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VENTURELINK @ NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
THE UNIVERSITY’S COMMUNITY BUSINESS INCUBATOR SUPPORTS STARTUPS WITH VALUABLE SPACE AND SERVICES. The VentureLink cafe area is designed to encourage interaction and collaboration.
ELEVATOR PITCH From desks to offices and coaching to mentorship, VentureLink is the home for entrepreneurship and innovation in Northern New Jersey. With 110,000 square feet of usable space, VentureLink is the largest startup incubator in New Jersey. VentureLink houses three options to support entrepreneurs of all types: the brand-new co-working floor, private office and growth floors, and wet lab and sciences floor.
OUR STORY About VentureLink@NJIT Dubbed as the “Physical Home of Entrepreneurship at NJIT,” VentureLink hosts a number of programs for both student and community entrepreneurs. The building is home to four distinct programs of which members can take advantage. In addition to the private office space, the recently renovated first floor is home to an 11,500-square-foot, modular, open-desk co-working space. The program can support offices for any size of early to growing team.
Learning the Entrepreneurial Core: LinkUps Workshops The heart of the programming at VentureLink is the LinkUps Workshop series. Including topics such as “Building Your First Sales Plan” and “How to Shop For a Lawyer,” the 15-20 workshops held per year teach budding entrepreneurs how to start and how to build their company. This workshop series is free and open to the public. Anyone in the area can join and learn how to start their own venture.
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