Suggested Session Topics
Please use the following list to help you generate ideas for your session topic. This list contains subject areas that are of interest to our attendees based on previous events and evaluation feedback; any topic proposed that is not on this list will be given equal consideration.
Recruiting and serving clients
- Marketing an incubation program
- Social media use for incubation programs
- Client selection
- Developing client mentoring and coaching programs
- Managing a soft landings program and assisting foreign companies
Funding and financing
- Planning for incubator sustainability and revenue-generating methods
- Raising funds from the government, private investors and other sources
- Helping clients attract investors and secure funding
Public policy
- National incubation policies
- United States: State or federal policy and incubation outcomes
- International: Public policy and business incubation outcomes
- Advocacy
Incubator development
- Conducting a feasibility study
- Developing an incubator
- Creating an incubator business plan
Incubator management
- Managing the incubator facility (including lease agreements, space usage and utilities)
- Measuring economic impact and benchmarking your program
- Incubator policies and client agreements
Innovative programs
- Developing a seed accelerator
- Working with women and minority entrepreneurs
- Creating youth entrepreneurship programs and student incubators
- Organizing a network of incubators
- Building a successful preincubation program
- Client pipeline development
- Incorporating co-working space into your business incubation model
- Building a successful post-incubation (economic gardening) program
Niche incubators
- Managing a university-affiliated incubator
- Managing an incubator in a rural area
- Managing a mixed-use incubator or a specific sector (biotechnology, kitchen, etc.)
Stakeholder relationships
- Working with your board of directors, entrepreneurs-in-residence or incubator support staff
- Forming partnerships with other economic development programs
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