Nugget Project: Business incubator losing steam?
One of the things that came out at Monday night's Nugget Project advisory was a setback for the business incubator part of the project.
It was announced by project consultant Mark Lewis that C4Cube, the business incubator in Reno that was considering operating the planned Carson City incubator, was no longer a part of their discussions. We don't know exactly what happened, but not having an experienced operator could threaten this part of the project.
Committee member Rob Hooper, executive director of Northern Nevada Development Authority, also threw cold water on the business incubator concept. He said the term was "like a four-letter word to me," and that they don't work.
Hooper has some experience in this respect, as NNDA set out to do their own business incubator earlier last year.
No word yet on where all of this puts the business incubator effort.
On a positive note, Lewis did say there are now two companies interested in working with the digital media lab that would be located inside the new library/discovery center.
One of those companies is Eagle World Media. The following is what they have listed on their website about the digital media lab:
Eagle World Media is working with Carson City, Nevada on the development of a newly constructed Carson City Digital Lab. The Lab is being developed as a media hub for growing companies that can produce entertainment and education programs and create software to manage content for the Internet and broadcast TV.
The Lab will be providing an inspiring portfolio of creative services and products for portable devices, mobile handsets, open events and interactive media productions, specializing in 2D and 3D real-time broadcasting for traditional, 3D and next-gen Internet TV. Additionally, on request from clients, the Lab will produce larger scale interactive visual projects from the original concept and IP generation to the final digital deliverable. The Lab’s unique capabilities will facilitate efficient delivery of specialized studio offerings with expertise and technologies in both 2D and 3D real-time visual effects using a combination of cost effective PC’s/graphics hardware and software that far surpass today's standards of technology. In addition to the above, the lab will be developing game based learning games for mobile, PC and online for the educational and entertainment markets.
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