Florida Business Incubation Assn. Extremely Proud of Two Members Winning Several Big International Awards

Orlando, Fla., (April. 16, 2012) -- The Florida Business Incubation Association (FBIA), a professional network that supports business incubators and economic development throughout Florida , is very proud of two of its members, UF Sid Martin Biotechnology Incubator and the University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program, which at the recent National Business Incubation Association 2013 International Conference won several international awards.

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UF Sid Martin Biotech Takes Top International Award

There are more than 7,000 business incubators around the world and we took top honors last week when we were named 2013 Incubator of the Year at the National Business Incubation Association annual meeting in Boston.

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UCF Business Incubation Program Wins International Award

ORLANDO, Fla. April 9, 2013 – The National Business Incubation Association based in Athens, Ohio named the University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program the 2013 Incubator Network of the Year today during NBIA’s International Conference on Business Incubation in Boston.

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University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program and Kauffman FastTrac® to Train U.S. Military Veterans

ORLANDO, Fla., (Feb 8, 2012) --- The University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program and Kauffman FastTrac announced recently that they are offering 30 hours of training to U.S. military veterans interested in starting their own companies.

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Florida Business Incubation Assn to Host Bi-annual Meeting Dec 10-11 at Ocala Power Plant Business Incubator

Orlando, Fla., (Nov. 15, 2012) The Florida Business Incubation Association (FBIA), a professional network that supports business incubators and economic development throughout Florida, will host its bi-annual meeting on Dec. 10-11 at the Ocala Power Plant Business Incubator located on S.E. Osceola Avenue and S.E. 4th Street in Ocala, five blocks south of SR 40 (Silver Springs Blvd).

Florida Business Incubation Association partners in the DEMO FALL 2012 event in Santa Clara

Orlando, Fla., Sept. 27, 2012 --- The Florida Business Incubation Association was invited to be a partner organization for the DEMO FALL 2012 event.

For those unfamiliar with DEMO, it’s where companies like Netscape, Salesforce, TiVo, VMWare, and E-Trade all got their start. More recent...

UCF’s Dr. Tom O’Neal Reelected to the Board of Directors of the National Business Incubation Assn.

ORLANDO, Fla., (June 8, 2012) ---- Dr. Tom O’Neal, president of the Florida Business Incubation Association (FBIA) and founder and executive director of the University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program, welcomed participants representing nearly 30 business incubation programs throughout Florida at the FBIA bi-annual conference held at the Innovation Hub at the University of Florida in Gainesville recently.

Dr. Tom O’Neal welcomes participants to Florida Business Incubation Association Bi-Annual Conference at University of Florida’s Innovation Hub

ORLANDO, Fla., (June 8, 2012) ---- Dr. Tom O’Neal, president of the Florida Business Incubation Association (FBIA) and founder and executive director of the University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program, welcomed participants representing nearly 30 business incubation programs throughout Florida at the FBIA bi-annual conference held at the Innovation Hub at the...

Florida Business Incubator Association to host Bi-Annual Conference at University of Florida’s Florida Innovation Hub

ORLANDO, Fla., -- (May 30, 2012) --- The Florida Business Incubation Association (FBIA), a professional network that includes 28 business incubators located throughout Florida, will host its bi-annual meeting on Thursday, June 7, at the Innovation Hub at the University of Florida in Gainesville.

Small Start up Businesses are Leading the Nation’s Economic Recovery - By Dr. Tom O’Neal

(Ed Note. Dr. Tom O'Neal associate vice president for Research and Commercialization at the University of Central Florida is founder and executive director of the University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program and president of the Florida Business Incubation Assn.)

Florida Business Incubation Assn. concludes bi-annual Conference in Largo

ORLANDO, Fla. – The Florida Business Incubation Assn., a coalition of business incubation programs throughout Florida, recently held its bi-annual conference at the Tampa Bay Innovation Center in Largo.

Incubate Miami

Incubate Miami launched its third Startup Accelerator Program on September 15, 2011 with some of the best technology entrepreneurs from South Florida. The program companies joined a mentorship-driven, structured environment focused on accelerating their business models during a three month period. Mentors from the South Florida community have come together in support of the program...