Starting a company around a new energy or manufacturing technology is difficult. Entrepreneurs often need years of research, specialized equipment and substantial investment before their ideas are ready for the marketplace.
Innovation Crossroads helps aspiring hard-tech entrepreneurs overcome those barriers. Now welcoming its tenth cohort, this Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program node embeds technical founders at the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) where they can access world-class scientists, facilities, mentors and industry networks to help move promising technologies from research and development toward commercialization.