ERC administrators find themselves honing a unique set of skills as the center develops. You will stretch the boundaries and limits of your institutional systems, and you will challenge policies and procedures originally designed for simpler times. As the ERC matures, you will come to depend more and more on the team of people around you and on the network of professional contacts you have developed. The ERC staff you lead will need to be as outstanding as the faculty, students, and companies you serve. The pace will be fast, and change will be a constant. There will not be any simple formulas for how to organize things, because each ERC is different. Thus, we end this advice as we began it: Know your environment—and network, network, network! If you have questions, don't hesitate to call your peers at other ERCs. Best wishes.

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