Small Business Development Center Helps Client Secure $50,000 Grant to Develop New Sound Measuring Device
Widener University鈥檚 has helped countless business owners in getting their businesses off the ground, and counseling them as they grow. Recently, the SBDC helped a client, Felicia Doggett of , secure the $50,000 Women鈥檚 Entrepreneur Grant from .
Doggett worked her primary consultant, , to connect with SBDC technology entrepreneurs and partner solutions. The team at the SBDC helped to coach Doggett through every step of the process including a 10-minute presentation to the JVS Fund committee.
鈥淏ill has been so helpful. He introduced us to several solutions and opened many doors鈥 It was great to have someone like Bill and the SBDC behind him to bounce ideas off of and answer questions,鈥 said Doggett.
The funding will help Doggett and Metropolitan Acoustics LLC advance their new SenSV鈩 device, a revolutionary remote laboratory monitoring platform that measures vibration, audible sound, and ultrasonic sound for the environment of laboratories like microscopy and animal housing labs. It鈥檚 important for labs to be able to measure how sounds such as traffic, HVAC, and more can impact their research.