Yesterday, I had the privilege of attending the open house and ribbon cutting ceremony of the new FAU Research Park incubator center located in Boca Raton next to the campus of FAU. Walking around and seeing/meeting the young innovators located throughout the space was so much fun. I love hearing people's passion about new ideas and new concepts they are creating with excitement. One company, an IT consulting company has only been in business four months and have already gone from a staff of six to a staff of twelve and have plans to continue expanding. All Generation Y folks with an eagerness to take their concepts and ideas to their market and transform their client's ideas into realty.
In attendance at this event was the city mayor, a councilwoman, a county commissioner, members of the Business Development Board, Chamber of Commerce, staff and faculty of FAU and business owners, investors, etc. I met some very interesting people from this group, many I know. One new person I engaged in conversation was a college professor of engineering who is also a beautiful artist - Thomas Fernandez. His artwork adorned the walls of the building and it is simply exquisite. He created some pieces to depict math formulas in art form. Truly intriguing coming from a traditional left-brain thinker who is also very much a right brain creator of beauty.
Innovators and Entrepreneurship are buzz words for this decade. The more open we can be with accepting of new ideas and concepts to make processes easier, the less stressed we can become. If you live near a college campus, check out what's going on around it in the business community. When they join forces, fertile ground of new ideas being created by a whole new generation. These are exciting times.
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