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Our Goals
60 next-generation applications1
Infrastructure
Next-Gen Applications
Economic Leadership
200 community testbeds2
Coordinate best practices3
US Ignite fosters the creation of next-generation Internet applications that provide transformative public benefit
STRATEGIES:
A. Assemble and maintain a community of public-private partners that support US Ignite
B. Identify opportunities for new businesses that drive entrepreneurial energy and economic development
C. Stimulate the development of compelling next-generation applications that deliver on national priorities
Established entrepreneurial accelerator program:
Burlington, Vermont
• Assembled team under mayor’s leadership to complete BTV Ignite Playbook • Enhanced community infrastructure• Identified core application capabilities: cyber-security, edu-gaming, additive
manufacturing,and food systems • Stimulated constant stream of application development events for small businesses • Coordinated best-practice sharing nationwide• Unleashed groundswell of national publicity and entrepreneurial activity• Burlington named one of Top Ten Most-Promising Tech Hubs to Watch in 2014
Established entrepreneurial accelerator program:
Flint, Michigan
• Assembled accelerator team under mayor’s leadership to complete Flint Ignite Playbook • Discovered and mapped under-utilized fiber infrastructure to schools and other anchor
institutions• Began planning for 8 new applications that could utilize existing fiber infrastructure • Identified core application capabilities:, transportation logistics, automotive manufacturing
Engaged entrepreneurial community within Flint and Kettering, UofM Flint, MSU, and Mott Community College
• Began planning constant stream of application development events for small businesses
Established entrepreneurial accelerator program:
Red Wing, Minnesota
• Formed Red Wing Ignite non-profit organization• Ensured HBC fiber reached business accelerator co-working space and end users
throughout the community• Established small business equity fund • Identified core application capabilities: manufacturing, healthcare, public safety,
transportation and education• Held application development events for small businesses • Coordinated best-practice sharing nationwide