Startup incubators are specialized programs, providing new businesses with affordable access to the resources needed to learn and grow (ex. Networking opportunities, marketing and market research assistance, shared office space and equipment, access to funding sources, access to collaboration partners, mentoring, business training, staffing assistance, and access to professional service providers).

Admission to a startup incubator is based on a competitive admissions process, with the expectation that accepted companies will move into the incubator for at least one year.