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 …
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 …
IPI was selected by the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology to perform due diligence on approximately 120 technology business applicants to the New Jersey Edison Innovation Fund and NJ Tax Transfer Program for the NJ Commission on Science and Technology and the NJ Economic Development Authority, advising the Commission on which companies should …
It all started in the early 1990s when IPI assumed management of the New Jersey Entrepreneurs Forum, a program of the NJ Commission on Science and Technology that was originally modeled after the popular MIT Enterprise Forum. It was easy to see the value in connecting tech entrepreneurs with investors, and the Forum was a …
Imagine if you wanted to see some of the hottest local companies and had both limited time and budget. You could do it by attending a venture fair or a business plan competition. IPI was on the planning committee leading either the judging, or coaching committees of the annual New Jersey Venture Fair for about …
PortTechforum and PortTechEXPOs A forum is a place where ideas and views can be exchanged. The monthly PortTechforum, was created by IPI to connect PortTechLA clients with tech investors, advisors, business leaders and local service providers, key members of the local ecosystem. Entrepreneurs came together, discussed common business topics, received training unique to managing a technology …
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 …
