{"id":1401,"date":"2013-11-22T09:29:15","date_gmt":"2013-11-22T17:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/business\/?p=1401"},"modified":"2013-11-22T09:29:15","modified_gmt":"2013-11-22T17:29:15","slug":"oregon-state-advantage-accelerator-shows-new-space-open-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/business\/2013\/11\/22\/oregon-state-advantage-accelerator-shows-new-space-open-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Oregon State Advantage Accelerator shows off new space at open house"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rajinikanth Lingampally explains his company Valliscor, one of the first to join the Advantage Accelerator.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A lot has been happening at the Oregon State Advantage Accelerator<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The program, part of the OSU Advantage initiative<\/a>, gives\u00a0support to Oregon State entrepreneurs and inventors and propel startups to create more Oregon companies and jobs.<\/p>\n

This summer the first 12 companies<\/a>\u00a0joined\u00a0the Advantage Accelerator, three featuring College of Business students<\/a>. Earlier this year the program signed a lease to open an office in downtown Corvallis<\/a> where the eight new interns for the program can work and partner companies can come and interact with mentors, clients and others.<\/p>\n

Many got their first look at the space Wednesday at the Advantage Accelerator Open House, the official kickoff for the new offices. Present were OSU President Ed Ray, OSU\u00a0Vice President for Research Rick Spinrad, College of Business Dean Ilene Kleinsorge, Corvallis Mayor Julie Manning and many others from the Oregon business community.<\/p>\n

Take a look at some of the sights from the evening below, and read more about the event from the Barometer<\/a>.<\/p>\n