An “innovation accelerator” launched recently by the Innovation Foundation at Oklahoma State University should benefit aspiring entrepreneurs and small businesses involved in energy, aerospace, advanced mobility and other endeavors, officials say. The introduction of the Cowboy Innovation Accelerator will add to and enhance a suite of startup commercialization services previously offered by the Innovation Foundation and will extend services into northeast Oklahoma. It also should further the foundation’s mission of fostering innovation-based commercialization throughout the state. “Technology-based ventures start with innovative ideas, and driving those ideas to commercialization requires an ecosystem with substantial expertise and scalability,” Innovation Foundation CEO Elizabeth Pollard said in a release. “The Innovation Foundation at OSU unites that ecosystem across the university system and with partners across the state of Oklahoma.”