Business Development Assistance
- Business plan
- Product development
- Marketing
- Public relations
- Investor development
Administrative Support
- On-site management staff
- Full-time office manager/receptionist
- High speed Internet access
- State-of-the-art S8300-Avaya telephone system (digital
and analog, video conferencing)
- Copier/fax services
- Presentation equipment (projector, laptop computer)
Additional Business Services
- Quarterly Meeting with Advisory Committee to review business
development milestones
- Assistance with web page development (on-site web development
team)
- Quarterly review of financial records
- UA student incubator
- On campus office (request in progress)
Business Consultation
- 3 hours of pro bono consultation to each client
- 50% reduction in professional service charges during the
first 12 months of residency
- Opportunity for consultant to develop client base
Advisory Committee
- Experienced venture capitalists, successful entrepreneurs,
and professional economic developers
- Meets four times a year to review the business development
milestones of the clients and to assess and evaluate performance
of the Innovation Center
The AzCI advisory committee
Innovation Center Facilities
- 12,500 square feet of office and laboratory space, including
4500 square feet of office space (10 company offices) and
8000 square feet of chemistry/wet lab and laser lab space.
- Conference room
- Boardroom
- Storage
Park Support
- Free parking
- Conference Center (with 3 classrooms, 200 seat presentation
room, board room, 3 small meeting rooms)
- Full-service cafeteria
- 24-hour security
- On-site HAZMAT and EMS personnel
- On-site environmental officer
- Recreational facilities (including locker rooms, tennis
courts, softball field, basketball court, jogging path,
exercise course)
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