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Sears think[box] Incubator Marks Five Years Nurturing Business Startups


Image of building with glass windows and striped design on exteriorCase Western Reserve's Larry Sears and Sally Zlotnick Sears think[box] makerspace


Case Western Reserve University's Larry Sears and Sally Zlotnick Sears think[box] was already the nation's largest university-based innovation center and makerspace when it added a key feature in 2020: An incubator where startup companies, most launched by students and faculty, can take their businesses to the next level. The companies have their own office space and benefit from in-house entrepreneurial expertise. What's more, they have access to all the tools and equipment in Sears think[box].

Learn more about the makerspace and its incubator below, and in this story on CLEANR.

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themed floors at Sears think[box] with 50,000 square feet for community, collaboration, prototyping, fabrication, team projects, expert advice, legal guidance and startup incubation

$407 million-plus

raised by entrepreneurs leveraging the makerspace's resources

3,700

square feet in the incubator


13

companies housed since the incubator's launch in 2020, collectively creating:

93

jobs held by CWRU students and alumni

76

paid jobs, including:

18

internships for CWRU students


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startups have grown and moved to the nearby CWRU-led 11000 Cedar Startup Incubator