Birds Eye Aerial Drones Joins Palm Springs iHub

By |2024-02-20T09:57:17-08:00February 16th, 2024|Categories: Economic Development, Innovation, News|Tags: , , , |

Earlier this week, we officially announced that Birds Eye Aerial Drones, LLC (BEAD) has been accepted into the Palm Springs iHub business incubator program. BEAD, a veteran-owned organization out of San Diego, is a leader in aerial drone services, providing high-caliber imaging for construction, utilities, government, agriculture, golf courses, and other industries. In their expansion [...]

Small Business Technology transfer in California and the Coachella Valley

By |2022-07-12T21:18:48-07:00July 12th, 2022|Categories: Data Digest|Tags: , , , , , |

Innovation is a key tenet of CVEP’s mission. Here in the US, innovation is rewarded in myriad ways. One example for small businesses and entrepreneurs is America’s Seed Fund. This program awards grants of up to $1M through two specific programs. Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants enable small businesses to “explore their technological potential [...]

CV Entrepreneur Wins 1st Place at RivCo Fast Pitch Finale

By |2021-04-30T16:21:51-07:00April 30th, 2021|Categories: Innovation, News|Tags: , , , , , |

Technology entrepreneur Bear Simerson is the first entrepreneur from the Greater Palm Springs area to come in first at the Fourth Annual Riverside County Fast Pitch Finale held on April 28, 2021. Simerson was one of five Riverside County entrepreneurs who qualified for the Finale by taking top honors at an official Riverside County Innovation [...]

Why I left Silicon Valley

By |2019-03-19T13:51:54-07:00March 8th, 2019|Categories: Business Development|Tags: , , , , , , |

Why I Moved to Silicon Valley and How Great it was for my Career In 1984, I resigned from my job as an engineer at the RCA Advanced Technology Lab in New Jersey and headed west to the burgeoning technology center known as Silicon Valley. There were three reasons to make the move and the [...]

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