Over a period of roundtable "world cafe" discussions, participants at the Storm the Palace table wrote the following summary ideas on a flip chart or post-it to the idea wall - each idea is being posted to the "Community Forums: Technology" on REALNEO focused on this category... read on:

Technology

• Wireless Cleveland
• Make city be aware of independent consultants and technologies
• NPOs– helped by tech!
• Connect independent technologists with companies needing help
• Small nonprofits are struggling
• Emerging company scene in IT is not so strong
• Lack of 2nd generation entrepreneurs to mentor emerging companies
• Cleveland mindset penalizes failure more than it should – grows out of the manufacturing culture
• All things tech, creative and visionary - Mdeloia [at] city [dot] cleveland [dot] oh [dot] us
• I want to take a train from Akron to Cleveland (and take my car) - Zacha [at] jucco [dot] com (Zach Albright)
• Midtown Tech Center: problems there are indicative of barriers : venture capital for tech companies is still not part of the culture
• Form-based zoning in commercial corridors: specify building envelopes – overlays existing zoning code – west side corridor.
• Capital market difficult
• NEO Internet company: bring visibility, “black tie” – internet tools for nonprofits Nonprofits seem more innovative.
• Connect independent technologists with companies needing help