BENEFITS
Possible Benefits - Students
• Partial ownership in the incubator, and a job in their own company if it is successful.
• Enthusiasm because they were able to pursue their idea.
• Training in developing practical goods and products.
• Self-confidence improves.
• Less need for financial aid.
• Early job training, which can translate into a better job choice and career.
Possible Benefits - Professors
• Early awareness of new fields of research, techniques, and technologies.
• Compensation for time and effort.
Possible Benefits - Industry Advisors
• Early awareness of new fields of research, techniques, and technologies.
• Compensation for time and effort.
Possible Benefits - University
• Demonstrable support of their charter.
• Partial ownership in the incubator.
• Improved public image.
Possible Benefits - Investors
• Return on monetary investment
• Return on investment in society
• Return on investment in the environment
Possible Positive Outcomes
• Enrollment increases in science, engineering, business.
• Innovations answer a need of the market place.
• The incubator pays for itself, decreasing the need for additional funding.
• Success breeds imitation.
• Success challenges traditional hierarchies.