ICT in Moldova, Mongolia and Georgia For the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), IPI served on a team assessing the potential to fund ICT incubators in Moldova, Mongolia and Georgia. IPI team members did a brief feasibility analysis, evaluating local market demand, availability of capital and advisors, characterizing the entrepreneur community and determining …
Coaching Russian Entrepreneurs Russian Venture Fair IPI partnered with the Russian Venture Capital Association to organize and present the annual Russian Venture Fair. In its first five years, the event was responsible for $65 million in financing for promising Russian technology start-ups. The Venture Fair was the successful culmination of several years of discussions …
African Sustainable Incubator Model During 2007-2008, IPI was engaged by the World Bank’s Information for Development Program (infoDev) to develop a sustainable and replicable incubator model for Sub-Saharan Africa. The study included research on incubation models in Colombia, Chile, Armenia, Jordan, Tanzania and South Africa. The resulting model IPI formulated is outlined in “A Model …
The Port of Los Angeles contracted IPI to establish and manage PortTech Los Angeles, a technology incubator and commercialization center seeking clean technology products to help the businesses located in the Port meet their regulatory challenges. PortTechLA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, has been supported by the Port of Los Angeles, and two local chambers of …
In 2005, the US Department of Commerce announced a new bilateral organization being formed in concert with the Russian Federation Government to support entrepreneurship in the two countries and to advise their respective governments as to how to encourage entrepreneurial development. The organization is the Innovation Council on High Technology. Encouraged by dedicated public sector …
IPI got into the incubator industry to address a need for small business development in Southeast San Diego, an area poorly served by the local banks, lacking in business services, and limited options for employment. We partnered with a local California Assembly member, one of San Diego’s economic development corporations, the local community college and …
The story of SpeakEZ, Inc. shows how university technology transfer is supposed to work. A company founded on entrepreneurial spirit and academic endeavor called on IPI to lend the fledgling firm a hand in commercializing the technology (used to identify the speaker on a telephone). Working with the faculty entrepreneur, IPI transformed a great idea …
From Mack Truck to High Tech, for Rutgers University, IPI designed, built and successfully managed the Rutgers Business Innovation Center in a factory building where chassis once rolled down the line. Buildings like this exist all over America. What was unique was the willingness of the University, the building owner (an architect) and a university-owned …
For New Jersey City University, IPI conducted the BDI feasibility study, wrote the business plan, recruited the manager, and assisted in obtaining financing for renovation of the facility. The goal was to help start-up businesses launch from BDI as healthy, growing and viable companies which will create jobs, improve the city’s economic presence in the …
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In 2000, IPI was engaged by Battelle Labs to determine the feasibility of an incubator at Central State University, an accredited Historical Black College and University (HBCU), in Wilburforce, Ohio as part of a grant from the US EPA. IPI conducted a thorough assessment analysis and wrote the feasibility study and operating plan for the …
