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Growing Together 2014Business Growth Through Innovation
December 3Augusta County Government Center
AGENDA
8:30 Welcome/Introductions around the room
8:50 Place-Based Innovation: A Report on the Field Meghan Williamson, Pine Knot Projections
9:10 Snapshots of Innovation – Panel discussion
Mandy Boney, Fluffy Fannies, LLCKen Bryant, Marketing Brand Manager, DASCOM AmericaChip Harvill, Vice President, Cadence, Inc.Ricky Porco, Co-founder, Venzo, Inc.Diane Roll, Owner, Mama’s Caboose
10:00 Break
10:15 Resources for Innovation – tools, places, and resources that serve the innovative spirit
ASQ Innovation Group ICE@JMU innovateLIVE Innovation MBA Invest Local JMU Technology InnovationShenandoah Valley Innovation Coalition Shenandoah Valley Technology Council SourceLink Start Here!START Shenendoah Valley Staunton Makerspace Your Town Our Town
11:00 Meet and mingle w/ the resources, learn more, make connections, move forward.
American Society for Quality,Innovation Division
www.asq.org/innovation-group
A free, interactive, online portal through which aspiring, emerging, and existing Virginia businesses can connect to the wide variety of business assistance resources located around the Commonwealth.
www.SourceLinkVirginia.org
www.VCEN.org
Staunton Makerspace
Makerspace: a community run space where people can gather to create,
collaborate and learn. We hope the Staunton Makerspace will grow to support
collaboration across boundaries of science and art, technology and craft, to
invent novel objects and works of art.
Co-working: are you telecommuting to work or running a small business out
of your house? Co-working locations offer a collegiate working environment
and provide shared resources (such as high speed internet and an expresso
machine) in a clean open space that offers an office-like atmosphere to make
your day a little brighter and friendlier.
www.StauntonMakerSpace.com
3 MBA Concentrations
Information Security MBA• Online with residencies once every 8 weeks in McLean
• Targets individuals who have technical skills and experience but may be lacking business and leadership
• 21 month part-time program
• Concentration launch: 1999
Executive Leadership MBA• Intended for individuals with minimum 5 to 10 years of
professional work experience
• Prepares graduate for transition to C-Suite positions
• Blended delivery – face-to-face and synchronous online
• Residencies in McLean once every 3 weeks on Saturday
• Anticipated launch: Fall 2015
Innovation MBA Concentration (iMBA)
• Designed for working professionals; 21 month part-time program
• Theme – Leading through Innovation with Technology and People
• Minimum two years professional work experience• Co-curricular piece – Leadership Development Portfolio;
mentoring• International experience (China)• Blended delivery – face-to-face and synchronous online• Residencies in Harrisonburg twice every three weeks in PM• Cohort size around 20• Concentration launch: 2010
Our iMBA Employers
For More Information
Dr. Mike Busing
540.568-3058
www.jmu.edu/mba
o Non-profit membership organization
o Active participants are creators & users of technology who gather together for education, networking and business development.
o Connect via:
o Regular luncheons and after-hour gatherings
o Attend the annual Tech Nite awards gala to highlight Shen. Valley technology achievement and innovation (May 6, 2015). Nominations will be taken in Feb. for the 6 award categories
o Participate in one of the SVTC committees
o Members are treated to “behind the curtain” visits to select local companies
o However, membership is not required to attend most of our events.
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o Stay informed with the free weekly newsletter. Visit the SVTC website to subscribe and to sign up for our gatherings.
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JMU Technology Innovation
Located in Ice House, downtown Harrisonburg
Learn how and why to search:
Prior art – how is what I’ve created different from others?
Patents – how do I know if I should protect my invention?
Trademark – do I have a unique name associated with my company or product that I want to protect?
Connect with technology innovation resources
http://www.jmu.edu/innovation/
Technology Innovation Resources
ICE - Located in Ice House, downtown Harrisonburg
Innovation – JMU Technology Innovation
Collaboration – 4-VA funding provided prototyping equipment
Entrepreneurship – JMU Center for Entrepreneurship
Two Business Accelerator Rooms for collaborative or student startups
http://www.jmu.edu/ice/
Valley Innovation and Entrepreneurial Resources
Shenandoah Valley Innovation Coalition – SVIC
Mission: To accelerate innovation, creativity, and economic development across the
Shenandoah Valley through the active collaboration of business, government, community, and academic organizations.
Goals:
1. Create a shared understanding of and commitment to innovation for the purpose of healthy social and economic growth.
2. Improve access to capital for entrepreneurs.
3. Create a variety of collaborative spaces, resources & events, both physical and virtual.
4. Build a vibrant, diverse mentoring network.
5. Develop the capacity to attract, seed and grow new and existing talent and business.
http://www.svic.biz/
Regional Innovation and Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
Mary Lou Bourne
Director of Technology Innovation and Economic Development
540-568-2865
Ice House in Harrisonburg, 127 W. Bruce St., Room 225
Contact Information
Your Town Our Town -http://yourtownourtown.wordpress.com/
A site to make it easy to find local, high-quality professionals; a talented medley of editors, educators, entrepreneurs, graphic designers, information technology experts, linguists, marketers, project managers, software developers, technical communicators, photographers, translators, web designers, web developers, and writers.
Central Virginia Chapter of Girl Develop It -http://www.meetup.com/Girl-Develop-It-CentralVA/
Open Source Staunton -http://www.meetup.com/Open-Source-Staunton/
Charlottesville chapter of Women in Technology -http://www.charlottesvillewomenintech.com/
2015 EVENTS
START Shenandoah Valley – Mar. 20-22JMU Showker Hall, Harrisonburg
innovateLIVE – April 24-26all around Staunton
workshops & panel discussions
open space meetings
keynote
pitch night
and…?
live music
Statewide Perspectives
Emphasis on Celebrating & Expanding
“the Possible”
Local & Regional Stories of Innovation
Invest Local
a collaboration between investors, entrepreneurs, and community initiatives in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.
Why Invest Local? Build a stronger local economySupport friends and neighborsAlign values and investmentsDiversity investmentsIncrease knowledge about investmentsReturn on investment
www.invest-local.org
Growing Together 2014Business Growth Through Innovation
December 3Augusta County Government Center