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    • Between the Shimmer & the Blinding with Chris Lee
    • Executing in Sports and Entrepreneurship with Torii Hunter and Rodney Woods
    • Becoming a Tech Guru with Esther Dyson
    • Strengthening the DC-Baltimore Corridor Through Equitech with Kory Bailey
    • Taking the Oops Out of Unexpected Periods with April Roy
    • Supporting Minority-Owned Businesses with Brandon Hunter
    • How to Kick Off Your Business as an Entrepreneur with Steve Mandell
    • The Future of Streaming with Silicon Valley Serial Entrepreneur, Alexander Gallego
    • Do You Have Grit? True Entrepreneurs Have It with Cari and Shahin Enayati
    • Finding Your Pot of Gold Through Government Grants with Sedale Turbovsky
    • Great Mentors are the Foundation of Great Entrepreneurs with Gil Price
    • Choose Your Message Carefully and Ensure it's Clear with Joe Fuld
    • Words of Wisdom from Sheldon Himelfarb - Bringing Peace to the World Through Entrepreneurship
    • What's in Store in the Next Regime with Brain Bonlender
    • Connecting Talent with Opportunity with Nick Donofrio
    • Using Your Strengths to Find Your Superpower with Tien Wong
    • Be Nice, Work Hard, and Get A Great Education. Insights from a maestro with Maurice Jones
    • Innovation in Children's Health with Kolaleh Eskandanian & Vasum Peiris
    • Making an Impact with Neil St. Clair
    • Virtual Reality Brain Training with Amir Bozorgzadeh
    • Curriculum, Community, and Capital for Underrepresented Founders with Bjorn K Simmons
    • Retain Your Best Customers and Turn them into Raving Fans with Joey Coleman
    • Jordan Carlisle: Founder, Investor, and Northwest Arkansas Community Builder
    • Fighting Like a Mother to Cure SLC6A1 with Amber Freed
    • The Future of Family Office Investing with Arthur Bavelas
    • Preparing for a post-COVID future with Louis Efron, Founder of World Child Cancer
    • Transformational Leadership with Lara Stein, Co-Founder of Boma Global and TEDx
    • Susan and Robert Gold, the co-founders of Feynman School
    • Charles J. Andres, Patents & Innovation Associate with Wilson Sonsini
    • Why Doctors Skip Breakfast with Gregory Charlop
    • Leveraging technology transfer to drive economic growth with Katherine Hill Ritchie
    • How the US bounces back after Coronavirus with Think Tank Superstar Ross DeVol
    • The secret power within the microbiome with Ross Youngs
    • The Coronavirus Episode with Ivan Delgado Orlic
    • The Super Connector, Richard Lofgren
    • Sheri Sobrato and CAI's upcoming children's health challenge
    • Leading GA Tech into a top 10 tech transfer organization with Terry Bray
    • The pioneer who established Stanford's Tech Transfer as a global leader, Kathy Ku
    • How Keith Marmer is helping turn Salt Lake City into a tech transfer powerhouse
    • Engaging Regulators for Success with Marty Rosendale
    • Infusing Startup Culture into Tech Transfer with Tom Stackhouse
    • Investing in the Biggest Challenges in Child Healthcare with John Parker
    • Policymaking, Keys to Innovation in Bio, and More with Jim Greenwood!
    • Incorporating the Bragg Factor into Your Work
    • Aligning Tech Transfer to DEFEAT Brain Diseases with John Boockvar
    • Why Tech Transfer is Key to Winning the Innovation Arms Race
    • Pioneering a New Era of Tech Transfer with Ruben Flores
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CAI's Differentiators


1. FLEXIBLE, CONFIGURABLE IMPACT ARCHITECTURE: Startups can be created in and/or sourced from ANY geographic region; around ANY topic; can be financed in ANY manner (grants, social impact investments, etc.)

2. RELATIONSHIPS: CAI is the only organization that has the relationships allowing unique access to 170,000+ inventions across 100+ organizations with startup-friendly terms. Other organizations have tried and failed. CAI has also built an Ambassador program in 55 different ecosystems to gain access to strong entrepreneurial talent, accelerators, capital, etc. CAI also built relationships with 650+ world-class mentors and advisors. Rosemarie Truman, CEO of CAI, and Nick Donofrio, CAI's Chairman, have enormous networks of companies, investors, accelerators, etc. to gain access to leadership teams, capital and other resources teams need. Examples include: IBM, VW, BP, GM, Ford, etc. Rosemarie ran growth strategies for 50 of the top 100 companies in the world

3. PROVEN, SCALABLE, TURNKEY APPROACH: CAI has more than doubled the number of startups launched each year from its inception. 30%+ of CAI’s startups are high-quality and best-in-class, having the world’s best accolades in fundraising, leadership, startup competitions and accelerator attendance

4. EVERGREEN: With a long-term strategic plan and dedicated fund over 7 years, funding is provided one time and would run CAI in perpetuity given outsized returns

5. DUE DILIGENCE: CAI identifies the best, most commercially viable inventions through rigorous trade-secret due diligence models cultivated by Rosemarie Truman over the last 26 years; final due diligence is performed by CAI's selection committee which is formed from super angels, head of venture in large companies, leaders of the top VC firms in the world and more

6. STRONG STARTUP TEAMS: CAI is the world’s largest platform for sourcing and training entrepreneurs. It is the only platform that BUILDs multidisciplinary, diverse, inclusive startups and connects them with world-class mentors. CAI's startups consistently win 25-70% of the world's largest startup competitions

