Incubation Basics
North American incubators have created nearly 19,000 companies and created 245,000 jobs
Impact of Incubator Investments Study (1997): 87% of incubator “graduates” are still in business
Increasing Growth in profit-making private incubators (e.g. idealab!, eHatchery, eCompanies), all focused on Internet-based new media companies
Source: National Business Incubation Association