NBIA is proud to present the 2000 NBIA Awards Program winners. The clients, graduates and incubation programs celebrated here exemplify the best of the industry.
2000
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 ...
2000
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 ...
2000
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 ...
2000
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.
