Minnesota

Project: SOTA TEC’s First Decade: Observations and Findings

Client: The Blandin Foundation

The Blandin Foundation engaged Battelle to assist SOTA TEC in developing an assessment that was designed to chart the history and progress of this pilot program, its organization, and to gather both outcome and impact information. An innovative non-profit intermediary supported for a decade by Blandin, this assessment reviewed its impact on the University of Minnesota in technology transfer, formation of startup firms in Minnesota, and made recommendations for creation of a SOTA TEC II for the future.