NBIA is proud to present the 1998 NBIA Awards Program winners. The clients, graduates and incubation programs celebrated here exemplify the best of the industry.
1998
Incubator of the Year
The Incubator of the Year award honors exemplary NBIA member incubation programs.
To qualify for the award, an 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 ...
1998
Client of the Year
The Client of the Year award recognizes outstanding client companies
of NBIA member incubation programs. An incubator client may be an
on-site
company or one that receives full incubation services through an
affiliates (outreach) program. A company that has participated only
in a stand-alone
program (microloan borrower, seminar open to public, etc.) is not
eligible.
And the winners are ...
1998
Graduate of the Year
The Graduate of the Year award recognizes companies that are successful
by anyone's measures. An incubator "graduate" company has
met an incubation program's specified exit criteria. It may have
been
an on-site client or company 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 ...
1998
Innovation Award
The Innovation Award honors an incubation program innovation that
benefits clients by either going beyond normal incubation services
or 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.
