Missouri Rural Enterprise and Innovation Center
About
Established in 2006, Missouri Rural Enterprise and Innovation Center is a non-profit innovation center located in Kirksville, Missouri. MREIC is dedicated to the needs of entrepreneurs in Northeast Missouri. Its primary focus is to enhance entrepreneurship by providing a supportive infrastructure for entrepreneurs, allowing them to enhance their capabilities, broaden their networks and successfully grow their companies.
MREIC’s location near Truman State University and A.T. Still University allows the center to focus on available University resources to generate new ventures; including innovations in healthy aging and information intensive technologies. MREIC’s services are available to all entrepreneurs. MREIC currently is supporting the start-up of client ventures with products ranging from food innovations to construction components to products with military applications to those for information-sensitive security systems.
Services Provided
Business Planning
- Business Plan Consulting, Development and Review
- Feasibility Studies
- Market Plan Development
- Market Research
Financial Resources and Assistance
- Obtaining Equity Funding
Legal Services
- Patent, Trademark & Copyright Information
Libraries and Research Organizations
- Business Research Resources
Marketing/Sales
- Feasibility Studies
- Market Plan Development and Training
- Market Research
- Student Marketing Projects
Networking Organizations
- Small Business/General
Selling to the Government and Large Corporations
- Obtaining Corporate Contracts
Office, Incubator, Accelerator, Laboratory, Kitchen and Meeting Space
- Incubator Space (Specialty)
Regulatory Compliance
- Trademark and Copyright Information
Technical Assistance
- Technology Transfer
Training
- Startup Classes
Product Development
- Patent Information
- Product Design and Development
- Prototype Development
Manufacturing, High Tech, Life Sciences Development
- High Tech Development
- Life Sciences Development
Internship Programs and Student Services
- Student Research Projects
- Student Marketing Projects
Starting a Business
- Startup Classes
- Feasibility Studies
Anastasia Tiedemann
http://www.mreic.org/