7. REDUCED RISK: CAI radically lowers investor risk by creating startups from seasoned teams and mentors as well as providing them WORKING inventions with startup friendly terms, resulting in a high probability of success

8. MULTIPLIER EFFECT: With the equivalent funding traditionally allocated to one inventor with one plan to advance one invention, CAI advances 10-20X inventions with 50+ entrepreneurs for each invention. CAI and judges get to select the best team(s) and business plans to launch startups around an invention

9. EDUCATION AND MENTORSHIP: CAI provides the most rigorous accelerator program, 8 months of 40 classes versus the norm of 14 classes; training is hands-on with company building exercises. CAI is a life-changing experience for challenge-accelerator participants

10. LOWER BARRIERS TO PARTICIPATION IN EDUCATION AND LAUNCHING A STARTUP: CAI's challenge-accelerator program is virtual, which allows startup teams to be formed from underserved ecosystems. CAI lowers the barriers to enter win given flexible hours of providing training, mentoring and participating in "hot seats" (pitch practice).  As a result, CAI's startup founders include 500% more minorities than the national average; they are on track to create 3500+ jobs

The Center for Advancing Innovation, Inc 2015
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  • Home
  • Approach
  • Startup Challenges
    • Innovate Children's Health Challenge
    • SCALE Challenge
    • Brain Race
    • Freedom from Cancer Startup Challenge
    • Virginia Beach Bio Startup Challenge
    • Space Race
    • Nano Startup Challenge
    • Neuro Startup Challenge
    • Breast Cancer Startup Challenge
  • Awards
  • Testimonials
  • News
  • Podcast
    • Between the Shimmer & the Blinding with Chris Lee
    • Executing in Sports and Entrepreneurship with Torii Hunter and Rodney Woods
    • Becoming a Tech Guru with Esther Dyson
    • Strengthening the DC-Baltimore Corridor Through Equitech with Kory Bailey
    • Taking the Oops Out of Unexpected Periods with April Roy
    • Supporting Minority-Owned Businesses with Brandon Hunter
    • How to Kick Off Your Business as an Entrepreneur with Steve Mandell
    • The Future of Streaming with Silicon Valley Serial Entrepreneur, Alexander Gallego
    • Do You Have Grit? True Entrepreneurs Have It with Cari and Shahin Enayati
    • Finding Your Pot of Gold Through Government Grants with Sedale Turbovsky
    • Great Mentors are the Foundation of Great Entrepreneurs with Gil Price
    • Choose Your Message Carefully and Ensure it's Clear with Joe Fuld
    • Words of Wisdom from Sheldon Himelfarb - Bringing Peace to the World Through Entrepreneurship
    • What's in Store in the Next Regime with Brain Bonlender
    • Connecting Talent with Opportunity with Nick Donofrio
    • Using Your Strengths to Find Your Superpower with Tien Wong
    • Be Nice, Work Hard, and Get A Great Education. Insights from a maestro with Maurice Jones
    • Innovation in Children's Health with Kolaleh Eskandanian & Vasum Peiris
    • Making an Impact with Neil St. Clair
    • Virtual Reality Brain Training with Amir Bozorgzadeh
    • Curriculum, Community, and Capital for Underrepresented Founders with Bjorn K Simmons
    • Retain Your Best Customers and Turn them into Raving Fans with Joey Coleman
    • Jordan Carlisle: Founder, Investor, and Northwest Arkansas Community Builder
    • Fighting Like a Mother to Cure SLC6A1 with Amber Freed
    • The Future of Family Office Investing with Arthur Bavelas
    • Preparing for a post-COVID future with Louis Efron, Founder of World Child Cancer
    • Transformational Leadership with Lara Stein, Co-Founder of Boma Global and TEDx
    • Susan and Robert Gold, the co-founders of Feynman School
    • Charles J. Andres, Patents & Innovation Associate with Wilson Sonsini
    • Why Doctors Skip Breakfast with Gregory Charlop
    • Leveraging technology transfer to drive economic growth with Katherine Hill Ritchie
    • How the US bounces back after Coronavirus with Think Tank Superstar Ross DeVol
    • The secret power within the microbiome with Ross Youngs
    • The Coronavirus Episode with Ivan Delgado Orlic
    • The Super Connector, Richard Lofgren
    • Sheri Sobrato and CAI's upcoming children's health challenge
    • Leading GA Tech into a top 10 tech transfer organization with Terry Bray
    • The pioneer who established Stanford's Tech Transfer as a global leader, Kathy Ku
    • How Keith Marmer is helping turn Salt Lake City into a tech transfer powerhouse
    • Engaging Regulators for Success with Marty Rosendale
    • Infusing Startup Culture into Tech Transfer with Tom Stackhouse
    • Investing in the Biggest Challenges in Child Healthcare with John Parker
    • Policymaking, Keys to Innovation in Bio, and More with Jim Greenwood!
    • Incorporating the Bragg Factor into Your Work
    • Aligning Tech Transfer to DEFEAT Brain Diseases with John Boockvar
    • Why Tech Transfer is Key to Winning the Innovation Arms Race
    • Pioneering a New Era of Tech Transfer with Ruben Flores
  • About Us
    • Differentiators
    • Our Partnerships
    • Contact Us
  • Internship Program