  Rhode Island Small Business Development Center PROVIDENCE, R.I. – February 26, 2007 – Got a new product idea? The Rhode Island Small Business Development Center, housed at Johnson & Wales University, has announced a new series designed for individuals and companies who want to innovate effectively and on a budget. The Inventing Life Series is the how-to companion to the book "The Inventing Life – an inside look at what it takes to turn good ideas into real products," by Elizabeth M. Pierotti who will be presenting the series along with guest experts in market research, focus groups, contract and intellectual property law, business planning, marketing, engineering, prototypes and samples, manufacturing, and more. The series will take place on Tuesdays beginning March 6 through April 24 from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. The fee is $450 per attendee and includes the book plus class workbook and materials. The series will be held at Johnson & Wales University, Taco Building, Room 416, located at 10 Abbott Park Place, Providence, R.I. Registration is required and can be made by calling 401-598-2702, or by email. A full course overview is available at the SBDC’s website. The sequence of courses is: 1). Starting out on a path success, 2). Conducting market/customer research, 3). Developing your new product idea, 4). Protecting your proprietary ideas, 5). Choosing the optimum business model, 6). Preparing prototypes and presentations, 7). Lanning for business and investors, and 8). Establishing relationships that work. about elizabeth m. pierotti about the rhode island small business development center The mission of the Center is to assist entrepreneurs to transform their business: to increase their stability, profitability, efficiency, and capacity for present and future growth. The SBDC promotes entrepreneurship and helps strengthen small business in Rhode Island by serving as a focal point for the coordination of federal, state, municipal, academic, banking, and other resources to aid small business and to promote economic development, and by providing broad-based and high-quality, "No Cost" one-on-one counseling and low-cost group educational services. The primary recipients of Small Business Development Center services are existing businesses. Certain specific services, notably educational programs, are offered to start-up businesses. Services are provided directly by experts and faculty/student teams in a variety of business disciplines at a network of offices throughout Rhode Island Johnson & Wales University, founded in 1914, is a nonprofit, private institution. A recognized leader in career education, we offer accredited degrees in business, hospitality, culinary arts, technology and education. With a diverse student body of more than 16,000 graduate and undergraduate students, representing all 50 states and 89 countries, JWU prepares students for personal and professional success by integrating rigorous academics and professional skills, community leadership opportunities and our unique career education model. The university is committed to urban revitalization and thoughtful historic renovation. Through active civic participation and by offering unique learning opportunities, JWU improves the quality of life in its campus communities in Providence, R.I., North Miami, Fla., Denver, Colo., and Charlotte, N.C. For more information visit www.jwu.edu.
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