Tri-Cities Tech Business Update

March 2013 Issue

• Innovate Washington Offers Free SBIR/STTR Webinar
  Innovate Washington offers a free webinar that introduces the Federal Government's SBIR and STTR programs and the $2.5 billion available in research and development funding for small businesses with innovative technologies. more...
• Mid-Columbia Small Business Awards
  The Small Business Awards Committee is accepting nominations for the Mid-Columbia Small Business of the Year Awards. more...
• Entrepreneurial Awardees Announced
  The Richland Rotary Club recently held its annual awards luncheon honoring local entrepreneurs. Recognized this year for their entrepreneurial spirit and drive were: Earmark Construction, Teknologize, Power Focus Engineering, Efficiency Solutions, Rippedsheets.com, Ethos Bakery, and Blue Flame Distillery. more...
• Tri-Cities Photographer Nominated for Photography Masters Cup Honors in Aerial Category
  Professional photographer and previous Richland Rotary Entrepreneurial Award recipient, David Wyatt of Loftics, was presented with the 6th Annual Photography Masters Cup Nominee title in the category of Aerial at a prestigious Nomination & Winners Photoshow. more...
• It's Not a Startup... It's a Startup Business
  It's common knowledge that when someone refers to a startup, they really mean a startup business. more...
• Khris Judy, Randolph Construction, Honored with ATHENA Award
  Khris Judy, President and Branch Manager of Randolph Construction Services, was the recipient of the 2013 ATHENA Leadership Awards®. more...

• Washington Takes #12 for Job Growth in 2012
  Of the 50 states, Washington ranked number 12 for job growth in 2012, according to a study by Arizona State University's W.P. more...
• Seattle Angel Group Keiretsu Forum Invests $20M in 34 Startups in 2012
  Entrepreneurs looking for funding should keep an eye on Keiretsu. The Seattle-based company invested $20.1 million in 34 companies last year, backing startups such as iCapEquity, Journey Gym, Minetta Brook and Puralytics -- a past PNNL technology assistance recipient. more...
• Tour DOE's Environmental Molecular Science Laboratory - Virtually
  PNNL has collaboratively launched a virtual tour showcasing four state-of-the-art laboratories and 12 instruments that are within DOE's Environmental Molecular Science Laboratory (EMSL), a Department of Energy user facility located on the PNNL campus. more...
• Washington Procurement Technical Assistance Center
  The Washington PTAC program helps companies find and successfully win contracts for work with the local, state, and federal governments. more...
• WSU Tri-Cities Adds Construction Management Master's Degree
  Washington State University's online engineering and technology management program has expanded to include a master's degree with a specialization in construction management and a graduate certificate. more...

• SBIR/STTR Proposal Writing Boot Camp
  March 2, 16, and 30. The three-day intensive boot camp helps prepare companies for Phase I SBIR/STTR proposal development. more...
• Non-Dilutive Capital: Finding It, Getting It, and Using It Strategically
  March 6. It's no secret that funding a life science business is harder than ever. The contraction of venture capital and cuts to federal grant budgets have made securing non-dilutive funding more difficult, yet ever more crucial to validating technology and reducing risk early on. more...
• Alliance Northwest Conference
  March 14. The 2013 Alliance Northwest Conference is the largest business-to-government conference in the Pacific Northwest. more...
• Meet the Buyers: Doing Business with Colleges and Universities
  March 19. Attendees will learn about selling their products or services to Columbia Basin College and Washington State University Tri-Cities and be better prepared to take part in this government marketplace. more...
• Understanding Government Contracting Solicitations
  April 9. The state and federal governments purchase millions of dollars' worth of products and services from small businesses each year. more...
• Walla Walla Business Summit
  April 12: The one-day Business Summit is an opportunity to learn from leaders in various business sectors and disciplines. more...
• Bridging Partnerships Small Business Symposium
  April 17-18. The 10th Annual Bridging Partnerships Small Business Symposium is a business expo with a focus on Government contracting and doing business at Hanford, with exciting networking opportunities and educational breakout session. more...

• Energy Technology Licensed
  Recently, two energy-related licenses were announced-one for technology that balances power supply and demand using decentralized control; the other for a technology that could charge cell phones in minutes. more...
• Tackling Big Data Together
  Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the University of Washington recently partnered to create the Northwest Institute for Advanced Computing, which will develop new approaches to teasing information out of such large datasets and train a future generation of researchers on how to think about big data. 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.