Middlebury Solutions Group

The Middlebury Solutions Group introduces students to building companies from raw ideas through consulting engagements with Vermont startups. Its services help entrepreneurs accelerate the difficult process of transforming their concepts into operating enterprises.

 

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  • Do you presently operate an under-funded young company? Need help starting and finding funding for a for-profit or not-for-profit enterprise? Then DigitalBridges2.0's Middlebury Solutions Group (MSG) is for you. MSG is now accepting applications for the fall 2008 program.

    MSG offers free venture-coaching services aimed at helping early-stage and start-up enterprises get from concept to implementation. Clients get help conducting market research, opportunity assessment, and competitor

  • Saturday December 9, 2006 -- If you've never been to a DigitalBridges Entrepreneur's Forum then you are missing out on one of the most exciting annual events at Middlebury. The event seems to be perennially under-advertised but every year the program director, MariAnn Osborne, manages to wrangle a crowd of interested spectators. This was my fourth time attending the event and the crowd was the largest to date that I can remember so kudos to MariAnn.

    Michael Claudon opened the

 

Success Stories

  • April 2, 2007

    Richard Travers, inventor and engineer who loves to "tinker" things in his garage, came to MSG in the spring of 2005 and pitched his Freeaire system that promised substantial energy savings for any commercial establishment using refrigerated coolers. He had a great product and an incredibly simple system that worked. Best of all, it delivered all of the energy savings it promised. He'd sold a few units, each of which he then fabricated and installed himself.

    The concept had

  • Addison Independent www.addisonindependent.com
    March 30, 2006

    College program spawns small businesses in county
    By Hariette Brainard

    MIDDLEBURY A small but growing program at Middlebury College is matching local entrepreneurs with students and investors to fuel the growth of small and medium-sized businesses in Addison County and surrounding Vermont communities.
    The goal of the Middlebury Solutions