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<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">As inventors become entrepreneurs, the TTC, in cooperation with the Delaware Small Business Development Center (SBDC), assists with the growth of new businesses by providing consulting and training in areas such as business strategy and planning, funding strategy, team development, and management skill development.</span></span>
= <br/span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-a77508aa-3f11-388d-1196-9f1a9b7e0258"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration</span></span></span></span> =
<span idstyle="docsfont-internal-guid-a77508aa-3f11-388d-1196-9f1a9b7e0258size:small;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; backgroundarial,helvetica,sans-color: transparentserif;">The [http://deltechpark.org/ Delaware Technology Park] offers a space for new startups and established companies. [http://www1.udel.edu/star/ STAR] campus is home to the universities rehabilitation centers and health science laboratories. With the completion of a new building adjacent to STAR, startups and small companies will be able to lease office space on campus, and also provide opportunities for students. Leading Edge Venture, First State Innovation, Vital venture Venture Capital, and Yet2ventures are financial venture firms that students can contact for investments. A good mentor network can also be found by either talking to a Horn Advisory Board member or a Lerner Executive Mentor. The university also offers several courses that promote growing a business, including ENTR352 (Business Launchpad: Turning Ideas into Successful Companies), and several capstone courses that promote the development of teamwork and innovative thinking through designing an industry level product by the end of the semester, including BMEG450 (Biomedical Engineering Design).</span></span>
= <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-a77508aa-3f11-388d-1196-9f1a9b7e0258"><span style="font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts</span></span></span></span> =