Quorum helps transform concepts into companies and move ideas forward. Through interactive programming, open work areas and high-tech event space, Quorum provides the foundation for entrepreneurs to meet, collaborate, and build community. An initiative of the University City Science Center, Quorum leverages the Science Center’s 50-year history of bringing together innovators, scientists, resources and entrepreneurs to accelerate technology commercialization and economic development in the Greater Philadelphia region. The Science Center launched Quorum in 2011 as a “clubhouse” for innovation, to bolster the region’s entrepreneurial capacity and commercialization activities. Quorum serves as a gathering place for entrepreneurs and innovators to connect with scientists, researchers, investors and resource organizations. Quorum has become a unifying force that has contributed to and validated the Science Center’s reputation as a dynamic hub for entrepreneurship and innovation in the region and beyond. Quorum provides its users with dynamic work and meeting spaces, targeted programming and access to a range of mentors, executives, and diverse science, technology, business and non-profit groups. Collaborative work is fostered through the Quorum Lounge, an open-access, high-tech workspace where entrepreneurs find more whiteboards than walls. The Quorum event space attracts an array of community groups, connecting like-minded thinkers and doers. Since opening in 2011, Quorum has hosted more than 26,000 visitors. Over 500 events have been held in the Quorum space, and a growing number of entrepreneurs depend on the access and availability of the Quorum Lounge for growing their startups. View the full case study at: http://universityeda.org/value-to-members/best-practice-sharing/awards-of-excellence/2014-awards-of-excellence/awards-of-excellence-2014-finalists/quorum/

1. UNIVERSITY CITY SCIENCE CENTER
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2. The NEED
A 2007 study of the state of technology transfer in the region recommended the
creation of a venue “to serve as the ‘clubhouse’ for innovation in the region and
provide programming to attract researchers, entrepreneurs and investors to the
venue.”
The SOLUTION: QUORUM
A central gathering place for innovators and entrepreneurs to share ideas, learn about
best practices and negotiate deals. 2

3. Quorum was launched to bolster the region’s
entrepreneurial capacity and commercialization activities by
creating a neutral meeting ground for entrepreneurs and
innovators to connect with scientists, researchers, investors and
resource organizations -- and gain access to business-building
advice.
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4. QUORUM BY THE
NUMBERS
SINCE 2011…..
o 27,000+ visitors
o 500+ events held
o $1+ Million raised
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5. SIGNATURE PROGRAMS
o Coffee & Capital
o Smart Talk
o How to Talk to Money
o Lunch for Hungry Minds
o Office Hours
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6. QUORUM LOUNGE
An informal place to meet, work & grow ideas
o Free
o Open access
o First come, first served
o A space for entrepreneurs
without the commitment of
a desk or the burden of
cost
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7. A COMMUNITY OF
ENTREPRENEURS
Collaborations and
partnerships have been
formed between early-stage
companies
working out of the
Quorum Lounge
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8. STRATEGIC PARTNER ALLIANCE
Includes nonprofit organizations in Pennsylvania, New Jersey
and Delaware that share the Science Center’s commitment to
supporting innovation, entrepreneurship and tech-based
economic development
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9. Innovation has its place.
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