Why Build a Tinker Space?

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Why is Roane State Community College building a Tinker Space inside the Cumberland Business Incubator?  This article from The Kauffman Foundation by Jonathan Ortmans provides a few answers.  Hint:  A Tinker Space, like the one being developed inside the CBI, is a smaller version of a Makerspace. Continue reading

CBI Wins Prize!

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Cumberland Business Incubator receives $50,000 prize to create Tinker Space

The Cumberland Business Incubator, located on Roane State Community College’s Cumberland County campus, has received a $50,000 prize to create a space where entrepreneurs can turn their ideas into working prototypes.

The incubator was one of 50 organizations nationwide to receive a prize through the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Growth Accelerator Fund competition. Continue reading