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Akron Commercialization Center
The Akron Commercialization Center offers a wide spectrum of
commercialization services for technology-based businesses
to succeed. In addition, laboratory and office space are
available for Akron University-related enterprise
development.
http://www.uakron.edu/acc
2595 Broadway Street
Akron, OH 44325
(330) 972-8124
Akron Industrial Incubator
Established in 1983, the Akron Industrial Incubator enjoys
an international reputation as a successful small business
incubator created through a cooperative partnership. The
city of Akron, The Akron Development Corporation, The
University of Akron, and the State of Ohio have jointly
created the program to assist small businesses.
www.ci.akron.oh.us/aii
526 South Main Street
Akron, OH 44311
(330) 375-2173 - Phone
BioEnterprise
BioEnterprise is a business formation, recruitment, and
acceleration initiative designed to grow bioscience
companies. Companies include emerging medical device,
biopharmaceutical, and health care services firms.
BioEnterprise provides management counsel, clinical access,
business development, and capital access services to these
companies. Each year BioEnterprise chooses a select group of
companies to join its client base. Being selective allows
BioEnterprise to focus its strengths to help companies
achieve greater levels of business success. Based in
Cleveland, BioEnterprise’s founders and partners are The
Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals Health System, Case
Western Reserve University, and Summa Health System. The
initiative comprises the collective activities of
BioEnterprise and each of the institutions'
commercialization offices: the Case Research Institute
Office of Technology Transfer, Cleveland Clinic Innovations,
and Summa Enterprise Group. The BioEnterprise Initiative
efforts have created, recruited, and accelerated more than
30 companies that have attracted $95 million in new funding
in just over two years. www.bioenterprise.com 11000 Cedar
Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106 (216) 658-3999.
www.bioenterprise.com
11000 Cedar Avenue Suite 300
Cleveland, Ohio 44106
(216) 658-3999
CAMP
CAMP is a non-profit, professional organization that
delivers expert, hands-on technical, business and training
services to manufacturers and other technology-based
partners. Its mission is to help manufacturing and emerging
technology-based companies excel and grow through
understanding, adopting and implementing innovative methods
and technologies.
www.camp.org
4600 Prospect Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44103
(216) 432-5300
COSE
COSE, the small business division of the Greater Cleveland
Partnership, serves as a one-stop resource for its more than
16,400 members by providing: group-purchasing programs that
reduce the cost of doing business; advocacy on legislative
and regulatory issues affecting the business community; a
wide range of resources focused on helping firms grow; and
economic development partners that can address business
concerns.
www.cose.org
50 Public Square Suite 200
Cleveland, OH 44113
(216) 621-3300
Entrepreneurs' Organization
Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) – for entrepreneurs
only – is a membership organization designed to help
business owners from around the world on their path to
greater business and personal fulfillment. EO is a global
community that enriches members’ lives through dynamic
peer-to-peer learning and once-in-a-lifetime experiences. We
are the catalyst that enables entrepreneurs to learn from
each other, leading to greater business success and an
enriched personal life.
In a market characterized by an abundance of business
resources, only EO provides entrepreneurs with a safe
environment to learn and grow surrounded by business people
like themselves who “get it.” We give our members the
confidence, context and content that enables them to be
successful entrepreneurs. EO also enables seasoned
entrepreneurs, who are consistently faced with competing
priorities and an increasing reflection on making their
mark, to achieve a balance between business success and a
fulfilling lifestyle.
Through our core values – Boldly Go, Thirst for Learning,
Make a Mark, Trust and Respect, and Cool – we are working to
build the world’s most influential community of
entrepreneurs. By engaging leading entrepreneurs to learn
and grow, EO is fueling the entrepreneurial engine!
www.eonetwork.org
GLIDE
The Great Lakes Innovation and Development Enterprise
(GLIDE) is a comprehensive regional innovation center and
resource hub that supports all facets of the start up,
development and growth of enterprises. Created by a
partnership between the Lorain County Commissioners, Lorain
County Community College, and the Lorain County Chamber of
Commerce, GLIDE’s objectives are to grow jobs and spearhead
economic growth in both Lorain County and throughout
Northeast Ohio.
www.glideit.org
1005 Abbe Road North
Elyria, OH 44035
(440) 366-4310
Greater Akron Chamber
The mission of the Greater Akron Chamber is to promote
economic development to benefit the people of the Greater
Akron region. Its many programs support business and
workforce development; entrepreneurship; business
leadership; resource identification; and partnerships for
established and emerging businesses located in the Greater
Akron region.
www.greaterakronchamber.org
1 Cascade Plaza 17th Floor
Akron, OH 44308
(330) 374-8900
JumpStart
JumpStart's mission is to accelerate the growth of
early-stage businesses and ideas into venture-ready
companies by delivering vital, focused resources to
entrepreneurs. To achieve this, JumpStart provides a
continuum of business development services as well as seed
capital funding to early stage companies in Northeast Ohio.
JumpStart's ultimate goal is to solidify, celebrate, and
continually grow Northeast Ohio's position as a nationally
significant center for entrepreneurship and innovation.
www.jumpstartinc.org
737 Bolivar Road, Suite 3000
Cleveland, OH 44115
216-363-3400
NAWBO - Cleveland
The National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) is
the only national dues-based organization representing all
women entrepreneurs in the United States and is the No. 1
resource in Northeast Ohio for women business owners. The
organization promotes networking and business referrals,
provides educational resources, leadership development and
mentoring, advocates for women entrepreneurs and offers a
system for sharing information and support.
www.nawbocleveland.org
5910 Harper Road Suite 102
Cleveland, OH 44139-1835
Phone: (440) 914-9262
NEO411.biz
NEO411.biz is a collaborative effort of 12 organizations
that support entrepreneurs and businesses in Northeast Ohio.
Individually, these partners provide services supporting
unique niches or geographies in this region.
www.neo411.biz
50 Public Square, Suite 200
Cleveland, Ohio 44113-2291
Phone: 1.800.505.4811
NEOSA
Established as the Northeast Ohio Software Association,
NEOSA is a membership-based organization that promotes the
advancement of the technology community and Information
Technology Industry of Northeast Ohio. NEOSA is an
industry-led, industry-driven organization made up of more
than 450 member companies representing all facets of
information technology.
www.neosa.org
50 Public Square, Suite 200
Cleveland, OH 44113
(216) 373-2800
NorTech
NorTech is a group of technology and business leaders with a
vision to enhance the prosperity of the region through
science, technology and innovation. Working together these
leaders, local and state government and industry
representatives have defined missions, policies and targeted
actions that will promote new businesses and quality job
growth in Northeast Ohio. NorTech has engaged in
cross-cutting initiatives that build an innovative, diverse,
and entrepreneurial economy independent of any specific
industry or technology sectors as well as industry-specific
initiatives that build off of existing strengths in
strategically selected technology and industry segments
including biosciences; electronics (e.g., instruments,
controls, and MEMs); fuel cells; information technology; and
polymers and advanced materials.
www.nortech.org
737 Bolivar Road Suite 4500
Cleveland, OH 44115
(216) 363-6883
Youngstown Business Incubator
The Youngstown Business Incubator is a 501(c)(3) charitable
non-profit corporation supported, in part, by the Ohio
Department of Development. Its mission is to accelerate the
formation, growth and success rates of scalable,
technology-based businesses in the Mahoning Valley. Its
target businesses must have the potential to create a
substantial and sustainable number of new jobs with a
proprietary and patentable intellectual property that is
being commercialized through the sale of new products or
services in the marketplace.
www.ybi.org
241 Federal Plaza West
Youngstown, OH 44503
(330) 746-5003 |
