"By highlighting the 'best practices' of business incubators and their
presidents, Growing New Ventures, Creating New Jobs provides an invalu-
able resource to those committed to cultivating entrepreneurs."

- Ted Gaebler, The Gaebler Group;
Author of Reinventing Government

"The development of new entrepreneurial ventures is the bedrock on
which communities will build economic vitality in the future. Rice and
Matthews give definitive guidance to incubator sponsors and managers to
meet the goal of helping entrepreneurs succeed."

- James Morgan, General Partner, OneLiberty Ventures;
President, National Venture Capital Association

Growing New Ventures, Creating New Jobs will be an indispensable
handbook for any organization or individual launching or operating a busi-
ness incubator. It explains every facet of how to make an incubator suc-
cessful and achieve the greatest economic return for its sponsoring com-
munity."

- Christopher M. Coburn, Vice President,
Technology Partnership Practice, Battelle Institute;
Editor and Co-author, Partnerships: A Compendium
of State and Federal Cooperative Technology Programs

"A draft of this publication served as our road map during the planning
of our new business incubator. It will be the definitive publication on the
structuring and operation of business incubators for years to come."

- Ivan Smith, President,
JoCo Business Tech Center

"In straightforward language, Growing New Ventures, Creating New
Jobs provides a blueprint for establishing a business incubator . . . it gives
new direction and vision to those in the business incubator industry."

- Gregory K. Ericksen, National Director,
Entrepreneurial Services, Ernst & Young, LLP

"In the next century, every community's survival will depend on its abil-
ity to foster new entrepreneurial companies. This book is a practical road
map to new business incubation."

- Robert A. Compton, General Partner,
CID Equity Partners

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