Key Strategy #1:

Innovation and Entrepreneurship

What do all of these companies have in common?

Each of them is one of the largest employers in the Pittsburgh Region today, employing over 1,000 workers in southwestern Pennsylvania.

And each of them was started by entrepreneurs using technologies invented here in the Pittsburgh Region!

In fact, most of the big companies in southwestern Pennsylvania didn’t move here – they were started here by entrepreneurs.

Because they’re big, these companies have familiar names. But what about lesser known companies like Industrial Scientific, McKesson Automation, Nomos, ServiceLink, and VoCollect? What do they have in common?

Each of them employs over 100 workers in southwestern Pennsylvania, and each of them was started by entrepreneurs using technologies invented here in the Pittsburgh Region during the last 20 years.

In fact, most of the new jobs created in southwestern Pennsylvania are created by startups and small firms.

Innovation and entrepreneurship created the engine that drove the economy of the Pittsburgh Region throughout the last century. That same engine can drive the regional economy through this new century.

The formula is simple:

Create new ideas.

Turn them into new products and services at new and existing companies.

Help the companies successfully grow and create new jobs.

How is the Pittsburgh Region doing in fostering idea creation? What can be done to support continued and increased innovation? Read about the sources and prospects for research and development…

How is the Pittsburgh Region doing in turning new ideas into new products and services? What can be done to accelerate this process? Read about the programs for supporting technology transfer and entrepreneurial development…

How is the Pittsburgh Region doing in helping new and existing companies grow? That’s Strategy #2 – Creating A Competitive Business Climate…