Siouxland is a hotbed of innovative efforts and TSI is working to provide access and opportunities for local inventors to develop their ideas into products and get them to market.

Below are resources that TSI can assist an inventor with:

• SBIR grants designed to subsidize research & development activity
• Access to researchers at universities nationwide and particularly institutions in the tri-state area
• Office space that will fit your specific needs and at reduced or no cost for a start-up company
• Relationships with local, regional and national investors to enable an inventor to fund a new venture
• Training and educational opportunities to assist an inventor in starting a business
• Opportunities to interact with local successful business executives as mentors in an inventor’s efforts
• Facilitation of collaboration between an inventor and existing companies and their facilities and technical expertise
• Knowledge of local, state and national initiatives to assist entrepreneurs

Recent Article on Innovation in Siouxland and its Economic Benefits

Register for the Tri-State SBIR Workshop March 16, 2008