Wait – I don't think of myself as a manufacturer!

If you make things to sell to other people, or help people or companies develop those

things – congratulations, you are a manufacturer!

Before we start...

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Ready to begin?

There are four steps we are going to walk you through:

Step 1: Complete a survey about the Hub's Impact on your business.

• This brief survey asks you to estimate a dollar value for how much the Hub’s facilities, training, and other assistance have impacted your business.

Step 2: Select Eligible NAICS Code

• In short, this is a code that you choose from a list, to tell the other businesses or the government what type of business you have, and what sort of items you make.

Step 3: Complete an Innovation Hub Survey

• This is an internal survey that will help us better understand who we're helping, and will be the first step in adding your company to our upcoming list of Makers on our website.

Step 4: Apply for a DUNS number

• In short, a DUNS number is an internationally recognized unique ID number for your business location. It is issued by the credit-tracking company Duns & Bradstreet and, while it is often used by industry, banks, and governments to track information and statistics about performance and the economy, it is not linked in any way to the US government or the IRS.

The entire process will take around 30 minutes total.