The StartUp/MoveUp initiative identifies specific areas throughout Morris County, NJ as nutrient-rich environments for business growth.
The initiative’s aim is to both welcome new innovative start-ups to the region and offer resources and support to existing ventures and growing entities to move-up here in Morris County.
The heart of a StartUp/MoveUp Morris movement will always be a co-working space located in targeted communities ripe for
growth. The co-working spaces are commensurate in quality and competitive in price with other players in the Serviced Office Leasing industry in our area.
StartUp/MoveUp hubs incorporate the community and your nascent business into their mission. They will help you identify the sector-specific pitch preparation communities, incubators and programs that fit your needs. They can also show you how to access the County’s comprehensive array of business resources.
Morris County, NJ is the birthplace of the electric telegraph. Thomas Edison moved his operations out of NYC to New Jersey, eventually establishing Bell Labs’ headquarters just over the border in Union County. Design, engineering and operations for the cell phone business evolved in Morris County. The pharmaceutical industry grew up here. Biotech followed suit
Innovation in Morris County extends beyond science and engineering. The Arts and Crafts Movement, the international architectural and interior design from classic to modernism found its US beachhead in Morris County. Louis C. Tiffany, of the Tiffany jewelry company, had innumerable glass design assignments
commissioned here – just a single testament to the community’s support of the creative and the new.
Fortunes have made here and continue to be made. Morris County didn’t become the 6th Wealthiest County in the US just because railroad magnates moved here during the Gilded Age. It’s wealthy and desirable because it holds an intellectual powerhouse that raises all boats in the county. And access to capital starts with local pitch competitions and ends in meetings with investors.
The County’s educated, tech savvy workforce lives in tree lined neighborhoods with amenities that provide a very high quality of life with nightlife/city life near at hand.
With eleven institutions of higher learning located within the county, educating more than 10,000 on an annual basis, it makes Morris County a rich reservoir for talent. That, combined with the region’s healthy work/life balance draws, makes recruiting top-flight candidates that much more successful.
The state of a balance between personal life, professional life, and family life brings unquestionable rewards to all. Morris County offers this balance with beautiful communities, outstanding schools at every level, and access to world-class entertainment and activities, indoors and out.
With Morris County being home or a major hub to over 50 members of the Fortune 500, plus the region’s productive collaborations have combined to achieve an outstanding $53 billion gross regional product. This makes the County ripe with opportunities for new and growing businesses.
Municipalities on the eastern edge of the County are less than an hour from Manhattan by car, commuter rail or bus. Whether you need to visit clients and partners in NYC regularly or
From any point in Morris County to any other major northeast destination is within a car ride. That means that anywhere you locate your business in the County, you are less than two hours from NYC. Philadelphia is 90 minutes to 2+ hours. In 4 hours you can be in Boston or Washington DC.
Municipalities on the eastern edge of the County are less than an hour from Manhattan by car, commuter rail or bus. Whether you need to visit clients and partners in NYC regularly or occasionally, Morris County is strategically located to make that convenient.
From any point in Morris County to any other major northeast destination is with in a car ride. That means that anywhere you locate your business in the County, you are less than two hours from NYC. Philadelphia is 90 minutes to 2+ hours. In 4 hours you can be in Boston or Washington DC.
