NMSU’s Student Business Accelerator
Participate in our Shark Tank and win money for your business! Join an accelerator and learn about the market and win money towards your business! Meet with enterprise advisors and learn about accounting, business law, and marketing strategies!
Outstanding resources available to Studio G members!
Studio G is open to NMSU students and recent alumni.
Join Studio G
Have an idea that you could turn into a business?
Join a Studio G startup
Have a skill that you could contribute to a business?
Join our Studio G community
Want to meet people and network with other student business owners?
Who Can Be A Member?
Studio G services are provided to members for free, Studio G does not take ownership or equity in your business or technology. We provide shared office space at our building Arrowhead Center – Academic Research A, business consulting, and a wide variety of resources to help you launch your own business.
If you have a business idea and would like to take advantage of the resources available at Studio G click the Join ink on the tab above. If you don’t have a business idea yet and just want to talk about opportunities available through Studio G or get involved through our internship program or opportunities for student employment, please send an email to studiog@nmsu.edu.
Studio G is available to students and recent alumni from:
- NMSU Main Campus
- NMSU-Alamogordo
- NMSU-Carlsbad
- NMSU-Grants
- Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Central New Mexico
- Dona Ana Community College (DACC)
- Eastern New Mexico University
- Institute of American Indian Arts
- Navajo Technical University
- New Mexico Tech
- St. John’s College
- San Juan College
- Sandia National Laboratories (Current Students or Post-Docs)
- Santa Fe Community College
- University of New Mexico
- Western New Mexico University
- University of Texas at El Paso
Benefits of Membership
Advising
Access to Studio G businesss adivising staff and Arrowhead’s Enterprise Advisors – these include seasoned entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, investment bankers, marketing experts, engineers, intellectual property lawyers, accountants, graphic designers and product developers that are available to help you launch your business.
Workspaces
Access to meeting rooms and workspaces for your business
Equipment & Software
Access to great equipment and software – 3D Printer, 3D Scanner, Vinyl Cutter, Video Conferencing, AV equipment, Green Screen, Adobe Creative Suite, SolidWorks commercial version, and more.
Library
Access to our Entrepreneurship Library with great resources for entrepreneurs.
Funding Opportunities
Funding opportunities and awards exclusive to Studio G members.
Licensing Opportunities
Opportunities to license technology from New Mexico State University.
Meet Our Team
Dr. Kramer Winingham
Program Director
Dr. Kramer Winingham serves as a Program Director for Arrowhead Center and is the Director of NMSU’s National Science Foundation I-Corps Site and Director of Studio G – NMSU’s Student Business Accelerator. He holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration with specializations in Finance and Information Systems, and a Doctorate of Economic Development from NMSU. His doctoral thesis “Economic Development through Technology Transfer” developed a novel approach to technology transfer incorporating design thinking – this approach is applied to commercializing NMSU technologies at the Arrowhead Center. He currently serves as CEO/President for two companies commercializing technologies. He also owns and operates a property management company.
Brooke Montgomery
Deputy Site Director
Brooke Montgomery serves as the deputy site director of Arrowhead Center’s Studio G program. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology with a minor in Political Science from the University of California, Irvine and a Masters of Arts degree in Education and Post Graduate focused work in Multivariate Research Procedures/Analyses; Advanced Measurement and Statistics; Educational Leadership and Evaluation; from New Mexico State University.
Brooke also serves as the founder and CEO at Pivotal Biotech, LLC.
Our Stories
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What Others Have To Say
Ken Van Winkle
President, NMSU-Alamogordo
Studio G has simply brought an important added dimension to the college experience at NMSU-A. It has given students who are interested in developing unique ideas access to expertise and financial assistance. It has made a huge difference in the lives of those students who truly are seeking ways to become entrepreneurs.
Victor Hughes
Founder ICNcrypt
Access to free professional services, including legal and accounting services, when starting a new business is of the utmost importance-this is one of the many benefits Studio G entrepreneurs enjoy!
Robin Benson
CEO/Inventor, RB Designs LLC
Studio G is the best place to get any entrepreneurial questions answered. The best resource for businesses. Studio G has been vital in my discovering and uncovering all the information I didn’t know in order to help me grow as an entrepreneur. I can’t imagine trying to get my now patent pending product from idea to market without Studio G!
Vic Bhatia
Co-founder, Hope One Alarm (New Mexico Tech)
Studio G is empowering. It puts the future of your business in YOUR hands. Studio G has provided me with resources to help me grow personally and professionally. Studio G has helped me not only develop my entrepreneurial skill-set but has led to networking opportunities that have benefited others and will quite possibly benefit society as a whole when our product goes to market.
Mariel Haddad
Co-founder, Timer Glove
Studio G has been a defining factor for the success of my business. Through support of the programs and advisors I was able to develop the project in a much faster and more efficient pace.
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