enterprising culture.

A venture-backed incubator and technology transfer agent which provides access to intellectual property, financing, education, mentors and services in order to start and grow new technology-based businesses managed by black youth and professionals.

Currently, RRTN is working on various different projects in the city of Brockton, MA that are focused on the economic revitalization of the city. This includes working with the City of Brockton to create up to date GIS maps of the city, develop current foreclosed property, and bring in new businesses centered around technology to give this Gateway City just as strong a foot hold in the beginning of this century as it had in the last.

Taylor Labs

Taylor Labs are professional, educational, advanced IT based research labs primarily focused on facilitating youth development of innovative and inventive businesses, products, and services. Constructed with the infrastructure of a flexible digital studio space, Taylor Labs will support youth participation in advance research lab experimentation and product piloting. Taylor Labs will also nurture youth creativity, and fund youth started state-of-the-art technology-based business enterprises.

Like Node sites, RRTN’s preliminary regional focus for Taylor Labs is in Africa, the Caribbean and the US. In these three regions, RRTN has selected 3 high institutions of technologies to become Taylor Labs as well as regional Hubs for RRTN’s node network. RRTN envisions Taylor Labs as the definitive locations where youth from around the world will compete to attend, in order to participate in the creation of futuristic, state-of-the-art, technology based innovations and inventions.

Initial projects Taylor Lab ventures will be grouped under three categories:

• RRTN ventures
• RRTN and partner ventures (Joint Ventures)
• Participant developed ventures