Business Opportunities Weblog

March 16, 2008 by Nicholas | 3 Comments

BangorNews:

If you have old photographs lying around your home just waiting to be organized, then Rhon Bell might be your man. Bell, 22, a fifth-year business and finance student at the University of Maine, officially opened PhotoScan from his Orchard Trails apartment in Orono on Monday. He aims to “digitize memories, one shoebox at a time,” by scanning collections of old photos, retouching them and saving them onto a CD for future use.

Bell got the idea for his business last fall and went to UM’s Student Innovation Center, now called the Foster Student Innovation Center. With help from some of the eight-member staff of students and business experts, he created and distributed locally a survey to gauge demand for his service. When 75 percent of respondents said they would be interested, he decided to move forward and the center helped him write a business plan and legally register his business.

The 5,000-square-foot center, which offers business and project development services to students of all disciplines, is hopping with networking events, workshops, seminars and meetings between students and businesses, financiers, advisers and professors.

Photo via leavyphotography

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