UNM Rainforest Innovations

Rainforest Mentor Office Hours with Stacy Sacco – July

Lobo Rainforest Building 101 Broadway Blvd NE, Suite 1100, United States

Come to 1:1 mentoring (30-minute sessions)with Stacy Sacco where he will provide guidance, coaching, perspective, and connections to enhance entrepreneurship and connections to resources at UNM and in the community.

There are many resources available to those who have ideas that they may want to turn into a business! Come by and learn more about what is available and which connections are the best fit for you.

These are hybrid office hours. Stacy will be available to meet IN-PERSON at the Lobo Rainforest Building or VIRTUALLY via Zoom depending on your own personal preferences.

July Mentoring for Entrepreneurs with Mytegia Lee – UNM Gallup

Online via Zoom

Come to virtual 1:1 mentoring with Mytegia Lee where she will provide guidance, coaching, perspective, and connections to enhance entrepreneurship and connections to resources at UNM and in the community. There are many resources available to those who have ideas that they may want to turn into a business! Join Mytegia on Zoom and learn more about what is available and which connections are the best fit for you.

If you have an idea for a new business or would like to expand your business, Mytegia is available to you as a resource for discussions and mentoring on how to move forward.

August Mentoring for Entrepreneurs with Mytegia Lee – UNM Gallup

Online via Zoom

Come to virtual 1:1 mentoring with Mytegia Lee where she will provide guidance, coaching, perspective, and connections to enhance entrepreneurship and connections to resources at UNM and in the community. There are many resources available to those who have ideas that they may want to turn into a business! Join Mytegia on Zoom and learn more about what is available and which connections are the best fit for you.

If you have an idea for a new business or would like to expand your business, Mytegia is available to you as a resource for discussions and mentoring on how to move forward.

Financial Mentoring with Steve Hoyer

Lobo Rainforest Building 101 Broadway Blvd NE, Suite 1100, United States

Come to 1:1 mentoring (30-minute sessions) with Steve Hoyer to get your financial questions answered. Financial Tune-up: "I don’t need to know your business to know your business’s financials." All financial statements follow the same flow and format to allow for comparisons by investors. Income Statements, Balance Sheets, Cash Flows, Capital Budgeting are the main financial tools used. Make sure the forecasts and projections in your proposals are financially sound. Have your financials reviewed to be sure they are formatted in a manner investors, banks and lenders expect and require. These are in-person office hours. Steve will be available to meet at the Lobo Rainforest Building.

NM Rainforest Seminar – Confident Pitching and Presenting

Lobo Rainforest Building 101 Broadway Blvd NE, Suite 1100, United States

Passionate entrepreneurs spend so much time working on their business ventures, but can often feel nervous and tongue-tied when asked to pitch to investors or speak about their businesses in public forums. Join High Performance Coach Ingela Onstad to learn skills to manage anxiety, present clear content, and to use our voices and bodies confidently in high pressure situations.
Ingela Onstad is a High Performance Coach for attorneys, performing artists, executives, and other professionals who are in the public eye.

Her coaching business, Courageous Artistry, supports high performing individuals in their quest to perform at the top of their abilities when in front of the public by working on skills to target voice, body, anxiety-management, and mindset.

NM Rainforest – UNM-Taos HIVE Entrepreneur & Community Engagement Event

UNM-Taos HIVE 1146 Gusdorf Road, Taos, NM

Come join community members & entrepreneurs from Taos and surrounding areas to support and engage with the local entrepreneurial ecosystem! At this event we will come together as a community in support of our local entrepreneurs; hear a practice pitch from a local entrepreneur; network and learn how to "work the room" from University Center Mentor, Stacy Sacco; participate in a listening session - what are your needs as an entrepreneur running and growing your business in northern New Mexico; and build and grow our local entrepreneurial ecosystem!

UNMRI & SCORE Office Hours – September

Lobo Rainforest Building 101 Broadway Blvd NE, Suite 1100, United States

SCORE mentors will be available for one-on-one, confidential discussions and mentoring to inventors, students, and start-up companies at the Lobo Rainforest Building. SCORE's mentors are successful business people and entrepreneurs who want to give back to the community by helping other entrepreneurs become and stay successful. SCORE has been helping small businesses start and grow in the Albuquerque area for over 50 years through mentoring and workshops and seminars. SCORE is the largest National resource partner of the Small Business Administration (SBA) with about 11,000 SCORE volunteers sharing their time and talents to help America's small businesses.

NM Rainforest Seminar – CHTM and UNM NanoFab – An Insight into our Research and Capabilities by Dr. Maya Narayanan Kutty

Lobo Rainforest Building 101 Broadway Blvd NE, Suite 1100, United States

Join us for a presentation about CHTM and the NanoFab for an insight into research and capabilities, presented by Dr. Maya Narayanan Kutty. The UNM Center for High Technology Materials invites you to this seminar where they will talk about NanaFab and the various research and capabilities going on at the University of New Mexico. 

NM Rainforest Seminar – Community Based Fundraising for Your Business

Lobo Rainforest Building 101 Broadway Blvd NE, Suite 1100, United States

Join serial social entrepreneur, Mackenzie Loy for UNM Rainforest Innovations' first lunch and learn of 2024 on Crowdfunding! During this session, Mackenzie will provide an overview of equity and debt crowdfunding, community-based alternative financing mechanisms to power your business or startup to the next level.

SCORE Mentor Office Hours – February

Lobo Rainforest Building 101 Broadway Blvd NE, Suite 1100, United States

SCORE mentors will be available for one-on-one, confidential discussions and mentoring to inventors, students, and start-up companies at the Lobo Rainforest Building. SCORE's mentors are successful business people and entrepreneurs who want to give back to the community by helping other entrepreneurs become and stay successful. SCORE has been helping small businesses start and grow in the Albuquerque area for over 50 years through mentoring and workshops and seminars. SCORE is the largest National resource partner of the Small Business Administration (SBA) with about 11,000 SCORE volunteers sharing their time and talents to help America's small businesses.

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