Develop a technology. Build a business.
Rapid Prototyping
Build your new technology idea with commercial grade cutting and fabricating machinery for rapid prototyping.
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Product Development
Move from prototype to small batch manufacturing while reduce your time to market, risk, and capital costs.
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Business Coaching
Work with on-campus business experts to discover your technology's pathway to commercial product.
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We surround the latest making tools and equipment with expert business mentoring
We love tinkering, but we don’t want it to end there. This is what sets us apart from other makerspaces. We have resources on campus that can help you make the connection between the idea you’ve been tinkering with in the labs, and its potential to become a business.
Let’s go beyond making. Let’s build companies.
On-campus business advisors
Whether you’re looking for help with first business plan, initial market research, sales and marketing strategies, or financial projections, we have resources on campus that can help. Learn more about the various business coaching services on the Lorain County Community College campus that can help you take your tinkering to the next level.
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A new home for advanced manufacturing
The Campana Center for Ideation and Invention was designed to provide entrepreneurs, startups, and small businesses more opportunities to test new manufacturing equipment and processes, pilot new products, and even design and test special tooling to produce those products. This space was designed with you in mind.
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How MakerGear Got Its Start in Our Fab Lab
In the early days of 3D printing, MakerGear founder Rick Pollack bootstrapped a small business making components in his Shaker Heights garage. He said they made their machines out of laser-cut plywood, one at at time, in his garage. Then a friend introduced him to the Fab Lab at Lorain County Community College where he gained access to the latest cutting and fabricating machinery for basically no cost. This is just one example of a company that got its start here.
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