TBED Community of Practice: Subcommunity Registration

As part of the Tech-based Economic Development (TBED) Community of Practice, SSTI is inviting you to participate in subcommunities that focus on strategies within the field. SSTI's goal in launching these groups is to provide an opportunity for you to:

  1. Find solutions from your peers that will advance your organization and region

  2. Build a stronger network of practitioners working on similar initiatives

  3. Contribute to the field’s understanding of effective practices

As a starting point, SSTI will facilitate monthly meetings for each subcommunity. These will feature a mix of informal discussions, presentations on important topics and collecting the group’s wisdom for inclusion in research/education materials. Meeting format, frequency and topics will be driven by participants. 

The initial meetings will emphasize identifying common challenges and interests, with a goal of building an agenda for future conversations. 

To learn more about SSTI and the TBED Community of Practice please visit https://ssti.org/tbedcop.

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Subcommunity Registration

The first subcommunities SSTI is forming focus on core areas of TBED strategy:

Entrepreneurship Intended for practitioners working to strengthen innovation-focused entrepreneurs. This occurs across many organization types (including incubators, universities, governments, VDOs, accelerators) and program models (including mentorship, education, EIR, funding, facility use). Topics will include identifying effective practices in these activity areas and other issues needed by the community.

Lab-to-Market Intended for entities that support the transformation of innovations from the lab to the market, including technology transfer, translation and commercialization. Specific discussions will be driven by the community and could include related initiatives (e.g., SBIR), structures (e.g., commercialization centers) and legal models.

Risk Capital  Intended for organizations that provide capital to new and young innovation-focused companies to discuss effective practices or needs related to fund structures, engagement with private capital, pipeline development and more. Specific topics will be community-driven and could include managing angel networks, SSBCI, or partnering with corporate investors.

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