NBIA
is proud to present the 1995 NBIA Awards Program winners. The clients,
graduates and incubation programs celebrated here exemplify the best
of the industry.
1995
Incubator of the Year
The Incubator of the Year award honors exemplary NBIA member incubation programs.
To qualify for the award, an incubator must have on-site management, provide
a full range of business development services and must have a policy that provides
for graduating companies.
From the Incubator of the Year finalists, NBIA recognizes one incubator as the Randall M. Whaley Incubator of the Year. This award, which recognizes overall excellence in business incubation programs, is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Whaley, NBIA's chairman of the board from 1985-88. The Friends of the University City Science Center, comprising prominent Philadelphia business people and academics who worked with Dr. Whaley, endow this award.
And the winners are ...
1995
Client of the Year
The Client of the Year award recognizes outstanding client companies
of NBIA member incubation programs. An incubator client may be
an on-site
company or one that receives full incubation services through
an affiliates (outreach) program. A company that has participated
only
in a stand-alone
program (microloan borrower, seminar open to public, etc.) is
not eligible.
And the winners are ...
1995
Graduate of the Year The Graduate of the Year award
recognizes companies that are successful by anyone's measures.
An incubator "graduate" company has met an incubation
program's specified exit criteria. It may have been an on-site
client or company that
received full incubation services through the incubator's
affiliates (outreach) program. A candidate may now be an
anchor tenant that
resides in the incubator but has ceased to use incubator
business development services.
