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.