Innovation Of The Fourth Kind
Panel Meeting On Innovation Hub
New Innovation Hub At Prince George’s Community College Will Connect Academia, Business, Ideas, And Entrepreneurial Growth
Part One Of A Three-Part Series
The Innovation Hub Launches March 10, 10:00 a.m., Prince George's Community College, 301 Largo Road // Upper Marlboro, MD
Dr. Charlene M. Dukes-President of Prince George’s Community College
The Prince George’s Community College Center for Entrepreneur Development and Training (CEDT) in partnership with Inncuvate will celebrate the ribbon cutting and launch of a new Innovation Hub. The Innovation Hub is focused on increasing the College’s regional impact by facilitating the growth of entrepreneurship in connecting County-based entrepreneurs to the resources and knowledge they need to succeed.
The Innovation Hub (INNOHUB@PGCC) serves as a physical and virtual place where students, faculty, businesses, and the community collaborate to solve problems, generate new ideas, and improve existing processes, services, and products. INNOHUB@PGCC currently consists of four components (Product Design Studio, Advisory Studio Coding Lab, and Human Capital Lab)
Product Design Studio
INNOHUB@PGCC's Product Design Studio rooted in the Design Thinking methodology and user-centric design principles helps broader adoption of a widely used approach to innovation. This helps local entrepreneurs, corporations, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations to identify problems, generate ideas, develop solutions, create prototypes, test, and iterate these ideas for a better tomorrow.
Advisory Studio
INNOHUB@PGCC’s Advisory Studio provides traditional advisory and technical assistance services related to business capacity building, business operations, and back-office support, this results in customized services to solve various problems from the start-up to the scale-up phase.
Coding Lab
INNOHUB@PGCC's Coding Lab provides software development expertise, tools, and the support network necessary to develop digital solutions to support existing businesses or launch new businesses.
Human Capital Lab
INNOHUB@PGCC's Human Capital Lab provides local entrepreneurs, corporations, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations with customized talent development and talent placement solutions. The Human Capital Lab is designed to train participants for entry-level positions in emerging industries.
“The CEDT plays a vital role in maximizing student learning and the development of the local business community in Prince Georges County. Given that we are in the midst of a number of industry and workforce shifts that impacts local economic development we have to continue to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship here in the County,” explains June Evans, Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship Development and Training.
Why an Innovation Hub at Prince George’s Community College?
Besides the fact that students and faculty gain experiential learning opportunities and the chance to work collaboratively with entrepreneurs and large businesses, Prince George’s Community College aims to be an innovating force for education, workforce training, and entrepreneurship development in Prince George’s County as well as being a critical resource for economic development. The INNOHUB@PGCC leverages all of Prince George’s Community College’s assets and points them toward greater impact. It is an accessible and affordable County resource that prepares a broader population of learners, faculty, and entrepreneurs for the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
“The CEDT through the INNOHUB@PGCC has a unique opportunity to bridge the gap for the community between education, entrepreneurship, small businesses development, and innovation,” says Mark Lawrence, Managing Partner of Inncuvate and Project Director of INNOHUB
About the CEDT
The CEDT has served the local, small, and minority business community in Prince Georges County and the Greater Washington region since 2008. Through the current workforce and entrepreneurial development programs, the college helps businesses grow to the next level
About Inncuvate
Founded in July 2016 Inncuvate is a professional services firm that exists to provide underserved communities access to sustainable life-changing opportunities that creates wealth, bridges economic gaps, develops more serial entrepreneurs and ultimately fuels growth and improves the standard of living.
