marketable technologies, faster and better than the competition, will determine the pace of the state’s economic growth. Generating ideas in bulk and leaving commercialization to chance is not sufficient to spur innovation. To accelerate their innovation economy, Arrowhead Center brokers the constant interplay between those in the market in search of solutions, innovative researchers, savvy entrepreneurs, eager students, educated employees, advanced facilities, and effective public/private partnerships. They are equipped to leverage innovation as an ongoing mechanism for promoting new business development and the job growth that goes with it.