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The case for growth centers: How to spread tech innovation across America
he future of America’s economy lies in its high-tech innovation sector, but it is now clear that same sector is widening the nation’s regional divides—a fact that became starkly apparent with the 2016 presidential election. Based on “winner-take-most” network economies,
University of Houston receives historic $13M gift for its entrepreneurship program
University of Houston’s C.T. Bauer College of Business has received its second largest donation to benefit its entrepreneurship program. The Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship, which was recently ranked the top undergraduate entrepreneurship program in the country, received the $13
They say it takes a village, and the village of investors in New Mexico would agree. New Mexico State University’s Arrowhead Innovation Fund has seeded investments across the state, and now one of its business investments, Osazda Energy LLC, has
Clemson, Prisma Health invest in medical innovation
Researchers at Clemson University and Prisma Health have received funding to collaborate on the development of new medical treatment and diagnostic technologies. Three Clemson-Prisma Health collaborations received investments from the recently created Innovation Maturation Fund, a joint effort between the
Student startups shine at Invent Penn State conference
Shortly after the recent 2019 Invent Penn State Venture & IP Conference kicked off, Penn State President Eric Barron welcomed eight Penn State student researchers and entrepreneurs to center stage for them to participate in the Student Startup Showcase – a forum
Polsky Center expanding undergrad track of New Venture Challenge
he Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago is expanding the undergraduate track of the nationally ranked Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge startup accelerator program by partnering with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The College New Venture
Harvard, MIT, GE, FujiFilm And Hospitals Partner To Launch New Biomedical Innovation And Manufacturing Center
Harvard and MIT are teaming up with G.E., Fujifilm, and five of the region’s research hospitals to build a new $50 million center for developing new genetic and cell therapies. The institutions will work together at the new center to
How Innovation Springs Forth At The University Of Georgia
A freshwater spring percolates over a one-block, daylighted stretch as an open creek alongside Spring Street in Athens, Georgia. Historically known as the town spring and the founders’ spring, the natural watercourse was one of the most important ecological factors in locating
Five tech startups receive a total of $275,000 in support from Innovation Fund Northeast Ohio
Five startups have received a total of $275,000, in amounts ranging from $25,000 to $75,000, from Innovation Fund Northeast Ohio in Elyria. The Innovation Fund — an early-stage fund for startups in the technology space that was founded by the Lorain County Community
It takes an ecosystem to raise a successful start-up
The geography of entrepreneurship is “spiky“, meaning that from region to region there are significant variations in rates of start-ups and, in particular, “scale-ups“—new businesses that are evolving into larger enterprises. This can be explained by the fact that successful