TBIXI3

GUEST EDITOR
Tracy Kitts - Acting CEO, NBIA
PUBLISHING TEAM
Publisher
David Tee
david@theIncubatorMagazine.com
Managing Editor
Sangeetha Shinde
sangeetha@theIncubatorMagazine.com
Designer
Necdet Sahin
necdet@theIncubatorMagazine.com
Business Development
Stephen Gardner
stephen@theIncubatorMagazine.com
Content Adviser
Giordano Dichter
giordano.dichter@ebn.eu
Research
Sarah Spence, Ying Yan Lee, Evelyn Cashen
CONTRIBUTORS
Alessandro Collura, Giordano Dichter, Alexia
Hengl, Allyson Hewitt, David Howell, Phillip
Kemp, Marie Longserre, Les Neumann,
Hassan Omar, Cosimo Quarta, Judy Robinett,
Flora Soyez
MORE INFORMATION
Please visit
www.theIncubatorMagazine.com
CONTACTS
Editorial & Media
editor@theIncubatorMagazine.com
Advertising & Sponsorship
sales@theIncubatorMagazine.com
Images
Front page: Igor Kovalchuk/Shutterstock.com
ISSN 2050-1463 (print)
ISSN 2050-1471 (online)
Printed at Buxton Press Limited,
Derbyshire, United Kingdom
© 2013 Incubation Worldwide Ltd
The Business Incubator is published three times
a year by Incubation Worldwide Ltd.
Registered office at 107 Cheapside, London,
EC2V 6DN United Kingdom.
Registered in England No 8028147.
www.IncubationWorldwide.com
Tel: +44 20 8144 6471
Our partners
Sangeetha Shinde
Managing Editor
ChileIncuba
ASSOCIATION DE INCUBADORAS DE EMPRESAS
theLetter
“May you live in interesting times”, goes the
Chinese curse. And so it is in the incubation
industry today. New types of entrepreneurship
support are emerging all the time with different
models, different names and different raison
d'être.
Funding models evolve. Sector focus shifts.
Names change. But all approaches have one
thing in common; helping new and small
businesses to start and grow. And it is this broad
definition of incubation that we at The Business
Incubator magazine use when considering what
to include in each issue.
As the landscape gets more complex, so do the
choices incubator managers have to make about
their services. Where should the focus be? The
rate of growth? Equity stakes? Sustainable
businesses? Number of jobs? It is indeed an
‘interesting time’ and we hope our magazine
provides some context and perspective onto
these important issues.
In this issue of The Business Incubator magazine,
we have features on incubating technologies
from space, the rise of coworking as an option for
micro-entrepreneurs, social innovation - the new
'sexy' sector, and the crowdfunding model for
financing start-ups. Our Experience section
comes from Palestine, where ICT is seen as a
powerful tool for entrepreneurs to meet the
challenges particular to their environment. We
have focused The Spotlight on Australia where
reduced public funding of incubators, over many
years, has created a private-sector attitude
among practitioners leading to a very different
model of support. Our Interview is with Thomas
Mancuso, whose family founded what is
generally believed to be, the first business
incubator ever. And we welcome on board two
new columnists: Marie Longserre, past-president
of NBIA, and Les Neumann, CEO of iCANny, New
York.
Finally, we must thank our key partner, ESA
TTPO, and sponsor, NBIA, for their support in
developing this issue of the magazine.
As always, we hope you enjoy the read, and
please let us know what you think by
commenting on these articles on our website or
emailing editor@theincubatormagazine.com.
3