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 

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 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.