BUSINESS INCUBATOR PROGRAM
The Program
The second floor of the Scranton Enterprise Center (SEC) houses a business incubator.
Business incubators nurture young firms, helping them to survive and grow during the start-up period when they are most vulnerable. The SEC provides a number of services to enhance the development of young firms. These services include hands-on management assistance, access to financing, intensive mentoring programs and networking opportunities.
The SEC’s business incubator tenants have access to shared office services, equipment, conference rooms, flexible leases, and expandable office space. These services coupled with professional management will stimulate the growth and development of new business ventures in northeastern Pennsylvania.
Space Available for Lease
Floor Plan – Click to Download PDF
Services Provided
Clerical and administrative services
- On-site receptionist
- Photocopying and postage equipment
- Shared high speed internet connection
- Janitorial, security and maintenance services
- Publication and library services
- Audio and visual equipment
Assistance with business development activities
- Training
- Mentoring
- One-on-one counseling
Seminars and workshops
- Various topics on an on-going basis
Shared Use Spaces
The seminar and conference rooms are available to all Business Incubator tenants on a first come, first served basis.
Seminar Room - 21.5' x 28'
Conference Room - 13' x 23'
Shared kitchenette with vending machines
Copy/Fax/Mail Room
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Program Application
When a business is interested in locating in the Scranton Enterprise Center business incubator they should contact Kristine Augustine at 570-342-7711. Each business is required to complete an application form and submit a thorough business plan and financial information for at least 2 years. The application and business plan information are reviewed by a committee and either approved or denied. If approved, the business is then provided a lease for the space.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
What is a business incubator?
Business incubators nurture young firms, helping them to survive and grow during the start-up period when they are most vulnerable. The SEC provides a number of services to enhance the development of young firms. These services include hands-on management assistance, access to financing, intensive mentoring programs and networking opportunities.
The SEC’s business incubator tenants have access to shared office services, equipment, conference rooms, flexible leases, and expandable office space. These services coupled with professional management will stimulate the growth and development of new business ventures in northeastern Pennsylvania.
What is the process to locate within the business incubator?
When a business is interested in locating in the Scranton Enterprise Center business incubator they should contact Kristine Augustine at 570-342-7711. Each business is required to complete an application form and submit a thorough business plan and financial information for at least 2 years. The application and business plan information are reviewed by a committee and either approved or denied. If approved, the business is then provided a lease for the space.
What is the advantage of locating within the business incubator?
There are many ways that a small business can benefit from locating within a business incubator. First, by sharing common costs associated with a running a business, the Business Incubator reduces the occupancy expenses for the business and therefore, the business has additional capital to utilize for development purposes.
Secondly, the business will have access to several business development tools such as networking opportunities, mentoring programs and financial assistance. The business environment created by a business incubator is one that is conducive to the growth of businesses and the entrepreneurs who run them.
What is the term of the lease in the business incubator?
The term for tenants leasing space within the business incubator is twelve months. The business can be approved for additional twelve month terms not to exceed sixty months.
Current Tenants
Northeastern Pennsylvania Technology Institute
Founded in September of 2003, The Northeastern Pennsylvania Technology Institute (NPTI) exists to facilitate collaboration and technology transfer among the region’s fourteen colleges and universities, and to serve as the nexus for innovation, collaboration, and entrepreneurship by leveraging the capital and talent that exists in academia, business, and government.
NPTI is the capstone organization created as a result of the 1999 Battelle Report, a Technology Strategy for Northeastern Pennsylvania. The report encouraged the region to build an innovative, knowledge-based and technology-focused economy by harnessing the intellectual capital and energy from within our institutes of higher education.
NPTI manages the Keystone Innovation Zone for Lackawanna and Luzerne Counties and coordinates the Great Valley Technology Alliance’s annual collegiate Business Plan Competition
and Entrepreneurship Institute.
Contact Information:
Northeastern Pennsylvania Technology Institute (NPTI)
The Scranton Enterprise Center
201 Lackawanna Ave.
Suite 211
Scranton, PA 18503
PH: (570) 341-8099
FX: (570) 408-9812
E-Mail: sgryziec@greatvalleyalliance.com
Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern PA
Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania links early-stage technology firms and established manufacturers with funding, people, technology, universities and other resources to help them prosper. In the process, we fuel economic growth for northeastern Pennsylvania.
Our mission is to boost the economy of our region with new and retained jobs, new technology companies, and established manufacturers that are more competitive. We provide early-stage technology firms and established manufacturers with funding, networking opportunities, and technical and business expertise. The program has been recognized and modeled nationally and internationally.
Our success is measured based on the commercial success that our clients achieve as a direct result of our assistance. Ben Franklin enterprise developers work with early-stage firms and established companies to enhance their entire way of doing business. Typical investments range from $30,000 to $150,000 per year for up to three years.
Serving a 21-county area, Ben Franklin Technology Partners is an initiative of the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development and is funded by the Ben Franklin Technology Development Authority.
Contact Information:
Northeast PA Regional Office:
Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern PA
The Scranton Enterprise Center
201 Lackawanna Ave.
Suite 219
Scranton, PA 18503
PH: (610) 849-9090
FX: (610) 849-0284
E-Mail: kokrepkie@nep.benfranklin.org
Iron Tree Networks, Inc.
Iron-Tree specializes in providing voice and data networking services and products to small and medium sized businesses as well as educational institutions.
Whether your IT staff needs occasional expert advice or you need a 24/7 IT support system, Iron-Tree Data can tailor a solution to fit your needs.
