Technical Innovation Center

Hagerstown Community College

November 18, 2014

What is the TIC?

• Mission: to help tech startups grow into sustainable businesses based in Washington County

• Why? Fosters growth of new business• Enables job creation• Builds businesses• Develops local economy• Provides access to advanced technologies, business development

resources, collaborative opportunities

• Located on campus of Hagerstown Community College

TIC Programs & Services

• Funding Acquisition Assistance

• HCC Business Services

• Education Workshops & Seminars

• Networking internally & externally

• Marketing/PR

• Space• Office Suites• Wet Labs• Manufacturing Floor

Hub City Hive

• First co-working community in Washington County

• $150 per desk per month

• Benefits:• Free internet• Free parking• Use of conference room/video conferencing• TIC mailbox• TIC management consulting• Participation in community events

TIC Communities

• Hagerstown Startup Meetup• Startups meeting with other startups to discuss business models,

opportunities for growth (problems), barriers to sustainability• 2nd & 4th Tuesdays each month• 79 group members as of November 14th

• Hagerstown Young Entrepreneurs• Ages 18 to 34• Launched in Sept 2014• 21 group members

FLC & Incubators: Possible Synergies

• Tech Transfer Workshops – 30 incubators across State of MD alone

• Referral of Entrepreneurs into Incubators

• Interaction of TT specialists and incubator community• How do entrepreneurs learn what technologies are waiting for

commercialization?• How do we connect technologies with entrepreneurs?

• Matchmaking for technologies• Brand awareness of Tech Transfer for business community