TBED Community of Practice webinar: SBA’s Growth Accelerator Fund Competition in action
January 22, 2025, at 2:00 PM ET | Zoom
Maximizing visibility: leveraging impact reports for TBED success
Are you tired of your organization's impact going unnoticed? Join our webinar to discover how to use compelling, attention-grabbing impact reports to tell your success stories in a way that resonates with funders, media, and the public. You’ll hear from three types of organizations with three very different funding models.
Our expert panel will share real-world examples of TBED organizations using impact reports to
- secure funding,
- boost media coverage,
- strengthen partnerships, and
- elevate their reputation.
Learn how to
Tech Equity in Action report provides insights for TBED practitioners incorporating inclusion into economic programs
Despite recent attacks on affirmative action and diversity, equity, and inclusion, the TBED community continues to work toward broadening participation in innovation driven growth.
TBED COP Webinar: Immigration pathways for TBED
July 25 at 3pm ET | Free
Immigrant talent is a key driver of innovation in technology and entrepreneurship. However, navigating and understanding the many legal options available can be challenging. Join this TBED Community of Practice webinar to learn about pathways for TBED immigration, including lesser-known tools and under-utilized features of common immigration paths.
Speakers:
Sophie Alcorn, Founder & CEO of Alcorn Law
Doug Rand, Senior Advisor to the Director of USCIS
New Resource: Video provides insight into EDA’s Economic Adjustment Assistance Funds
SSTI has released a new video in our Federal Funding Video Library featuring Trent Thompson, economic development representative with the Economic Development Administration’s Denver Regional Office. In this interview, we discuss how EDA’s Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) funds can be leveraged to support technology-based economic development (TBED) activities.
TBED COP Webinar: How ecosystem mapping can aid your region
May 21, 2024, 3:00 p.m. ET
Ecosystem mapping facilitates clear communication about the resources, support programs, and key players available to entrepreneurs and innovators in a region. For TBED organizations, it is also a valuable tool for identifying potential partners, facilitating referral networks, and uncovering new strategic opportunities. However, keeping these maps current and reflective of a region’s growing and evolving economic landscape can be a challenge.
An Earth Day item on TBED financial investment strategies
Which should be more valuable for an economic development minded investment program?
Which should be more valuable for an economic development minded investment program?
- Company A, which yields a 2x return on investment and has a technology that reduces carbon emissions and energy use,
- Company B, which returns 12x to investors through an impressive IPO but contributes more to climate change, or
- Company C, which returns 3x and the climate impacts of its technology and production process aren’t as easily measured so remain unknown.
TBED Community of Practice looks at methods to measure the success of state lab-to-market initiatives
Two senior leaders of state programs designed to help commercialize new intellectual property joined a TBED CoP webinar last week to discuss how they determine whether those initiatives are successful. John Hardin, executive director of the Office of Science, Technology & Innovation at the NC Department of Commerce, described the One NC Small Business Program and the evaluation process the office performs each year. They use surveys of award recipients and econometric analysis to demonstrate the program’s effectiveness.
New Resource: A primer of Appalachian Regional Commission’s funding opportunities
Many federal funding programs have the potential to support technology-based economic development (TBED) initiatives, even when technology and innovation aren’t their explicit focus. This is the case with the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC). SSTI recently sat down with Christy Johnson, ARC program analyst, to learn how three of ARC’s funding opportunities can support TBED activities in the Appalachian region.
Funding for tech-based economic development in the federal FY 2024 budget
Editor’s note (April 4, 2024): This article has been updated to reflect relevant programs included in the second of two FY 2024 omnibus appropriations bills.