As part of the Innovation Center's community outreach efforts and commitment to increasing the vitality of the competitiveness of Northeast Indiana, the Innovation Center provides comprehensive consulting and marketing research studies and support in a number of crucial areas: feasibility plans and studies, competitiveness/cluster strategies, business plans for implementation of new products/services, educational programming and market assessments, asset mapping of regional strengths, revitalization of downtown efforts, competitive landscape assessments, strategic/scenario planning, innovation service development, applied training, and incubator/entrepreneurship gaps and services.

 

We deliver these services to a variety of constituents: educational institutions forecasting demand and curriculum needs, municipalities looking for new growth avenues, corporate/business community capitalizing on opportunities, and private companies looking to expand or enter new products and services. In addition, we serve the non-profit sector in applying business principles and practices to improving their organization's self-sustainability through social entrepreneurship endeavors and growing their fee for service capacity.

 

The professional staff at the Innovation Center all have advanced degrees, worked in industry, and have considerable experience and expertise in technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship.

 

Please contact Steve Franks at 260-407-1754 or sfranks@niic.net for more information.