Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Small Businesses to Benefit From Innovation Studio at North Dakota State UniversitySometimes ideas can come from unexpected places. And sometimes, those ideas happen to come at exactly the right time. North Dakota State University’s Research and Technology Park in Fargo, North Dakota, has long been supporting the state’s economy. January 2021 |
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In Teton County, Idaho, EDA And ECIPDA Incubate InnovationWith a population of just 25,000, Rexburg, Idaho, may not be the first place you imagine when you think innovation, but don’t let its size fool you. December 2020 |
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Upstate New York Start-up Incubator Guides Hardware Entrepreneurs Through Manufacturing ProcessA spice bottle cap that pre-measures your spices. A breastmilk pasteurizer for home use. Gluten-free, wheat stem straws. A battery for storing renewable energy in buildings. December 2020 |
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EDA Supports University of California Efforts to Protect America’s Citrus CropThe commercial production of citrus fruit generates more than $7 billion annually for California’s economy, a contribution credited with supporting tens of thousands of jobs in the Golden State. That vital economic engine, however, is at constant risk from a variety of diseases that have devastated crops in citrus growing regions around the world. December 2020 |
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Purdue University Northwest Leverages EDA Innovation Grant to Help Entrepreneurs Manufacture and Bring Products to MarketMichelle Pearson’s idea for an invention came to her in a dream, but the reality of bringing her product to market proved to be a bit more challenging. Pearson’s invention is an automated communion server, which would automatically dispense the wafer and wine during the Eucharist for Christians in churches, hospitals, nursing homes, and correctional facilities. November 2020 |
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Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Manufacturing Success Story: EDA Innovation Investment Supports Textile Manufacturing in North CarolinaNorth Carolina has a vibrant history in textile manufacturing, which dates back decades before technological advances such as the high-tech knitting machine. October 2020 |
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The Russell Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Brings Diverse Economic Growth to Atlanta Opportunity ZoneFounded by the late Herman J. Russell, an Atlanta entrepreneur and philanthropist, H.J. Russell & Company is the largest minority-owned real estate and construction company in the United States. February 2020 |
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Driving innovation for disaster response to support America’s first responders and build resilient communitiesNever is the nexus of public safety response and economic impact more prevalent than during a disaster. From flooding to hurricanes and wildfires, during a disaster, it is imperative that public safety and local officials have the best tools and technologies to save lives. November 2019 |
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Delaware Technology Park Gleams With STAR Entrepreneurship IncubatorA major announcement made in the last month of 2015 shook the economic state of Delaware and sent it into heighten uncertainty. September 2019 |
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EDA Regional Innovation Strategies Grantee RIoT Working to Accelerate the Growth of Internet of Things-focused Companies in North Carolina’s Piedmont RegionEDA’s Regional Innovation Strategies (RIS) Program supports innovation and entrepreneurship capacity-building activities by creating and expanding proof-of-concept and commercialization programs and early-stage seed capital funds through the i6 Challenge and the Seed Fund Support (SFS) grant competition. August 2018 |