patents, including market life, market niche, and the time it takes to get a patent.

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Bioscience & Technology Business Center - Lawrence The BTBC, located at the University of Kansas (KU), Lawrence Campus, and Kansas University Medical Center (KUMC), in Kansas City, Kansas, is the largest incubator system in the state. It is comprised of three separate facilities which total approximately 90,000 square feet of wet lab and office space.
Enterprise Center in Johnson County The Enterprise Center in Johnson County (ECJC) is a venture development organization providing resources and connections to accelerate the success of early-stage companies.
Great Plains Technology & Manufacturing Cluster The Great Plains Technology & Manufacturing Cluster assists manufacturers and technology entrepreneurs in making the critical connections to innovation resources required to protect, develop, launch and grow new products and businesses.
Inventors Center of Kansas City ICKC provides education and encouragement to help inventors of all ages bring their ideas to market. We focus attention on ideation, market-sizing, market validation, prototyping, intellectual property protection, benefits visualization, licensing, and manufacturing.
Kansas City Volunteer Lawyers & Accountants for the Arts Kansas City Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts (KCVLAA) is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization that provides legal and accounting assistance to artists and arts organizations.
Kansas Secretary of State Files business entity documents and make them available to the public.
Kauffman Founders School Online education program that enables entrepreneurs to learn anywhere, anytime. Leading experts present rich content that founders can immediately apply to their businesses.
K-State Technology Development Institute (TDI) The Technology Development Institute provides a variety of resources and services through collaborative engineering and business development partnerships to advance technologies, people, and companies.
Square One Small Business Services by Mid-Continent Public Library Square One Small Business Services at Mid-Continent Public Library supports local entrepreneurs through access to information, programs, and opportunity. Whether owning a business is a brand new dream or your life’s work, MCPL is committed to helping you succeed.

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