Building on decades of successful efforts to nurture new businesses and bring ideas from classrooms and labs to the marketplace, Rensselaer has launched a distributed incubation program to help young businesses grow and succeed.
Members of the campus community, along with federal, state, and local government officials and business leaders, took part in the official launch of Rensselaer’s Emerging Ventures Ecosystem (EVE) on Feb. 7, at an event in the Blitman Commons in downtown Troy. Speakers included Rensselaer President Shirley Ann Jackson, U.S. Congressman Paul Tonko, Rensselaer County Executive Kathy Jimino, and Troy Mayor Harry Tutunjian.
To read the full, original article click on this link: Inside Rensselaer, February 18, 2011: Emerging Ventures Ecosystem Business Incubation Program Launched