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Inc Cube founder joins ROBRADY Design

Tim Raines — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:51:43 +0000

Inc Cube founder Tim Raines has joined forces with ROBRADY Design, a globally recognized innovation firm providing game changing Industrial Design, Product Development services, Graphic Design and manufacturing production services among their offerings. Tim will head Sales and Marketing and will consult with clients on commercialization strategy, to insure that ROBRADY Design clients secure the highest Return on their Design Investment.

Inc Cube and Nanohmics extend partnership to commercialize innovative technology

Tim Raines — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:28:50 +0000

Inc Cube and Nanohmics continue to partner to deliver innovative technologies to several markets. Currently, Inc Cube is extending the business development effort on the High Energy Density, High Temperature Capacitor. Along with the capacitor, Inc Cube will begin promoting a new optical quality algaecide infused PMMA that was developed for NOAA as well as begin inital market studies for an innovative Thermoelectric Cooler.

Technology Venture Competition Map

Tim Raines — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:50:18 +0000

The below link to a Google Map I created is a near comprehensive map of new technology venture competitions across the United States. If you consider Moot Corp activity as a small tell-tale of innovation activity, It doesn’t take long to realize where innovation, entrepreneurship and technology commercialization are taking place and where they are incredibly deficient. In particular, the Southern States are lagging, especially considering the trends in population growth have more Americans living and working in the South. Why are we lagging? There are more people, more resources and more opportunties in the South than many other parts of the country, yet no energy for wealth creation.

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=116024986776459925146.000001131c3a26de85ee2

A Legend In Commercialization Dies

Tim Raines — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:23:59 +0000

Dr. Robert Cade, the inventor of Gatorade, died Tuesday at the age of 80. The story of Gatorade’s invention and subsequent commercialization is an amazing one and one of the mega-successes of a university technology commercialized to the market. The technology costs approximately $45 in materials to make the first batch and was a favorite of then University of Florida quarterback, Steve Spurrier. The story highlights an often overlooked part of the commercialization process - the power of the early adopter in influencing the overall success of the product. In this case, the Florida Gators and Heisman Trophy winner Steve Spurrier were the early adopters and had they not been quite so powerful at the time, adoption in the greater market place may have been slow or non-existent.

Inc Cube provides technology commercialization services to Nanohmics, Inc. in Austin

Tim Raines — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 18:13:35 +0000

Inc Cube and Nanohmics, Inc. (www.nanohmics.com) are engaged to evaluate the Nanohmics technology portfolio for technologies with commercial potential. Inc Cube also is providing consulting on the business plan and application submitted to the Texas Emerging Technology Fund for funds that will be used to launch a promising technology spin-out.

Fostering and nurturing South Central Austin’s creative class

Tim Raines — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 01:28:33 +0000

Last week, I was published in the Austin Business Journal on an article about innovation and the impact of high cost residential development on the creative class. I wrote the article in partnership with my wife who is a strategic marketing consultant focused on urban development, particularly downtown residential development. Please enjoy!

http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2007/09/10/focus9.html?t=printable&b=1189396800%5e1517244

Reference: Austin Business Journal - September 7, 2007 by Michelle Raines and Tim Raines Contributing writers

Innovation and the Sea

Tim Raines — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:42:15 +0000

This coming month of September, I will be building a primary presence in Sarasota, Florida but will continue to maintain my Austin, Texas address as well as continue my work around the world. With this decision, I have received a fair amount of grief from friends and colleagues who cannot believe I would leave the innovative and creative technology driven city of Austin. It should come as no surprise to me due to the success Austin has enjoyed in my particular field, however, one cannot discount the power that the sea can have over ones ability to create and innovate.

Meredith F. Small, a columnist with LiveScience, wrote a great column today about her recent trip to the beach and it raises the question, why do we see trips to the sea as merely vacation spots and not locations to do our best thinking and innovating? http://www.livescience.com/history/070824_hn_fish.html

Well, I for one, will be near the beach and I expect to uncover incredible innovations, driven entrepreneurs and emerging technologies. There is a ton of entrepreneurial energy in Florida and along the gulf coasts and it is time we leveraged these resources to continue to grow the region. I am excited to be there and participate in the regional efforts for innovation and wealth creation.

Commercialization Humor - Brookstone Scientists 10 Years Away From Towel Alarm Clock

Tim Raines — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:32:54 +0000

Having reviewed almost 100 early stage technologies in my first year, my experience has taught me that great technologies can be presented poorly and poor technologies can be presented well, only to find out later that there is no market, the IP already exists or the product is, well… horrible. In one case, university researchers brought us something that simply broke the laws of physics!

Events like this keep commercialization fun. Keeping with that spirit, one of my favorite diversions, The Onion, released an article on commercialization that really isn’t too far from some of the things I’ve seen real inventors pitch! Enjoy…

Brookstone Scientists 10 Years Away From Towel Alarm Clock

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/brookstone_scientists_10_years

The Art of the Deal - Being “There”

Tim Raines — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:08:51 +0000

There is simply no substitute for being out in world meeting people when making deals. Every city, every region has a place where the deal makers of various industries come together to make things happen. Today, my wife, Michelle Raines, told me a story that illustrates this point. She is a marketing strategist to executives, primarily focused on a couple of industries, one in particular is Urban Real Estate Development. She works from home but is usually out and about meeting people and clients. With this freedom, she can leverage herself to be at Jo’s Coffee Shop in Downtown Austin and meet and greet casually with almost every major player in the hot development market in Austin. She is seen as well, which is equally important. During the two hours, she met with a major developer casually, integrated into the conversation a couple of C-level executives from her former employer who walked by and who coincidentally raved about her and how much they missed her in front of this new potential client and she met a few other business associates and clients casually, who just happened to be in the area, all of which builds her credibility as a key resource to this community.

The point I want to make is that when you are doing business development, you have to keep in mind that e-mail and phone calls are only tools that ultimately get you into an opportunity to meet face to face. I would further advocate that simply ordering a cup of coffee and meeting a few contacts over a morning in a hot spot like I just described is far more valuable than a day spent working the phones.

As a start-up, your resources are spread thin and sometimes, it seems that making the most contacts you can is where the payoff will be for your firm. This is rarely the case. Get out for at least two mornings a week and find a key hot spot in your town for VC’s and Angels, developers, agents, government administrators - whomever you are seeking - and schedule one or two informal meetings with high profile executives and watch your personal stock rise quickly in your area. Introducing them to others is a very highly regarded position to be in and they will also introduce you to even more important people as they pass by your table. Making personal connections is key but being seen in the environment often gets overlooked and sometimes, just being seen is half the battle.

Inc Cube Providing Commercialization Services to Ukrainian Venture

Tim Raines — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 20:15:46 +0000

Inc Cube signs on to provide market and technology validation services for scientist in the Ukraine. The effort is in partnership with the US Government to support Nuclear Non-Proliferation and re-direct technologies and scientists engaged in production of weapons of mass destruction (WMD’s) towards commercialization of the technologies in responsible and profitable service to the economy.