SMALL BUSINESS INCUBATORS
One of the more popular techniques to help entrepreneurs and start-up business firms survive their early years and grow and prosper in the community is the small business incubator. The small business incubator is a physical facility, which provides various sizes of offices or office suite, warehousing and manufacturing space, common loading docks, shared board/meeting space, kitchen facilities and a common reception area. The incubator provides a receptionist to greet visitors and to assist tenants in using a shared copier, fax, and audio-visual equipment and often times computers. The incubator manager assists tenants in preparing business plans, securing financing, business counseling and management advising. Tenants are expected to graduate from the incubator within a reasonable time frame to allow others to use the service. The incubator recoups costs by charging reasonable lease rates and fees and charges for the use of specialized services and equipment. Use our convenient locator map to find an incubator near you. Why should a new business want to locate in a business incubator? Most new businesses have a strength in a specific area and a great deal of passion. What they generally lack is experience in the basics of running a business and the infrastructure -the fax machines and telephone systems – to make things work. Virginia’s business incubators give these bold new companies structure, credibility, access to knowledge, infrastructure, and contacts that are necessary for the businesses to take root. MAP
- Hampton Roads Technology Incubator System
www.hrtis.org
James City County Technology Incubator - Incubator America
www.incubatoramerica.com - Dan River Business Development Center
www.drbdc.com - Nottoway County Small Business Incubator @ Pickett Park
- The New Century Venture Center
http://www.ncvc.com - Pioneer Center for Business Opportunity
www.pcbo.org Norton Facility - Lynchburg Business Development Center
www.lbdc.com - Hampton University Business Incubator
www.hamptonu.edu - NewBiz Virginia
www.newbizva.org - AdvanTech Incubator
www.advantechva.org - New River Valley Competitiveness Center
www.nrvdc.org/nrvcc.html - Franklin Business Incubator
www.franklin.va.us - Richlands Business Incubator
http://www.rbi.tazewellcounty.org/ - West Point Downtown Business Center
nbarber@west-point.va.us - 15. Virginia Biosciences Development Center
www.vabiotech.com/bioincubator - The Highland Center
www.thehighlandcenter.org - The Jacksonville Center
www.jacksonvillecenter.org - West Piedmont Business Development Center
www.wpbdc.org - BizWorks Enterprise Center
www.bizworkscenter.org - Empowerment 2010, Inc. Small Business Incubator and Resource Center
www.empowerment2010.org - VT KnowledgeWorks @ Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center
www.vtknowledgeworks.com - MBL Small Business Incubator
http://www.thembl.org - Virginia Highlands Small Business Incubator
www.vhsbi.com - Mason Enterprise Center @ Prince William,
GMU www.masonenterprisecenter.org
Fairfax Innovation Center
www.fairfaxinnovationcenter.org
International Accelerator
www.masonenterprisecenter.org/intl
Community Business Partnership
www.cbponline.org - INC.Spire
www.restonchamber.com - Spinner Technologies, Inc.
www.spinnertech.com - The Southwest Regional Enterprise Center at Crossroads Institute
www.crossroadsva.org - Korea Business Development Center
http://www.sbc-kbdc.com - Virginia Technology Incubator
www.vti-ltd.com - Charlottesville Technology Incubator
www.cvilletechincubator.org