Nw Innovation Resource Center (Nwirc)

The NW Innovation Resource Center helps entrepreneurs create, build and grow innovative businesses that strengthen the economic diversity of NW Washington. As a 501c3 organization, our team collaborates with partners and volunteers to give innovative entrepreneurs access to the resources necessary for innovation to thrive. Our individual advising and startup incubator and accelerator programs provide entrepreneurship support from design thinking validation, through lean business strategies, expert mentorship and angel investor introductions to help get from idea to execution faster. The NW Innovation Lab or “TheLab,” is a growing network of creative spaces across the region that help build a stronger entrepreneurial community in a dynamic environment where entrepreneurs, inventors and innovators access resources and support that are essential for transforming ideas into successful businesses. Working side-by-side, whether in-person or remotely across the region, innovative minds work together and challenge each other, sharing different perspectives to create bigger and better solutions to today’s challenges.