When is the deadline to apply and whats the overall timeline?
The application deadline for the Summer/Fall 2009 session was Friday July 31st (applications opened on June 1st, 2009). The program will run from August 27th through November 19th. Where is the Top Gun office? Top Gun is a program created and run by the Maine Center for Enterprise Development. We have about 5,000 square feet of space on the Portland campus of USM for the Top Gun companies to use during the program. You can work from these offices if you choose, but this is not a program requirement. What will a typical day be like for a Top Gun participant? Youre still working on building your company, so youll be hard at work on your product. You may choose to work out of MCED if youd like, or anywhere you prefer. Educational sessions with mentors will be held once per week. Will you protect my intellectual property? We wont show your application to anyone outside of Top Gun. However, we cannot sign an NDA given our work with a number of companies who may be in competing spaces. Our a
