Unlock Ideas
Surface New Innovation
We are working to attract and build startups aligned with regional business strengths. You can connect with startups through becoming a sponsor and participate in development and selection.
We Can’t Do This Alone.
“Creating an environment where entrepreneurs build businesses and thrive,” is not something done alone. We are all working together to create this environment. This is our region, our communities, our economy. We need partners in various ways to roll up their sleeves and get to work with us and to actively participate in this vision.
Everyone has a role to play, find out what role you could play.
Support New Leaders
Talent Attracts Talent
Every company needs talent and a more thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem attracts talent in ways that everyone wins. By sponsoring, volunteering, and helping strengthen these efforts, you help ensure high quality talent is attracted to our region and stays.
Open Access to Capital
Be a "First Customer"
It’s said that “A purchase order is better than a term sheet” for any new company. Larger companies can support the efforts of startups in unique ways beyond talent and sponsorship by committing to be a “first customer”.
