The mission of innovate St. Louis is to make a significant difference in boosting the level of innovation and entrepreneurship in the bi-state St. Louis region. These are important ingredients in maintaining a high quality of life. Innovate St. Louis is a momentum builder in this key area.
Why does this matter to St. Louis?
For St. Louis to remain prosperous in a fast-changing global marketplace, it’s no longer enough to be content with merely maintaining our status quo. We’re competing with other regions for the best brains, the investment dollars, and the innovative businesses that will generate wealth for our region. This takes a continual renewal of our economic base. Success means making our region a stronger magnet that will both hold the assets we have and build a critical mass to attract such assets from elsewhere.
What does Innovate St. Louis provide and how does it work?
Innovate St. Louis is the only organization that looks at the entire our region through the lens of entrepreneurship. There are many groups involved in supporting entrepreneurial activity, each with its own goals. Innovate has no desire to duplicate anything that already exists. Rather, it works to increase collaboration and starts new initiatives to strengthen the overall system in St. Louis for entrepreneurial support. Innovate works in partnership on everything it undertakes.
In so doing, Innovate:
- Boosts entrepreneurship and innovation throughout the bi-state region by encouraging and facilitating people and groups working together.
- Works across the region to look at all stages of enterprise development -- from early ideas to ongoing growth – encouraging entrepreneurial initiatives, ensuring there are resources to assist developing enterprises, and making the system for connecting entrepreneurs to the help they need more efficient and user friendly.
- Strengthens the region’s entrepreneurial infrastructure and networks.
- Identifies and supports the development of additional industry coalitions that can be levers of growth.