I was talking to one of my advisors David Smith (see his bio here http://www.greenenergymarketing.com/content/advisors ) David is one of those guys whose IQ dwarfs ten of us combined in a room. We were talking about one of the projects he has done for the Life Sciences sector related to what he calls a “collaboratory” and how this would fit into the much anticipated Stimulus Package and it’s Green elements. David is an expert at this simply because he has done this for the state of Indiana with a project called www.biocrossroads.com while you wont see his name on the site, it was his group that put together the study on what it should be, who should be a part of it, what it should be focused on and what resources were in the region that could be leveraged. I was talking to one of my advisors David Smith (see his bio here http://www.greenenergymarketing.com/content/advisors ) David is one of those guys whose IQ dwarfs ten of us combined in a room. We were talking about one of the projects he has done for the Life Sciences sector related to what he calls a “collaboratory” and how this would fit into the much anticipated Stimulus Package and it’s Green elements. David is an expert at this simply because he has done this for the state of Indiana with a project called www.biocrossroads.com while you wont see his name on the site, it was his group that put together the study on what it should be, who should be a part of it, what it should be focused on and what resources were in the region that could be leveraged.

The similarities to a Green collaboratory are striking, 1) Green is very broad, where do you start? (same with life sciences) 2) Taking a “what’s in my toolbox” approach makes sense in an region or city that wants to be greener, we know that proximity equals potentcy when doing any business, and marshalling resources is a key element to succeed in any venture.

I asked David what is this term collaboratory versus an incubator and he said the difference between the incubators of old and a collaboratory can be summed up like this……Incubators are for ill children or premature children, they help them get healthy so they can survive……Incubation is what we do with our children from the time they are infants to the time we ship them off to college……this is what we should be doing with Green Innovation…..life cycle incubation, not putting them in a incubator.

I can have David comment on this if you would like to hear more…..his work with BioCrossroads is amazing and it could be duplicated in every city in the US and we would have in my opinion a great chance at really being a nationally green country, where all of our talents and skills in each state/region are utilized for the greater good….instead of fighting over who will get the most $$$ from the Stimulus Package we all can benefit and should and must work in conjunction to bring Green Innovation to market.

Filed under: Green Energy For Business, Green Energy for Entrepreneurs by Kimo Storke