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Characteristics: Examples: "old Heat": <br /> • Improve workforce skills and technology sophistication Drone manufacturing platforms: Multiplicative Enterprise <br /> • Generate or attract complementary firms that further increase the value enabling multiple applications <br /> that existing regional enterprises provide. in agtech, logistics, and public <br /> • Foster R&D and knowledge spillovers safety. <br /> • AI-enabled and other advanced <br /> Examples: general purpose technology <br /> • Advanced manufacturing firms: introduce precision tools and processes labor-intensive services:creating o <br /> that become regional capabilities. demand for new skills, 0 <br /> • Health innovation centers: attract high-skill talent while improving services. applications, and functional/ <br /> • High-tech service providers: connect to global supply chains and require legal frameworks (See the ACT <br /> Time <br /> skilled support ecosystems. I Project Congressional Directed <br /> • University research spin-offs: leverage intellectual capital and federal Spending Request for further <br /> grants for local enterprise formation. information) <br /> • Advanced manufacturing production: foundational inputs for aerospace, <br /> Accelerative firms are critical to building robust, competitive industry clusters. biotech, and energy firms. <br /> However, they typically emerge in ecosystems that already have a minimal base • Health device manufacturing: linking bioengineering, diagnostics, and data <br /> of skilled labor, supplier networks, and research institutions. systems into scalable platforms. <br /> Introducing the "Multiplicative" Enterprise aka: "Old Heat" Such enterprises offer regional leverage, not just incremental jobs or revenue. <br /> They form the connective tissue for ecosystems to emerge in places where none <br /> CWU proposes that the "Old Heat"facility become a Multiplicative Enterprise existed before. <br /> Center—a site purposefully designed to support the emergence of accelerative <br /> firms. <br /> Rather than serving as a traditional business incubator or generic co-working <br /> space, the repurposed Old Heat facility will serve as a strategic infrastructure <br /> platform to support accelerative enterprise formation. It could possibly: <br /> • Act as a facilitator for capturing infrastructure for other high-value <br /> businesses. <br /> • Integrate R&D, CWU faculty and student resources,production, and <br /> workforce development. <br /> • Create new markets or standards that anchor future firms <br /> • House operational functions of accelerative businesses while they <br /> establish footholds in the region. <br /> 30 1 Old Heat CERB Feasibility Study <br />