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= <span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''[http://www.uvu.edu/brc/ Vivint Business Resource Center]'''</span></span></span> =

<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-size:medium;">'''Finances, Corporate Structure, Marketing, Business Models, General Business Consulting'''<br/>[http://www.utahsbdc.org/locations/orem Small Business Development Center]&nbsp;-&nbsp;Offers a wealth of small business-related resources including business plan help, market research, startup strategies, business management, funding assistance, financial statements--analysis--forecasting, referrals to specialized partners, and valuable networking opportunities.<br/><br/>'''Government Grants, New Product Development Training, Lean Startup, Proof of Concept'''<br/>[https://www.uvu.edu/brc/accelerator/ USTAR/UVU&nbsp;BRC&nbsp;Accelerator Program]&nbsp;- Proof of Concept, Lean Startup, Market Validation. Breakthrough training for innovators and entrepreneurs. Designed to help entrepreneurs validate big ideas and then scale into profitable ventures. Program includes a series of workshops and exercises to help entrepreneurs build products / services that customers will be begging for.</span></span>

<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-size:medium;">'''Manufacturing Support, 6 Sigma, Lean Manufacturing'''<br/>[http://www.mep.org/ Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) of Utah]&nbsp;-&nbsp;Helps manufacturers increase profit and get them to the next level. They show the secrets of using key tools and techniques that power winning companies.&nbsp;MEP&nbsp;empowers manufacturing executives to cut costly waste, run clean and lean, and do more with less.</span></span>

<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-size:medium;">'''Prototyping, 3d Printing, Website Design, App Development'''<br/>[http://www.uvurapiddev.com/ Rapid Development Center]&nbsp;(RDC) - UVU Students, experienced in 3d Printing, Website Development and App Development, create prototypes for local startups and small to medium size businesses. Prototypes are used for proof of concept testing and market validation.&nbsp;<br/><br/>'''Government Contracts Assistance'''<br/>[http://business.utah.gov/contracting/PTAC/ Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) of Utah]&nbsp;-&nbsp;Helps small businesses with all phases of Government contracting -federal, state, and local. Counselors provide one-on-one and group instruction that helps clients identify contracting opportunities, which can create growth of market share and revenues for them. &nbsp;The government is an excellent customer because they generally purchase in large quantities, and pay their bills on time.<br/><br/>'''University Research, Technology Transfer'''<br/>[http://blogs.uvu.edu/blog/2011/03/technology-commercialization/ Technology Commercialization Office (TOC)]&nbsp;-&nbsp;Helps the&nbsp;UVU&nbsp;community (faculty, students and staff) to explore the options of taking new ideas / technologies to market.</span></span>

<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-size:medium;">'''University and Business Research Commercialization, Technology Transfer'''<br/>[http://www.innovationutah.com/ Utah Science Technology and Research (USTAR) Initiative]&nbsp;–&nbsp;Is a state-funded, long-term effort to strengthen Utah's knowledge economy, creating high-paying jobs and new businesses. This bold initiative invests in world-class innovation teams and facilities, and then commercializes technologies into new business ventures. It also supports the commercialization of business research, helping small and medium size businesses develop new products and take new ideas to market.<br/><br/>'''Recruit Foreign Corporations to the State of Utah'''<br/>[http://edcutah.com/ Economic Development Corporation of Utah (UDCU)]&nbsp;-&nbsp;UVU&nbsp;partners with the&nbsp;[http://goed.utah.gov/ Governor's Office of Economic Development (GOED]), Economic Development Corporation of Utah (EDCU) and Commission for Economic Development (CEDO) of&nbsp;Orem&nbsp;to recruit and retain jobs in Utah.<br/><br/>'''Vivint SMARTLab'''<br/>[http://blogs.uvu.edu/newsroom/2014/12/03/cutting-edge-marketing-technology-featured-at-new-vivint-smartlab/ Vivint SMARTLab] (Sales and Marketing Applied Research Test) This state of the art SMARTLab’s technologies and resources include: advanced eye tracking technology for advertising, package design, usability and website testing, galvanic skin response and EEG technologies that can pinpoint reactions people have to various forms of marketing stimuli. They have a Focus Group observation room with a two-way mirror. They have facial coding analysis to provide salespeople with unbiased responses concerning the probably interpretation of their verbal and non-verbal communication cues.</span></span>