I would personally like to help bring more attention to incubation in urban and distressed communities. NBIA is the world's leading organization advancing business incubation and entrepreneurship. It provides thousands of professionals with the information, education, advocacy and networking resources to bring excellence to the process of assisting early-stage companies. Opened in 1989, The Enterprise Center is a 36,000 square foot mixed-use urban incubator. The center has graduated eight businesses and received a 1999 NBIA Incubator of the Year award.
Business incubation catalyzes the process of starting and growing companies.
A proven model, it provides entrepreneurs with the expertise, networks and tools they need to make their ventures successful. Incubation programs diversify economies, commercialize technologies, create jobs and build wealth. Today, there are more than 900 of these programs in the United States, up from 12 in 1980. He is dedicated to creating a new model for urban incubation, and his NBIA conference presentation was one of the top-rated presentations. Bergheiser has been vice president of entrepreneurial programs at The Enterprise Center since 1996.