The Arrowhead Center at New Mexico State University works to create an innovation-driven economy in New Mexico through research, business development, education and policy analysis. It conducts research to move ideas to market, launches startups, supports company growth and provides learning experiences for students. Programs include an entrepreneurship institute, technology incubator, national lab collaboration and an innovation park. The Center also analyzes policies and economic impacts. It aims to commercialize technologies through its Launch program and a new Arrowhead Innovation Network funded by a federal grant.

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575-646-1434
Arrowhead Center
Office of the Vice President for Economic Development
New Mexico State University
ReEnergize The Americas
October 18, 2012
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2. What and How
WHAT WE DO:
Research, Business,
Create an innovation-driven economy. Education, Economic Regional
Development Innovation
HOW WE DO IT:
Conduct research to move ideas to market.
Launch start-up companies by serving and supporting the entrepreneur from idea to
enterprise.
Support the growth of successful companies at the research park.
Provide students with directed learning experiences to expand their skill sets and
prepare them to enter the innovation workforce.
Analyze the impact of public policies on the economy.
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3. Who
WHO WE DO IT FOR:
Those throughout New Mexico who are eager to embrace new and emerging ideas.
Public &
Entrepreneurs Private
Partners
Students
Researchers
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4. Entrepreneurship Institute
WHAT WE DO:
Conduct research to move ideas to market and train entrepreneurs.
HOW WE DO IT:
Entrepreneur Student E- NME- Innoventure
Ventures Business Laboratory Alliance
Incubator
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5. Arrowhead Technology Incubator
WHAT WE DO:
Accelerate technology-based entrepreneurial growth.
Energy Space & Homeland Information
Aerospace Security Technology
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6. National Lab Collaboration
• Student teams devoted to analyzing technologies, validating markets and
investigating licensing opportunities.
• New Mexico Small Business Assistance (NMSBA) allows New Mexico small
businesses facing technical challenges to access the unique expertise and
capabilities of Los Alamos, Sandia, and universities.

7. Arrowhead Park
WHAT WE DO:
Inspire an emerging hub for innovation and creativity that links scientists, technologists, and
entrepreneurs contributing to New Mexico's economic development.
HOW WE DO IT:
Manage a 200+ acre public-private land development
partnership on NMSU.
Develop mutually beneficial relationships between
NMSU and industry.
Recruit private sector and government tenants
- Early College High School.
Drive developmental activities that contribute to the
growth of the Park and entrepreneurial community:
-Expansion of Arrowhead Drive to 4 lanes
-$27 million investment in last 4 years
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8. Policy Analysis
WHAT WE DO:
Analyze public policies and economic impacts.
HOW WE DO IT:
 Economic base studies
 All New Mexico counties and SMSAs
 Economic impact studies
 Fiscal analyses and industry studies
 Includes NM fossil fuel project for Department of
Energy
 Economic policy analyses
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9. Technology Commercialization
 Pathways through which the innovations developed by NMSU researchers
may have the greatest scholarly, economic, and social impacts.
 Successful technology commercialization includes a range of activities,
from IP management to technology licensing to start-up business
formation.
 Leading the Launch proof of concept program.
 Learning and efficiency through Technology
Commercialization Associates program.
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10. Launch
WHAT WE DO:
Move innovative technologies from NMSU laboratories and development settings to
market.
HOW WE DO IT:
 Award up to $25,000 cash for technology development, market assessment, and
business planning activities.
 Provide researchers and technologists commercialization assistance.
 Provide mentoring and access to investment networks.
WHO WE DO IT FOR:
NMSU faculty, staff, and students in all disciplines and fields of research.
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11. Launch
FIRST AWARDEES
Drs. Jeffrey Arterburn, Charles Shuster, and Kevin Houston
A new class of fluorescent organic dyes and
associated compounds referred to as “HPY-
Dyes.”
Applications in biological, biomedical, and
biotechnology fields as indicators of cell
viability and function.
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12. Launch
FIRST AWARDEES
Drs. Geoffrey Smith and Shuguang Deng
Biohydrogenesis ™ is a bacteria culture that
produces large quantities of hydrogen gas and
is able to capture that gas in a biopolymer.
Represents a potential U.S. domestic source
of energy that may be very economical and
does not use food sources (e.g., ethanol
industry’s use of corn).
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13. Arrowhead Innovation Network (AIN)
AIN: a collaborative network of players staged on the expansion of existing
programs and the establishment of new initiatives designed to create and
retain talent, invest in innovation and entrepreneurship, and strengthen the
relationship between research and commercialization in our region of
southern New Mexico and west Texas
 AIN will build upon Launch, NMSU’s proof of concept program, strengthening the
program through filling in gaps and creating a network to support it
 Enhancement of existing Launch support programs: enterprise research and
entrepreneurial training, business acceleration, and technology commercialization
outreach
 New Launch Features: enterprise advisors and investment funds
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14. Arrowhead Innovation Network (AIN)
 AIN funded through Round 3 of i6 Challenge
• Multi-agency grant that encourages and rewards innovative,
groundbreaking ideas that accelerate technology commercialization, new
venture formation, job creation, and economic growth across the United
States.
• Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (OIE) was created in 2009 to
spearhead the federal government's efforts to promote innovation-based,
high-growth entrepreneurship in pursuit of job creation and economic
growth.
• Obama Administration today announced the winners of the third round of
the i6 Challenge, a national competition to advance American innovation,
foster entrepreneurship, increase the commercialization of ideas into
viable companies, and create jobs . . . Including Us
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15. Arrowhead Innovation Network (AIN)
 AIN funded through Round 3 of i6 Challenge
• . . . Including Us
• DONA ANA, SIERRA, AND SOCORRO COUNTIES NM AND WEST TEXAS
• SNL, LANL
• HUB OF HUMAN INNOVATION
• OTHERS . . . YOU?
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16. For More Information
Contact Arrowhead Center
Visit our website at
arrowheadcenter.nmsu.edu
Contact Kevin Boberg at (575) 646.1434 or
kboberg@nmsu.edu
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