Alabama’s small business incubators provide office
space, in-house shared clerical and administrative
services, loan programs and an entrepreneurial
environment for businesses just starting. Incubators
also provide one-on-one business counseling as well as
seminars and programs aimed at helping startup and
existing businesses grow and succeed.
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The is
the result of an effort to establish a two-year
Virtual Incubator Program. After this initial
two-year period, the program may evolve into a
traditional incubator program, with actual
physical and support facilities.
If you are starting a qualifying company in
Baldwin County, Alabama, we offer a structured
program that will help you succeed.
We will match you with the right
professionals - accountants, attorneys, bankers,
investors, educators, commercial realtors, and
other successful business people - all committed
to your success.
The program is simple: We will help you
develop your business plan and get your business
started. We stay with you during your first two
or three years with regular reviews and advice
from people who "have been there and done that".
When you are successfully running a profitable
business on your own - you graduate!
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The (BBIS) is a full service business development
organization providing space and services to
those businesses participating in the service,
light industrial/manufacturing,
wholesale/distribution and information
technology industries. The BBIS also provides
limited funding programs and has an on-site
business consultant to serve all the resident
businesses. Upon graduation, the BBIS along with
the local industrial development board can
either build a facility or move the graduate to
one of eight (8) industrial parks in the
Bessemer area. The graduate would also be given
the option to purchase the facility with a lease
to buy agreement.
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The is dedicated to the promotion of
entrepreneurship and self-determination in
Entrepreneurial Economic Development through the
exploration and implementation of innovative
concepts of enterprise stimulation, start-up and
growth. Established in 1993, The Center is a
major expansion of the Business Innovation
Center, Mobile, Alabama's Business Incubator,
and the entrepreneurial training and assistance
programs which have been housed at the BIC since
its' inception in 1986. The BIC is under the
joint sponsorship of the City of Mobile, the
County of Mobile and the Mobile Area Chamber of
Commerce.
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The major objective of the Center
for Entrepreneurial Excellence is to establish a
facility to house an expanded business incubator
program that is a national focal point for idea
formulation and exchange concerned with economic
development through entrepreneurial efforts. This
has been accomplished by establishing a location for
serious research and study of the entrepreneurial
arts, by establishing a variety of programs that
will be dedicated to training entrepreneurial
managers, and by establishing a repository of
information concerning entrepreneurial programs
around the world.
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is a technology incubator
designed to help small companies develop
emerging technologies for the global
marketplace. We provide mentoring, access to
investors, training, a ready-made network of
contacts, and an array of business support
services designed to improve our clients'
likelihood of success and to help them as they
wind along the very difficult start-up path. In
this technological era that we live in today,
technology is evolving so rapidly that speed to
the market is of the essence. BizTech has
developed a strong infrastructure to fast track
our companies to success. In fact, you can think
of BizTech as a business accelerator.
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, a business
incubation facility and program that focuses on
the development of emerging biotechnology/life
science, information technology and service
businesses, operates in partnership with the
University of Alabama at Birmingham. A
public-private economic development effort,
Innovation Depot is funded by the Birmingham
regional business community, the Community
Foundation of Greater Birmingham and other
leading private foundations, UAB, the City of
Birmingham and Jefferson County.
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The offers valuable services to prospective and new
business owners, including mentoring in
important areas such as financial planning,
marketing, and future growth strategies.
Workshops, seminars and classes on all aspects
of successful business development are offered,
and the Center provides guidance from
experienced sources in developing business
contacts, pursuing government contracts and
opportunities, and gaining recognition for your
business through competitions and media
resources.
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With The Small Business
Resource Center, you have years of experience and proven
strategies for success at your disposal.
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The is a business incubation program for start-up
service and light manufacturing businesses. The
Northeast Alabama Entrepreneurial System
supports business ideas from the early stage of
company development until the graduation stage
of growth.
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(OTC) is a
multi-use small business incubator serving the
seven counties of Southeast Alabama.
Our Mission is to provide an environment that
is conducive to the success and growth of new
and expanding businesses, create regional job
opportunities and expand the regional economy.
The new facility is 24,321 square feet and is
located on U.S. Highway 231 South in Ozark,
Alabama.
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The (SEC)
is a private, non-profit corporation whose
mission is to provide young businesses a
sheltered environment for developing the
management, financial, and technical skills
necessary to become self-sustaining members of
the business community.
The SEC is one of the few multi-faceted,
architecturally designed, incubators in the
nation. The Florence Center was established in
1992 and has since been the incubator for 85
business clients. Seventy-eight of these clients
are still in business. SEC has graduated
thirty-one incubator clients to the Shoals area
business community. The SEC currently has three
locations including a shared commercial kitchen
facility. A fourth manufacturing/industrial
incubator is scheduled to open in 2003.
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Alabama Business Incubation Network (ABIN)
Devron A. Veasley, Chairman
1020 Ninth Avenue S.W.
Bessemer, Alabama 35022
Tel: (205) 481-2101
Fax: (205) 481-2100
E-mail:
bessemerincubator@yahoo.com
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