A startup technology company that counts Toyota and United Airlines as clients is moving next month to Canton's Emerging Technology Center. Business partners Ryan Doak and Scott Calhoun say they hope the move from their current office in Fells Point to the business incubator will give them the resources they need to grow
NV3 Technologies LLC.
The incubator will offer them professional advice on everything from accounting to getting funding to legal counseling, Managing Partner Scott Calhoun says. Being close to other startups should also help the nine-person company form valuable relationships, the partners said.
The company makes kiosks where folks can charge their cell phones. The kiosks also feature LCD screens that display multimedia ads, information and signs. NV3 charges companies anywhere from $1,000 to $8,000 for the custom-built kiosks.
Doak and Calhoun also hope the ETC will give its product more exposure. The incubator's lobby will house a kiosk listing the companies at the ETC at 2400 Boston Street.
There's another reason Doak chose the waterfront neighborhood of Canton: He loves boating and sailing.
The partners hope to make inroads among major hotels, restaurants, convention centers and hotels who could use the kiosks to display meeting schedules, directions to the bathrooms, and menus. NV3 managers also hope to enter the festival arena and are in discussions currently with a media company that would use the kiosks at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
NV3 recently changed its name from Nuvo.
Source: Ryan Doak, Scott Calhoun, NV3 Technologies
Writer: Julekha Dash