Don’t let IP protection be a side note

Alexis Dillett Isztwan, member at Semanoff Ormsby Greenberg & Torchia, LLC, talks about IP, what assets are most worthy of protection and how to avoid common mistakes.

Learning through InterCity Visits

We have so much to learn from each other. This simple premise is the idea that has grown into the successful InterCity Leadership Visits organized by the Greater Akron Chamber. Every two years, a delegation of leaders representing private, public and nonprofit sectors travel to another city to meet with counterparts and discuss issues of […]

Take my advice and consider an advisory board

Quite often small business owners find themselves performing multiple tasks and making complicated decisions on their own. Some spread themselves too thin trying to manage it all themselves, declining assistance or ignoring the advice of others. But recognizing your strengths and weaknesses, identifying where you need support and accepting it, is the mark of a […]

The makerspace movement is helping burgeoning entrepreneurs

Drop by a Camp Invention program during the summer and you will see scores of begoggled grade schoolers deeply engaged with their tools and gizmos developing the next great invention that will change the world. Camp Invention, a program of Invent Now, based in North Canton, annually serves 80,000 students across the nation. These days, […]