How SnoValley Innovation Center is fostering tech talent beyond Eastside hubs
The Eastside's tech reach is stretching beyond places like Bellevue, Redmond and Kirkland.
The SnoValley Innovation Center (SVIC), a mentoring and job-matching effort that started about four years ago, is looking to support entrepreneurs of all sorts in Snoqualmie Valley cities such as North Bend and Snoqualmie.
Tad Haas, president of the SVIC, said the area has a growing high-tech presence, as well as companies using innovation in industries like outdoor recreation and fitness. The goal is to keep local talent from fleeing to traditional tech hubs near Seattle.
"There is a serious, high number of people that are in the (Snoqualmie) Valley who are tech- and entrepreneur-minded, who leave the valley to go to their day jobs in Bellevue and Seattle etcetera, who we believe can be assets in the Snoqualmie Valley," Haas said.
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