{"id":2871,"date":"2013-01-13T18:00:28","date_gmt":"2013-01-14T01:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/financenewmexico.5e-dev.net\/?p=2871"},"modified":"2013-07-19T11:01:10","modified_gmt":"2013-07-19T17:01:10","slug":"nmsu-harnesses-intellectual-capital-to-drive-economic-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/financenewmexico.org\/sandbox\/articles\/starting-or-growing-a-business\/nmsu-harnesses-intellectual-capital-to-drive-economic-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"NMSU Harnesses Intellectual Capital to Drive Economic Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Kevin Boberg, director and CEO of New Mexico State University’s Arrowhead Center; photo by Darren Phillips<\/p><\/div>\n

Entrepreneurs don\u2019t have to live in or near Las Cruces to take advantage of the many services offered by Arrowhead Center \u2013 a business development hub launched in 2004 by New Mexico State University to stimulate economic development for the betterment of all New Mexicans.<\/p>\n

The center\u2019s resources are open to any state resident who needs help turning an idea into a commercial venture or taking an existing business to the next stage.<\/p>\n

The Enterprise Research service\u00a0draws on\u00a0students, business mentors, entrepreneurs, faculty researchers and research partners to create and validate research\u00a0studies for startups and existing businesses. And the Arrowhead Technology Incubator links technology-based firms with the resources they need.<\/p>\n

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Enterprise Research<\/strong><\/p>\n

Arrowhead Center accepts applications three times a year from businesses that need help analyzing the commercial potential of new technologies and products, formalizing business plans to attract investors and identifying resources for startups.<\/p>\n

Student innovation teams help write business plans, test technologies, research market potential and explore licensing opportunities with potential investors.<\/p>\n

Arrowhead Center also works in partnership with the university\u2019s\u00a0Manufacturing \u00a0Technology and Engineering Center\u00a0Program to turn ideas into prototypes: While Arrowhead validates a product\u2019s commercial feasibility, M-TEC vets it through prototyping and testing.<\/p>\n

Arrowhead Technology Incubator<\/strong><\/p>\n

ATI is a vibrant entrepreneurial community where the owners of young tech-based enterprises can learn what they need \u2014 and find what they need \u2014 to become sustainable, profitable ventures.<\/p>\n

Businesses housed in the incubator enjoy the camaraderie and counsel of an on-site network of peers and mentors from various industries, with frequent workshops and networking events designed to develop their business skills and help them find capital investors.<\/p>\n

Office space is collaborative, but ATI members can use the space however they wish.\u00a0They\u00a0can operate virtually, share space or lease an office at a nominal cost. Basic support services include a business address and mailbox, Internet and phone access, office equipment, a furnished workspace, a resource library and meeting rooms, utilities and round-the-clock access.<\/p>\n

The 200-acre Arrowhead Park complements the incubator. The university-owned business and research park is a private-public partnership, where resident businesses benefit from their association with NMSU facilities and instructors, and students enjoy an opportunity to intern or work at technology- or research-based jobs in their academic field.<\/p>\n

Idea Factory<\/strong><\/p>\n

Inventors and entrepreneurs searching for solutions to market problems, students looking for meaningful and challenging work in cutting-edge technologies and the experts and researchers with the talents to assist this development find fusion at Arrowhead Center.<\/p>\n

The center is equipped to leverage innovation into commercially viable intellectual property, which fosters the creation of businesses and sustainable, family-wage jobs.<\/p>\n

For information about Enterprise Research, ATI or the many other services found at Arrowhead Center, visit\u00a0http:\/\/arrowheadcenter.nmsu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Download\u00a0276_NMSU Arrowhead Center Drives Economic Growth<\/a>\u00a0PDF<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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