Creating Opportunities for Makers and Entrepreneurs

Facilitating Growth in Manufacturing Entrepreneurship

The manufacturing community in North Florida is growing rapidly. Our mission is to keep emerging companies and jobs in our region, supporting them with affordable, scalable manufacturing processes by lowering financial and training barriers.

How We Support Entrepreneurs in Gainesville and North Central Florida

We work with emerging manufacturing companies in a collaborative environment to efficiently get their product to market, keep manufacturing jobs in the U.S.A., and provide training for production staff.

Membership

We offer several member levels, providing space, shared access to facilities and equipment, and expertise.

Training

Choose from a variety of classes, seminars, and individual custom training to suit your specific requirements.

Product and Process Development

Work with experts who can help you develop product ideas into viable, manufacturing-related business opportunities.

Investors

We partner with investors who want to support local entrepreneurs by investing in their vision and helping them manufacture their prototypes.

We’re looking for investors who are:

Community Oriented

Ready to invest in promising new companies

Committed to helping companies grow manufacturing jobs in the U.S.A.

How Make.Work makes a Difference

Make.Work supports emerging businesses with affordable manufacturing, mentoring, and technical support.

We help entrepreneurs realize their dreams through:

Cost Savings

Share manufacturing facilities, materials, handling, and storage to keep small manufacturing runs affordable and stay competitive.

Creative Interaction

Share best practices and tips for success with other entrepreneurs and creatives.

Mentoring & Support

Learn how to make ideas work with support from our non-profit partner, The Tech Toybox.

Meeting Capital Funding Requirement

Keep costs low so you can avoid being squeezed into a position where you have to raise additional capital. Bring the startup cost to get to revenue within the reach of local and regional angel investors.

About

About Make.Work

Make.Work is a shared manufacturing facility in Gainesville Florida. We are dedicated to re-invigorating North Central Florida’s startup economy by lowering barriers to manufacturing and helping innovative founders keep jobs in the U.S. rather than sending them overseas.

We work with community collaborators and investors to provide mentoring opportunities, business and community engagement, collaborative innovation, marketing expertise, and capital funding support.