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Entrepreneurs and small businesses lead job creation in local communities across America. These pioneers
are often ideally positioned to commercialize new technologies that develop a region’s core industry
clusters and enhance the global competitiveness of the community. Local communities can support
entrepreneurs through a range of services and programs designed to spur entrepreneurial activity.
Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) and its affiliate organizations are developing and
managing innovative programs for entrepreneurial development.
Regional Hydrogen Coalition
CTC is currently assisting in the formation and management of a public-private coalition
related to the development of a regional hydrogen economy. The project leverage’s CTC’s expertise in
fuel cells, collaboration-building, research and strategic planning to develop initiatives that promote
the commercialization of hydrogen production, storage and distribution technologies by the region’s
research institutions and business entrepreneurs.
STAR Technology Enterprise Center
Through CTC Tampa Bay, Inc., a CTC affiliate, we manage the
STAR Technology Enterprise Center,
Tampa Bay’s first technology and manufacturing business accelerator. Housed at a former Department of
Energy facility, the center supports the growth of early stage manufacturing and technology-based companies,
enabling them to rapidly and effectively migrate their products and services to market.
Entrepreneur Tool Kit
Through CTC Public Benefit Corporation (PBC), another CTC affiliate, we are assisting local
community and technical colleges across the country develop entrepreneur programs that build on national
best practice models. With funding from the U.S. Department of Education, CTC PBC in partnership with
Regional Technology Strategies (RTS) recently completed the Entrepreneur Tool Kit comprised of
entrepreneurial case studies and training tools designed for application at community and technical colleges.
Learn more at the project site: www.clusterhubs.org.
Contact us to learn how we can help develop or expand
your community’s entrepreneurial development activities.
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