The Seattle office of the Washington State Department of Commerce makes it easy to do business in Washington, creating jobs and economic prosperity statewide. The Office of Economic Development & Competitiveness (OEDC) team offers real-world business experience and their results-oriented approach is focused on your business needs. We provide businesses and investors with adaptive and customized programs and services that meet their specific needs so they can increase sales, enter new markets, find new partners, make substantial investments in the state, expand strategically, identify and adovocate legislative changes, find new funding sources and hire and train more workers. The OEDC includes 1) Sector Leads, 2) Business Development, 3) Export Assistance 4) Startup365 Washington, 5) Marketing Services and 6) Operations.