2002
Incubator of the Year
This award honors exemplary NBIA member incubation programs. To qualify for
the award, the 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 ...
The Friends of the University City Science Center endow the Randall M. Whaley
Incubator of the Year award.
2002
Outstanding Incubator Client
This award recognizes outstanding client firms of NBIA member incubation
programs. Incubator clients may be either on-site companies or those
that receive full incubation services through an affiliates (outreach)
program. Companies that have participated only in a stand-alone
program (microloan borrower, seminar open to public, etc.) are not
eligible.
And the winners are ...
2002
Outstanding Incubator Graduate
This award recognizes firms that are successful by anyone's measures.
Incubator "graduate" companies have met the incubation
program's specified exit criteria. They may have been either
on-site clients or companies 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 ...
Turnstone, a Steelcase Company, sponsored the
Outstanding Incubator Graduate awards.
2002
Innovation Award
This award honors incubation program innovation that benefits
clients by going either beyond normal incubation services or
by 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.
And the winners are ...
The Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership
sponsors the Innovation Award.
