| Platinum Sponsors |
 Hewlett-Packard's HP Garage Program has established
a strategic initiative to form partnerships with incubators and early
stage VC's. HP from a overall perspective resides at the intersection
of information appliances, e-services and always-on internet infrastructure.
Being a leader in each of these vectors gives HP a head start at creating
solutions that combine the advantages of all three. HP Garage Program
becomes, in essence, a catalyst, empowering significant success and
creating differentiated value for the portfolio of start-up companies.
That differentiated value can include access to a set of HP technologies,
products, programs and services that is specifically configured for
the needs of incubators, including HP ecosystems, technology, sales
and marketing capabilities, and technology financing. If you want
to learn more about HP Garage initiative for Incubators we can send
you a primer upfront. Please e-mail: Eberhard_schade@hp.com.
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 Nortel
Networks makes the world's best-selling communications systems for
small and growing businesses — whether you have two or 500 employees.
And Nortel Networks is driving the high-performance Internet that
is more reliable and faster than ever before, offering you the tools
to conduct stronger eBusiness and a truly integrated customer experience.
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 PricewaterhouseCoopers serves technology
incubators nationwide. We can help you with initial planning, tax
exemption, client business advisory services, performance assessment
and more. Call or e-mail Pete Collins, 212-259-4496; pete.collins@us.pwcglobal.com. |
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 Silicon
Valley Bank serves emerging growth and middle market companies in
targeted niches, focusing on technology and life sciences, while also
addressing other specific industries in which it can provide a higher
level of service and better manage credit through specialization and
focus. |
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| Silver Sponsors |
 The Redevelopment Agency of the City of
San Jose, Captial of the Internet and Silicon Valley, and the San
Jose State University Foundation sponsor a business incubation program
providing start-up and localization assistance to entreprenuers and
international companies. Contact: Bob.Vasquez@ci.sj.ca.us
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 Japan
Association of New Business Incubation Organizations (JANBO) works
to create new businesses to achieve regional economic self-sufficiency
and reinvigorate local communities and the Japanese economy. JANBO,
founded in 1999, is vigorously expanding its activities as Japan’s
first nation-wide network of business incubation organizations.
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 Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership
offers practical tools for entrepreneurial success. These resources,
created by entrepreneurs and the Kauffman Center, include audiotapes,
CD ROM's, books and EntreWorld at www.entreworld.org.
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| Bronze Sponsors |
 Exodus
Communications® is the leading provider of complex Internet hosting
for enterprises with mission-critical Internet operations. Exodus
manages its network infrastructure via a worldwide network of Internet
Data Centers (IDCs) located in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. |
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 Since 1983 NSTL
has set the standard in global IT testing. Services include hardware
and software QA testing, e-commerce testing, logo/certification programs,
product comparisons and IT procurement analysis.
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 The
San Jose Arts Incubator (SJAI)
is a coordinated set of initiatives designed to develop and sustain
a community of healthy arts organizations that fully reflect San
Jose's diversity by: 1) Building leadership capacity of multicultural
(traditional and contemporary) and developing arts organizations
on both board and management levels; 2) Assisting them to expand
both earned and contributed income; and 3) providing support needed
to professionalize their operations. Due to the tremendous success
of these programs, the City of San Jose is a national leader in
fostering cultural diversity and excellence in the arts.
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 Turnstone,
a Steelcase Company, provides customers with smart design, good value,
and simple solutions, in office furniture. Turnstone’s 50 creative
and energetic people have designed and launched over 30 new products
in the last two years. Steelcase Inc. is the world's preeminent designer
and manufacturer of high-performance work environments. |
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 Based
in San Francisco, Women's Technology Cluster (WTC) is the first technology
incubator for women entrepreneurs. The WTC's entrepreneurial campus
provides incoming companies with
a world-class network of advisors, partnsers, and peers. |
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 XPLANE — the
visual thinking company, is a group of artists, designers and thinkers
dedicated to turning complexity into clear, effective, visual communication.
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| If you are interested
in joining these sponsors of Innovate, Incubate, Accelerate,
contact Linda Shafer, NBIA director of development and strategic alliances,
at lshafer@nbia.org |
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