Our future is jeopardized by a gradual decline in our ability to develop and grow technology businesses. In Columbus, we have begun falling behind. Here's the good news. Within Columbus, we have many seeds for technology growth. Our technology business incubator, the Business Technology Center, is chock-full of exciting new enterprises such as Paraspinal Diagnostic and Transmap, with many more on the way as the center expands by another 90,000 square feet.
Several efforts are well underway to increase the seed capital available to technology ventures.
The Ohio State University is leading the charge for legislative changes to encourage faculty participation and ownership of technology startups and the creation of many more industry relationships with the university. And, of course, our existing industry leaders recognize the importance of technology to the community and are aligning and mobilizing themselves through the Technology Leadership Council. Our job as a community is to make the most of these seeds of growth.