BUSINESS ASSISTANCE
The Chesapeake Innovation Center (CIC), located in the “Informatics Corridor” of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, is a business accelerator that focuses the power of entrepreneurship on America’s homeland security requirements. The CIC provides our Resident and Affiliate Member companies with an array of services designed to help advance their technologies to commercialization and business success.
The CIC Member Company Advantage:
- Access to Potential Customers
The CIC is a strong advocate on behalf of its Member companies and provides introductions and sales assistance with leading security customers and contractors. Current CIC Partners include: Northrop Grumman Corporation, The Boeing Company, the National Security Agency and ARINC. 
- Homeland Security/Government Coaching
Assistance in working with the federal government, particularly the security sector, including foreign ownership (FOCI), federal funding opportunities (SBIRs, DARPA, HSARPA), security clearances, government accounting and sub-contracting, appropriations and government budget cycle, contract vehicles and issues (GSA schedule, GWACs, government charge cards, FAR), registration requirements (ARC, CCR, CAGE, Dunns), working with outreach offices (SADBU, OSDBU), set aside small business contracting opportunities (SDV, HUBZone, SDB), certification requirements (FIPS, NIAP, ISO, NIST) and market drivers that include Base Realignment (BRAC), Sarbanes Oxley, Hippa, Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), Patriot Act, and IPV6 conversion
- Business Planning and Coaching
Accelerate your company’s growth with CIC guidance in market research, product development, sales and marketing, fund raising, business plan development and financial modeling
- Prime Office Space
 The CIC offers a prime location in Annapolis, Maryland, voted in the top 10 best places to live in the United States. In the heart of the Washington DC/ Baltimore Corridor – the fourth largest market in the United States. This location also puts the CIC in close proximity to the National Security Agency, Fort George G. Meade, the U.S. Naval Academy as well as the nation’s leading defense contractors such as Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and General Dynamics Corporation. Resident Member companies get a secure facility with a receptionist, internet access, conference rooms, mail pick up and delivery and use of standard office equipment.
CIC Member Company Benifits
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Our Member companies value the services available to them at the Chesapeake Innovation Center. There is no better pipeline to the security customers you seek.
“The CIC helped us at a very fragile time in our early days and has continued to provide counsel even after our graduation. Their advice on our business model, raising capital and ultimately the sale of our business was indispensable. The fact that they continue to be a resource for us demonstrates the breadth of their capabilities. I would recommend the CIC to any technology firm seeking assistance in the homeland and national security sector.”
Jeffrey C. Chapman
Harbinger Technologies Group
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