1. Corine Farewell DVM, MBA
“Success Stories: From Lab To The Market – the US experience”

2. The inTACT Drawing Bundle includes everything blind or low vision users need to independently create their own tactile graphics. With the inTACT Sketchpad, freehand tactile drawing has never been easier. The inTACT Eraser makes it possible to erase and revise tactile lines by flattening them to the touch.
                                                                                                                                                           

3. The people and the ecosystem
2008 Mike Rosen meets Al Maneki to collaborate on SEED project for UVM students.
2008 – 2011 Rosen and Coleman work with 3 years of SEED students funded by NFB.
EASY LLC formed to commercialize sketchpad, eraser and printer located in the Vermont Center of Emerging Technologies (VCET)
2011 UVM Ventures $20,000 pre-seed grant received
UVM Ventures invests $100,000 in to EASY LLC
National Federation of the Blind matches $100,000 UVM grant
EASY awarded $165,000 NIH Phase 1 Small Business Grant (STTR)
Awarded National Braille’s Press Touch of Genius Award
EASY awarded $1,006,000 Phase 2 NIH STTR grant
Product introduced to 60+ schools
: ~900 Sketchpads and ~400 Erasers sold
Beta prototype tactile graphics printer in evaluation
Growth capital sought