The Hub assists in the formation of technology startup companies critically relevant to today's local and regional economy, startups create 80%+ of net new jobs, new industries and new solutions. TTU is experimenting with new approaches to economic and sustainable development that focus on growing jobs in productive, innovative, and traded sectors of the economy while concurrently equipping our service region's residents with the skills particularly in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) to compete for and succeed in high demand jobs. This new approach works to build on our university and region's distinctive assets and advantages of disparate places rather than merely pursuing heavily subsidized consumption-oriented strategies (e.g., building the next sports stadium, convention center, or performing arts facility).