Sponsors & Exhibitors
Click
here for information about sponsoring or exhibiting at the 17th
International Conference on Business Incubation.
Read on for information about this year's sponsors. NBIA is grateful
for their generous support.
|  The Ewing
Marion Kauffman Foundation accelerates entrepreneurship
in
America through education, research, and promotion of an improved
environment in which entrepreneurs start and grow businesses. Programs
are designed to give people of all levels — from elementary students
to
high-growth entrepreneurs — information and tools that build
their entrepreneurial skills and abilities. www.emkf.org
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 The
Chinese Business Incubation Association (CBIA)
is a nonprofit organization assisted by Taiwan's Small and Medium
Enterprise
Administration to facilitate the efficiency of incubator centers
so that both the incubation centers and their clients can successfully
reach their individual goals. www.cbia.org.tw
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 The
Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC)
helps Georgia entrepreneurs launch and build technology companies
by providing strategic
business advice and by connecting its member companies to the
people and resources they need to succeed. www.atdc.org
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 The
Georgia Department of Industry, Trade & Tourism is
the state's sales and marketing arm focused on mobilizing resources
for economic
development in order to recruit businesses, trade partners and
tourists to the state. www.georgia.org
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 Turnstone,
a Steelcase company, creates furniture for people at work, no
matter where or how they work. Steelcase builds furniture based
on the principles of smart design and good value. Products include
desks, seating, systems furniture, storage and accessories. Most
are available for delivery in less than three weeks. Steelcase
is proud to be an NBIA sponsor. www.turnstonefurniture.com
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The Virginia Business Incubation Association promotes,
encourages and supports the successful establishment and operation
of small business incubation programs to stimulate economic development
activity in the Commonwealth of Virginia. www.vbia.org
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 The
Greater Richmond Partnership is an
economic development team representing the City of Richmond and
the counties of Chesterfield,
Hanover and Henrico. The Partnership provides site location assistance
to domestic and foreign companies planning new or expanded facilities. www.grpva.com
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The City of Kitakyushu, a major
city in Western Japan, has opened the Science and Research
Park, which supports venture enterprises in cooperation with
the Foundation for the Advancement of Industry,
Science and Technology (FAIS). www.fais.or.jp and www.city.kitakyushu.jp/index |
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 The Appalachian
Regional Commission (ARC) supports business incubation
through its Entrepreneurship Initiative, a six-year, $23.7million
program that promotes better access to capital, education and
training, and sector-based strategies to assist entrepreneurs
in starting and expanding local businesses. www.arc.gov
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The Venture Forum encourages
entrepreneurship in central Virginia through bimonthly programs. EntreNet helps
entrepreneurs network in the Richmond area. Cherry,
Bekaert & Holland is a regional accounting firm that
supports The Venture Forum and EntreNet. www.ventureclub.com, www.entrepreneurnet.org and www.cbh.com.
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 The Canadian
Association of Business Incubators (CABI) is the Canadian
voice of business incubation. CABI's member organizations are
dedicated to creating jobs and economic activity through the
development of enterprises supported by the business incubation
industry in Canada. www.cabi.ca
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 The
Virginia Department of Business Assistance (DBA) is the economic
development agency devoted to the growth and success of the Commonwealth's
existing business community. DBA promotes economic growth by
helping Virginia businesses prosper and carries out this mission
by providing access to capital, workforce training, small business
incubator assistance, and pro-active business problem solving.
www.dba.state.va.us
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