Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Investments in Entrepreneurs Grow Small Businesses in OklahomaDue to significant job losses in its manufacturing sector, Oklahoma City needed a strategy to diversify and boost its economy. To move the city forward and create more opportunities for innovation and technology-based businesses, EDA partnered with local nonprofit, i2E, Inc., to support their “Oklahoma City Technology Business Initiative.” March 2017 |
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Rural Startup Creates Innovative First Down Marker with AU EDA Assistance (PDF)Through program marketing efforts, Hutch Hammond (Vice President of Operations, Victory Game Clocks) heard about Auburn’s EDA University Center program and with student involvement a new, innovative sports product was born! January 2017 |
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Innovation Hub at the University of FloridaFlorida began investing heavily in a more disaster-resistant “innovation economy” a decade ago as a necessary transition from a traditional dependence on population-dependent industries such as tourism, construction and real estate. June 2016 |
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NDSU Research and Technology Park Spurs Groundbreaking InnovationsThe University Center Economic Development Program at EDA helps make the resources of local universities available to the economic development communities in their areas. One such program is located in North Dakota. November 2016 |
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Pacific Northwest Diabetes InstituteIn FY 2010, EDA provided a $2 million grant to the Pacific Northwest Diabetes Institute to fund the acquisition of new technology and upgrades of scientific equipment. September 2016 |
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Ben Franklin Technology Partners: Growth Breeds Success for EntrepreneursBen Franklin once said, "Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning." It’s therefore fitting that an institution bearing his name, Ben Franklin Technology Partners (BFTP), has taken those words to heart. November 2015 |
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