Incubation Nation: Where Great Ideas Are Born

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Incubation Nation: Where Great Ideas Are Born

Spun out of university research labs or started by local entrepreneurs trying to supercharge their hometowns, business incubators are everywhere. This map [see the website for the map] puts the spotlight on 20 initiatives.

By Nitasha Tiku and April Joyner | May 1, 2010

 

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Seattle
Microsoft alum incubate start-ups

 

Corvallis, OR
Entrepreneurial academics inquire within

 

Boulder
Summer camp for promising start-ups

 

Salt Lake City
Subsidized lab space for techies

 

Oklahoma City
Funding at every stage of development

 

Kansas City, KS
Everybody get a mentor!

 

Austin
Ten weeks of advice from 20 mentors

Phoenix
Plans to assist 2,000 start-ups

 

San Diego
First incubator for early-stage tech firms

 

Kona, HI
Harnessing the sun and sea for profit

 

Detroit
New ventures grow in GM’s shadow

 

Cleveland
Seed funding for minority CEOs

 

Madison, WI
Tech transfer in Dairyland

Fargo, ND
A patron funds a vaccine corridor

 

Rochester, NY
Business prodigies get their own dorm

 

Suffolk, VA
A nexus of government contractors

 

Birmingham, AL
Some 140,000 square feet of innovation

 

Ridgeland, MS
Funding for 125 start-ups in one year

 

Atlanta
Building on ideas from six universities

 

New Orleans
How about your own MBA team?

 

 

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