Tim Rowe

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| name = Tim Rowe

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| birth_place = Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States{{cite web|url=https://speakerpedia.com/speakers/tim-rowe|title=Founder and CEO of Cambridge Innovation Center - Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC)|work=Speakerpedia|accessdate=25 August 2018}}

| nationality = American

| alma_mater = Amherst College
MIT
MIT Sloan School of Management

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| known_for = Coworking, Venture Café, Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC), New Atlantic Ventures

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| website = {{URL | https://twitter.com/rowe | @rowe }}

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Timothy Rowe is a technology entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC) as well as the founder of Venture Café. He also serves as a partner of New Atlantic Ventures, Founding Chair of LabCentral, and Founding Chair of MassRobotics.

Previously, Rowe has served as a lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management, a manager with the Boston Consulting Group, and an analyst with the Mitsubishi Research Institute.

Cambridge Innovation Center

Rowe contacted MIT for their smallest space to lease, eventually signing a lease for a 3,000-square-foot office. The space was too large for just him and his wife, so they invited friends to stay with them. Rowe, his wife Amy, and his friends began starting companies and using the offices for their new companies. It was during this time that Rowe came up with the idea to create a shared work environment, which became the Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC).{{cite web|url=https://www.technologyreview.com/s/540471/the-mayor-of-kendall-square/|title=The Mayor of Kendall Square|work=MIT Technology Review|date=18 August 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://www.boston.com/news/innovation/2014/01/17/in-his-own-words-tim-rowe-tells-the-cambridge-innovation-center-startup-story|title=In his own words: Tim Rowe tells the Cambridge Innovation Center startup story|work=Boston.com|first=Callum |last=Borchers |date= January 17, 2014|accessdate=23 August 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://magazine.ivy.com/2015/04/tim-rowe-cic/|title=5 GAME-CHANGING CREATIVITY HACKS |work=Ivy|first=Tim |last=Rowe |date= April 8, 2015|accessdate=25 August 2018}}

When Joi Ito came to Boston to run the MIT Media Lab, Rowe brought Joi to CIC with Rich Miner.{{cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2014/12/10/networking-tim-rowe/MhgQLQprjuGaY7AXlULwoI/story.html|title=A conduit to those navigating the city's innovation scene |work=Ivy|first= Janelle |last= Nanos |date= December 10, 2014|accessdate=25 August 2018}} In 2014, he was named Entrepreneur of the Year.

CIC is the "largest space for startups." CIC currently has shared innovation spaces with the Cambridge Space, and spaces in Boston, Massachusetts; St. Louis, Missouri; Providence, Rhode Island; Rotterdam, Netherlands; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Tokyo, Japan, and Warsaw, Poland.{{cite web|url=https://cic.com/locations/|title=CIC Locations |accessdate=10 January 2023}}

Personal life

Rowe speaks Spanish and Japanese fluently{{cite web|url=https://www.disruptingjapan.com/japans-path-back-innovation-tim-rowe-cic/|title=76: Japan's Return Path to Innovation – Tim Rowe – CIC |work=Disrupting Japan|first= Time |last= Romero |date= Mar 7, 2017|accessdate=25 August 2018}} and holds an MBA from MIT’s Sloan School of Management and a BA from Amherst College.{{cite web|url=http://professional.mit.edu/instructors/tim-rowe|title=TIM ROWE|work=MIT Professional Website|accessdate=23 August 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://cic.com/our-leadership/|title=CIC Official Website About|work=CIC Official Website|accessdate=23 August 2018}}

He was a major supporter of the Kendall Square Association, a nonprofit group with the goal to improve the Kendall Square area through innovation. In 2012, he helped create their "Walk of Fame" to display the contributions of their innovators. The group installed plaques on the sidewalks modeled after the stars along Hollywood Boulevard.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2013/09/28/longer-walking-entrepreneur-walk/MVb2YW0Nj8uL1t9x9Msy7H/story.html|title=No longer walking the [entrepreneur] walk - The Boston Globe|work=BostonGlobe.com|access-date=2018-10-30}}