North Star Innovation Partners Services

North Star adds value to its consulting and project management services through:
- Comprehensive research and economic analysis - Practical planning rooted in management experience - Entrepreneurship experience - An understanding of the dynamic innovation environment

Innovation Ecosystem Strategies

• Entrepreneurship development strategies
• Student entrepreneurship programs
• Corporate engagement and sponsorship programs
• Public sector engagement initiatives
• Community assessment of angel capital/early-stage capital access

Incubator/Accelerator Planning and Development

• Needs assessment and feasibility studies
• Business and financial plan development
• Co-working initiatives
• Innovation tools and program development to drive business acceleration

Incubator/Accelerator Operations, Sustainability and Impact

• Financial sustainability plans
• Board of Directors development plans
• New programmatic focus integration into existing incubation programs
• Implementation of Incubation/Acceleration Best Practice

Client-based Programs to Drive Economic Development

• Woman-owned business programming
• Veteran-owned business programming
• Minority business programming, including 8-A business acceleration

"Innovation is the specific instrument of entrepreneurship... the act that endows resources with a new capacity to create wealth." Peter Drucker, Author and business management educator