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rooms for client interactions or team brainstorming sessions. In addition, HOME supports entrepreneurs with business development, financial services, document management, graphic design and other crucial services.
THE HUB @ 1201
www.stat.international/ office-solutions/the-hub-at-1201
Mary Ann Menders mmenders@stat.international 302-884-6746
Co-working space with shared, dedicated and private office space. Classes on various topics, as well as networking opportunities and mentorship.
KENT COUNTY EMERGING ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT CENTER www.facebook.com/waddingtonsalem James Waddington james.waddington@co.kent.de.us 302-678-3028
Co-working space with shared, dedicated and private office space. Tenants receive mentorship, plus help with business plans and skills, and have networking opportunities.
MIDDLETOWN BUSINESS INCUBATOR & COLLABORATIVE WORKSPACE www.mbide.com
Roxanne Ferguson info@maccde.com
302-378-7545
A 3,300-square-foot facility that can accommodate 10 to 15 businesses in meeting and retail space, storage and offices. Offers mentorship, business-plan development,
capital assistance and networking opportunities.
THE MILL
www.themillspace.com
Rebecca Parsons rebecca@themillspace.com 302-751-6455
Shared, dedicated and private
office space is available, along
with conference and event space, including a 225-person theater. Guest speakers and networking events
add to the offerings. Locations at 1007 North Orange Street and 3411 Silverside Road.
NEXTFAB
www.nextfab.com
Anna Solomon
info@nextfab.com
302-477-7330
Offers access to 2D and 3D printers, design software, a laser cutter, digital circuitry tools and
a woodworking shop, alongside offices, studios and communal space. Tenants benefit from a 12-week accelerator program or nine-month incubator program, business coaching, networking and funding opportunities.
WIN FACTORY
www.winwilmington.com
Tamara Varella info@winwilmington.com 302-250-0175
This co-working and event space helps businesses get to the next level with its Wealth League, which offers curated events, meet-ups and opportunities to be coached by successful entrepreneurs.
DELAWARE PROSPERITY PARTNERSHIP: Promoting Delaware — Where the World Chooses to Do Business www.choosedelaware.com
As Delaware Prosperity Partnership (DPP) enters its fourth year of operation, the future looks brighter than ever for Delawareans as more job opportunities come with more businesses choosing Delaware. The state’s public-private model of economic development has not only taken firm root, but it proves that Delaware excels at collaboration, productive partnerships and shepherding innovation. Since forming in 2017, DPP has been making greater and greater progress in advancing its four-pillar mission of attracting new businesses to the state; retaining and engaging existing businesses as they make plans for expansion; building a stronger entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystem; and assisting employers in building a more diverse tech talent pipeline and addressing other talent pool needs.
Working with statewide partners in 2020, DPP helped Delaware take two major steps toward enhancing its reputation as an innovation hub that grows scalable science and technology companies and successfully competes for business expansion and relocation projects. The Delaware Science & Tech Advisors is comprised of representatives from Delaware’s top science and tech companies, industry organizations, institutions of higher education and state government who are focusing on being more intentional and strategic about advancing Delaware’s statewide scientific and technological innovation economy. A pilot
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grant program designed to expand Delaware’s inventory of ready-to-go lab space is spurring private-sector-led projects to help the state attract and retain science and tech companies.
Throughout its history, DPP’s focus on advancing Delaware‘s culture of innovation has supported mature, existing
enterprises such as Solenis and Adesis, along with promising enterprises in the earlier stages of growth, such as Prelude Therapeutics. Delaware ranks 8th on Bloomberg’s United States Innovation Index, 9th on the Milken Institute’s State Technology and Science Index and 2nd on Amazon’s list
of Most Digital Entrepreneurs Per Capita. Delaware also boasts the nation’s #10 startup ecosystem and one of the highest per-capita patent rates and has been among the best- ranked states for data innovation and initial public offerings. With such an emphasis on innovation and its status as the #1 business legal climate and the state with the #2 lowest cost of doing business, it’s no wonder Delaware is attracting more and more innovators in high-tech agriculture, advanced chemical manufacturing, fintech and other sectors.
“Encouraging innovation and entrepreneurism benefits not only the more seasoned businesses that call Delaware home,” says KURT FOREMAN, DPP president and CEO, “but also encourages innovators from around the nation and the world to choose Delaware as the site where their next big idea will grow from concept to creation.”
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