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.