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Characteristics:. lmprove workforce skills and technology sophistication. Generate or attract complementary firms that further increase the value <br />that existing regional enterprises provide.. Foster R&D and knowledge spillovers <br />Examples:. Advanced manufacturing firms: introduce precision tools and processes <br />that become regional capabilities.. Health innovation centers: attract high-skill talent while improving services.. Hightech service providers: connect to global supply chains and require <br />skilled support ecosystems.. University research spin-offs: leverage intellectual capital and federal <br />grants for local enterprise formation, <br />Accelerative firms are critical to building robust, competitive industry clusters. <br />However, they typically emerge in ecosystems that already have a minimal base <br />of skilled labor, supplier networks, and research institutions. <br />lntroducing the "Multiplicative" Enterprise aka: "Old Heat" <br />CWU proposes that the "Old Heat" facility become a Multiplicative Enterprise <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. lt could possibly: <br />Act as a facilitator for capturing infrastructure for other high-value <br />businesses. <br />lntegrate 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 />Examples:. Drone manufacturing platforms: <br />enabling multiple applications <br />in agtech, logistics, and public <br />safety, <br />' Al-enabled and other advanced <br />general purpose technology <br />labor-intensive services:creating <br />demand for new skills, <br />applications, and functional/ <br />legal frameworks (See the ACT <br />I Project Congressional Directed <br />Spending Request for further <br />information) <br />Advanced manufacturin g prod uction : foundational inputs for aerospace, <br />biotech, and energy firms. <br />Health device manufacturing: linking bioengineering, diagnostics, and data <br />systems into scalable platforms. <br />Such enterprises offer regional leverage, not just incrementaljobs or revenue. <br />They form the connective tissue for ecosystems to emerge in places where none <br />existed before. <br />E,zo <br />6J <br />= <br />c <br />E <br />Eoo <br />"Old Heat": <br />Multi licative <br />Time <br />30 I Old Heat CERB Feasibility Study