Post by Logan on Apr 23, 2016 1:14:57 GMT -6
Massachusetts will spend $1 million to help the state’s most technically sophisticated companies showcase their products and services to federal agencies.
“We’re calling it the Innovation Bridge,” said Katie Stebbins, assistant secretary of innovation, technology, and entrepreneurship in the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development. “It’s a bridge into opportunities with the federal government.”
Based at CIC Boston, a business incubator on Milk Street, the Innovation Bridge will be funded by MassDevelopment, a state-sponsored economic development agency, and managed by the MITRE Corp., a nonprofit think tank that conducts advanced research for the US military and many civilian federal agencies. The Massachusetts National Guard will act as a liaison between local companies and military departments in need of innovative products and services.
Paul McMorrow, director of policy and communications for the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development, called the new initiative “a low-cost, high-opportunity play” where “mission-driven federal agencies can come together and plug into the broader Massachusetts innovation ecosystem.”
Read more: www.bostonglobe.com/business/2016/04/22/helping-mass-firms-make-connections/Uxy0MtWscxPwE9P0bojiPI/story.html
“We’re calling it the Innovation Bridge,” said Katie Stebbins, assistant secretary of innovation, technology, and entrepreneurship in the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development. “It’s a bridge into opportunities with the federal government.”
Based at CIC Boston, a business incubator on Milk Street, the Innovation Bridge will be funded by MassDevelopment, a state-sponsored economic development agency, and managed by the MITRE Corp., a nonprofit think tank that conducts advanced research for the US military and many civilian federal agencies. The Massachusetts National Guard will act as a liaison between local companies and military departments in need of innovative products and services.
Paul McMorrow, director of policy and communications for the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development, called the new initiative “a low-cost, high-opportunity play” where “mission-driven federal agencies can come together and plug into the broader Massachusetts innovation ecosystem.”
Read more: www.bostonglobe.com/business/2016/04/22/helping-mass-firms-make-connections/Uxy0MtWscxPwE9P0bojiPI/story.html