Tri-Cities Tech Business Update

November 2012 Issue

• Wine Industry Leaders Announce $17 Million Raised to Date for Future Wine Science Center at WSU Tri-Cities
  Wine industry leaders from across the state gathered to announce $17 million raised to date, and $4 million still needed, for the future Wine Science Center at Washington State University Tri-Cities. more...
• ONAMI Receives SSTI Excellence in TBED Award
  Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute (ONAMI) was named as the winner of the Commercializing Research Category of the SSTI 2012 Excellence in TBED (Technology-Based Economic Development) Awards. more...
• Washington State is Ripe for Business
  Washington State has been making headlines for innovation, being business-friendly, and Seattle's recent export boom. more...
• Four Washington Companies "Most Inspiring"
  Puget Sound Business Journal. Four of the nation's "most inspiring" companies are Washington State companies, according to a new magazine poll. more...
• The Winner of the One-Sentence Pitch is...
  Geekwire hosted a contest where entrepreneurs could pitch their company - in one sentence - for a chance for a full scholarship for the Founder Institute's fall semester entrepreneurial mentorship program. more...
• Washington Closure Exceeds Small Business Goals in Fiscal Year 2012
  Washington Closure Hanford awarded $159 million, or 93 percent, of its subcontract dollars to small businesses in fiscal year 2012. more...

• One-stop Portal for Business Information
  Check out Tri-CitiesBusinessBuilder.com! It's a web portal for businesses to get information about business plans, permits, incubator space, funding, classes, and more. more...
• Coworking Office Space
  The typical one-person shop doesn't necessarily have the resources to set up a professional office environment. more...
• SBA State Trade and Export Promotion Program
  The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has awarded the Washington State Department of Commerce another year of federal funding to help Washington's small businesses grow through exporting. more...
• Northwest Entrepreneur Network
  At Northwest Entrepreneur Network (NWEN) the goal is to teach you everything you need to know and connect you with everyone you need to know so that your first startup feels like your second. more...
• Impact Washington's Small Business Consulting Program
  Impact Washington announces its new Small Business Consulting Program, an initiative aimed at bringing assistance to the state's smallest manufacturers to help them grow their businesses. more...
• Technology Alliance Offers Support to Small Businesses
  The Technology Alliance is a statewide, not-for-profit organization of leaders from Washington's technology-based businesses and research institutions united by their vision of a vibrant innovation economy that benefits all of the state's citizens. more...

• Intro to Chemistry for Teens
  November 3 and 10. An introduction to chemistry for teens is planned by the Richland Section of the American Chemical Society. more...
• WEBINAR: Tips on Electronic Submission to NIH
  November 6. Successful submission of NIH SBIR/STTR proposals requires a thorough understanding of grants.gov and NIH eCommons websites. more...
• Pitch Night
  November 7. No matter what you sell or what stage your business is in, a strong pitch is a critical foundation for your success. more...
• Small Business Forum
  November 9. Washington Policy Center's (WPC) Center for Small Business is hosting its biennial small business forums throughout the state. more...
• Entrepreneur University
  November 9. Entrepreneur University is a one-day, all-inclusive incubator of entrepreneurial insight that will be held in Seattle. more...
• Tiny Startup Camp
  November 10 and 11. Jason Glaspey has started more than a dozen Tiny Startups - some successful, others not so much - and is bringing speakers together to share their experiences and expertise through a two-day event called Tiny Startup Camp. more...
• Meet the Buyer: Doing Business with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
  November 27. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs purchases millions of dollars' worth of products and services from small businesses each year. more...
• Washington Innovation Summit
  November 29. Join 250+ business, research, and policy leaders at the 2012 Washington Innovation Summit. more...

• Agreement will Lead to Commercialization of Batteries for Renewable Energy Storage
  A Washington state firm with a 27,000-square-foot manufacturing and design facility in Mukilteo has signed a license agreement with Battelle to further develop and commercialize a type of advanced battery that holds promise for storing large amounts of renewable energy and providing greater stability to the energy grid. more...
• Companies Reaching for the Clouds for Computing Power
  By now, we've likely all at least heard of cloud computing, and to some extent may grasp what it's all about. more...
• PNNL Operating Under 5-year Contract Extension for Battelle
  Tri-City Herald: The Department of Energy announced that it planned to extend Battelle's contract to manage the DOE national lab in Richland just over a year ago, but the contract extension was signed less than two weeks before it took effect. more...
• Battelle Funding New Cybersecurity Program at CBC
  Columbia Basin College is starting a new, comprehensive program in Cybersecurity to include a one-year certificate, two-year associate's degree, and a Bachelor of Applied Science degree program. more...
• Battelle-led Pacific Northwest Smart Grid Goes Live
  Tri-City Herald: The Pacific Northwest Smart Grid Demonstration Project has gone live with technology to track information across the power system. more...

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Tri-Cities Tech Business Update is published by the Economic Development Office at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Each month, we send you an e-mail message, giving you the link of news, tips, awards, upcoming events, and other information about local technology-based businesses and organizations that support them. With business and community partners, our goal is to build and diversify the Tri-Cities economy—adding skilled jobs in primary-sector industries that bring in outside dollars. Currently, more than 1,100 tech-related businesses, investors, and economic development stakeholders subscribe to the newsletter, mostly in the Mid-Columbia area and the rest of the Pacific Northwest. This newsletter (RL-P00-009) supports PNSO's vision for the future of the Hanford Site and surrounding area through the creation of research opportunities, new industries, and new business clusters.