Listen to SSTI's Interview with Dave McNamara of SCLaunch

SSTI has an effective new learning tool for TBED policymakers and practitioners seeking guidance in approaches to building and sustaining tech-based economies. Through exclusive interviews with Excellence in TBED Award recipients, find out first-hand how these award winning initiatives successfully responded to a critical need by applying innovative approaches to generate substantial economic gains for their region.

SCLaunch 2008 Winner for the Building Entrepreneurial Capacity category

Listen to a six-minute clip of SSTI's interview with South Carolina Research Authority Senior Vice President and SCLaunch Director Dave McNamara.

A program of SCRA, SCLaunch was created to facilitate applied research, product development and commercialization programs, and to strengthen South Carolina's Knowledge Economy by creating high wage-earning jobs.

Through its university pre-company initiative support program, an SBIR/STTR matching grant program, and funding to start-up companies, SC Launch is involved in each step of the innovation pipeline. Since its inception in 2006, $60 million in follow-on funding has been secured by SC Launch Portfolio Companies with more than 125 companies accepted into the program.

Listen to the six-minute condensed version of the interview or the full conversation (12:25 minutes).

SSTI will be posting podcast interviews with all of the 2008 Excellence in TBED Award winners in the coming months.

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