what are the advantages of incubators?

Answer 1

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ADVANTAGES OF INCUBATORS
Given the myriad advantages associated with membership in an incubator program, small business consultants often counsel their clients to at least investigate the possibility of securing a spot in one. Strengths of incubators include the following:

SHARED BASIC OPERATING COSTS Tenants in a business incubator share a wide range of overhead costs, including utilities, office equipment, computer services, conference rooms, laboratories, and receptionist services. In addition, basic rent costs are usually below normal for the region in which the fledgling business is operating, which allows entrepreneurs to realize additional savings. It is worth noting, however, that incubators do not allow tenants to remain in the program forever; most lease agreements at incubator facilities run for three years, with some programs offering one or two one-year renewal options.

CONSULTING AND ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE

Incubator managers and staff members can often provide insightful advice and/or information on a broad spectrum of business issues, from marketing to business expansion financing. Small business owners should remember that the people that are responsible for overseeing the incubator program are usually quite knowledgeable about various aspects of the business world. They are a resource that should be fully utilized.

ACCESS TO CAPITAL Many business incubators can provide entrepreneurs with "access to the kind of early-stage capital that emerging companies desperately need," wrote Entrepreneur's David R. Evanson. "According to a recent survey of [National Business Incubation Association] members, 83 percent of incubator owners and directors provide access to seed capital. Seventy-six percent provide assistance with obtaining federal grants, 74 percent assist with preparing financial proposals, 60 percent can help obtain royalty financing, and 57 percent can lend a hand in obtaining purchase-order financing."

LEGITIMACY IN THE COMMUNITY Many entrepreneurs have stated that when their start-up businesses are accepted into business incubator programs, the rewards include an aura of legitimacy and credibility among both vendors and customers. "The fact that a business has been accepted into an incubator offers due diligence value to potential investors," Adkins told Entrepreneur. "They have already passed an important litmus test by simply being there."

UNIVERSALITY OF INCUBATOR CONCEPT One of the key advantages of incubators is that the concept works in all communities of all shapes, sizes, demographic segments, and industries. As Richard Steffens observed in Planning, "a particular strength of an incubator is its ability to aid companies that fulfill specific needs: technology transfer, revitalizing neighborhoods, creating minority jobs, among others." In many cases, the incubator naturally takes on some of the characteristics of the community in which it is located. For example, rural-based incubators may launch companies based on the agriculture present in the area. But whether based in a small town in the Midwest or a large urban area on the West Coast, proponents of incubator programs contend that the small business people in the community would know more about how to start and operate such businesses than major corporations that focus on mass production.

COMRADESHIP OF FELLOW ENTREPRENEURS

Many small business owners that have launched successful ventures from incubators cite the presence of fellow entrepreneurs as a key element in their success. They note that by gathering entrepreneurs together under one roof, incubators create a dynamic wherein business owners can 1) provide encouragement to one another in their endeavors; 2) share information on business-related subjects; and 3) establish networks of communication that can serve them well for years to come. "Incubators provide psychological support for entrepreneurs, who are far more likely to persist as a result," stated Steffens. "This support is, perhaps, the incubator's unique place in economic development."

Answer 2

I see no advantage to an incubator. The way chickens naturally sit on an egg when they get broody is better.

I have an incubator but it is one of the cheap ones and my biggest problem is controlling humidity.

Let me add that chickens are not always broody so an incubator does overcome that part so it is one small advantage.


From a medical standpoint: the advantage of an incubator is that it allows the rapid growth of cultures of bacteria for study and examination. It does it in a safe and controlled environment.

Answer 3

In medicine, incubators are used to protect newborns. (Business incubators?!?) Temperature, oxygen levels and humidity can be controlled, while room air can be filtered to prevent contagion.

Newborns, especially preemies, are extremely delicate, and changes in their environments that wouldn't phase an older infant can set off physical responses that can seriously compromise their survival, especially if they are already having problems.

Most newborns are not put in incubators, but are ID'd, examined, bathed (and not all that gently, either), eye drops applied, blood samples taken and so on, then allowed to room with mom if she so desires.

In the NICU - neonatal intensive care unit - many of the babies are in incubators, with nursing and other staff busily working in bright light 24/7. While they are there because they need to be in order to survive, the poor little guys are probably happy to have that thin layer of transparent plastic between them and the world!

Incubators can also be life savers when a newborn must be transported to another hospital. I'm sure there are many more advantages, but those are a few.

And of course, there's always the fact that wuth an incubator, no one has to sit on the eggs.
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Answer 4

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Answer 5

A *medical* incubator in a machine which keeps you breathing when you're body cannot breathe on it's own. I suppose the major advantage of an incubator would be that in some cases it keeps a patient alive long enough for doctors to treat him, or his muscles are strong enough to breathe on his own.

Answer 6

Incubators or NICUs were developed in the 1950s and 1960s by pediatricians to provide better temperature support, isolation from infection risk, specialized feeding, and access to specialized equipment and resources

Answer 7

Cheaper to make Soylent Green

Answer 8

they keep a prematured baby alive until it can get along like a normal baby