Entrepreneur's Toolkit

Whether you contract someone to build a prototype or do it yourself, you are working to

• Generate 3D model or sketches 
  • Software to consider - Blender, Tinkercad, Fusion 360
  • Marriott Library software - discover what design and CAD software is available in our labs
• Identify and source materials 
• Discover the versatility/dangers of your product
• Gather insight into how to proceed with production

Lassonde Studios

Lassonde Studios has materials to create a prototype and launch a business that include

• Events, workshops, tools, and spaces for entrepreneurial ventures
• Wood and metal shop fabrication
• Laser cutting, vacuum forming, and 3D printing
• Sewing machines
• Hand tools and materials 

Doman Innovation Studio

Doman Innovation Studio is an incubator within the University of Utah David Eccles School of Business providing space for idea, project and product exploration. Check out their upcoming events to get involved. 

ProtoSpace™

ProtoSpace™ at the Marriott Library offers additional resources for student entrepreneurs

• A materials collection
• GIS and Data Visualization services
• Podcast recording booths
• Audio and video studios
• Media editing and drawing tablet workstations
• Automated 3D print workflows
• 3D scanning
• Sewing machines and serger machines
• LEGO tables 

Check out the library's hours of operation and visit us today! 

Library Support

Check out our Salt Lake City's Patent & Trademark Resource Center and get in touch with one of our specialist to help you get started with the process of protecting your idea. 

Learning Opportunities

RED 351 is a Research Education asynchronous class on searching the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) Web Patent Full/Text File, Google Patents and the European Patent Office ESP@CENET.

U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) Find out if your invention is patentable or search for U.S. patents. They also offer learning tools on trademark and paten searches.

U.S. Copyright Office explains that copyright protects expression, and never ideas, procedures, methods, systems, processes, concepts, principles, or discoveries. Once your work is ready, you may request a walk through on the process. 

IP Identifier: Learn to identify and protect your intellectual property explains the four types of intellectual property to help you identify the type(s) of IP you may have developed.