One of the advantages of living close to a major NJ academic institution is that universities, especially tech-oriented ones, are often hubs of entrepreneurial activity.
That is the case with NJIT, which is located down the road from me in Newark
This engineering-focused school boasts an incubation program at their Enterprise Development Center, which to date has hatched over 80 businesses and continues to attract seed money.
And NJIT also hosts interesting conferences, like the New Jersey Technology Council (NJTC) Bootcamp, where entrepreneurs get to tap into the wisdom of business veterans, investors, accounting firms, lawyers and the rest of the ecosystem that keeps the tech scene in this area rolling along.Continue reading