NBIA is proud to present the 1999 NBIA Awards Program winners. The clients, graduates and incubation programs celebrated here exemplify the best of the industry.
1999
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 ...
1999
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 ...
1999
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.
And the winners are ...
1999
Innovation Award
The Innovation Award honors an incubation program innovation
that benefits clients by either going beyond normal incubation
services or introducing
a creative way to implement an "old" idea. The project, program
or activity can be of short or long duration. The incubation program
must have implemented the innovation for at least six months at the
time of the application. In the case of shorter-term projects, the
innovation must be complete at entry deadline.