Contact Information:
Iron-Tree Data Networks
The Scranton Enterprise Center
201 Lackawanna Ave.
Suite 223 and 224
Scranton, PA 18503
PH: 570.558.9300
E-Mail: ckornutiak@irontreedata.com
BlackOut Design, Inc.
BlackOut Design is an interactive agency that blends emerging technologies with traditional media to produce focused, innovative campaigns. We offer all the resources of a full-service ad agency paired with deep experience in integrating online marketing to provide instantly assessable outcomes. BlackOut will grow your business with our portfolio of design and technology solutions individually tailored to generate the maximum return on investment and to optimize your position in the marketplace.
BlackOut offers all of the services of a traditional advertising agency together with expertise in Web 2.0 and new media solutions. We staff a diverse team of design and development professionals whose backgrounds reflect a wide-ranging mix of technology, art, and business growth processes. BlackOut’s services are tailored to meet the individual needs of each client and to provide maximum return on investment with measurable outcomes.
Our services include: Traditional and Online Design, Branding/Identity, Illustration, Social Media Management, eCommerce, Blogs, Search Engine Optimization, Marketing Assessments, Traffic Development, Pay-Per-Click Management and Content Management.
Contact Information:
Jack Reager, President
BlackOut Design, Inc.
201 Lackawanna Avenue
Suite #228
Scranton, PA 18503
PH: 570-341-3466
E-Mail: info@blackout-design.com
TMG Health
TMG Health is a healthcare Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) company whose primary focus is on the Medicare and Medicaid market. TMG provides operational outsourcing solutions and information systems for health plans, providers and insurers. TMG can offer a complete turnkey solution to reduce a plan’s capital investment and operational costs with our plan management services and our state-of-the-art Facets® managed care information, medical management and claims processing systems.
Contact Information:
TMG Health
The Scranton Enterprise Center
201 Lackawanna Ave.
2nd Floor
Scranton, PA 18503
PH: 570-344-9237
FX: 570-344-9225
Geisinger Ventures
Geisinger Ventures nurtures innovative ideas, licenses and brings to market intellectual property, and catalyzes growth of Geisinger’s for-profit companies. Capital generated is invested in the health system’s core, mission-based programs.
Contact Information:
Geisinger Ventures
The Scranton Enterprise Center
201 Lackawanna Ave.
Suite 212
Scranton, PA 18503
PH: 570-214-9285
SCORE
SCORE® is the most recognized and utilized supplier of counseling and mentoring services for America’s small businesses. SCORE® provides professional guidance to maximize the success of existing and emerging small businesses.
Contact Information:
Score 703 Scranton PA
Scranton Enterprise Center
Suite 216
201 Lackawanna Ave.
Scranton, PA 18503
PH: 570.851.1608
E-Mail: scorescranton@yahoo.com
Customer For Life
Customer For Life is a marketing and technology company that enables sales. They help organizations of all sizes become more efficient and profitable. Customers include Fortune 500 companies and mid-size organizations like yours. Their systems quickly identify opportunities then effectively manage them. Simply, Customer For Life helps its clients sell more products and services.
Customer For Life
The Scranton Enterprise Center
201 Lackawanna Ave.
Suite 221
Scranton, PA 18503
PH: 570-972-0405
FX: 775-242-4051
E-Mail: sales@customerforlife.com
Lackawanna County Workforce Investment Board
The Lackawanna County Workforce Investment Board (WIB) is a non-profit Board of dedicated business men and women and community leaders that serves as a conduit for information and communication among stakeholders, promoting economic growth through strategic investment and leveraging of resources to increase career advancement opportunities and the competitive advantage of businesses in Lackawanna County and all of Northeastern PA. The Board promotes a comprehensive and structurally sound workforce development system through human capital development, capacity building, and operational effectiveness.
Contact Information:
Virginia H. Turano
Executive Director
Lackawanna County Workforce Investment Board
201 Lackawanna Avenue Suite 215
Scranton, PA 18503
PH: 570-342-3649
FX: 570-346-7014
TAI Software, Inc.
Tidgewell Associates, Inc. offers customized data, software and systems integration services and products that provide a comprehensive solution to your data and software needs, while minimizing costly software and hardware investments and the cost of personnel infrastructure. Our data services and software products are well suited for both private and public, health and human services organizations as well as any small to medium sized business. Our products and services provide organizations with an efficient means of collecting, storing, analyzing and reporting data.
Contact Information
Tidgewell Associates, Inc.
201 Lackawanna Avenue
Suite 217
Scranton, PA 18503
PH: (570) 504-8636
FX: (570) 504-5663
E-Mail: tgattens@taisoftware.com
McNally and Sons
McNally and Sons, LLC is an organization that will be focused on involvement in high growth businesses in northeastern Pennsylvania. We are committed to remaining in this area for many of the same reasons so many have demonstrated an interest in NEPA. We believe in the geographic potential across all business metrics; from human capital, to the educational/research infrastructure in place, to the commitment of the state and local authorities for growth related initiatives in support of business.
McNally and Sons, LLC initial focus will be in developing strategic partnerships within the high performance materials sector, capitalizing on a broad based global network created over the last forty years. The aforementioned sector will provide various goods and services to the industrial, medical, military and consumer markets. Our secondary goals rest in management/sales consulting, import/export relationships, and potentially manufacturing new technologies.
Contact Information:
McNally and Sons, LLC.
201 Lackawanna Ave.
Scranton, PA 18503
PH: (570) 330-9000
E-Mail: bmcnally@mcnallydirect.com
Hydro4GE, Inc.
Hydro4GE, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in custom software development services. Leveraging proprietary Intellectual Property built on Fourth Generation Environment (4GE) computing principles, the company plans to release a commercial Platform as a Service (PaaS) for software developers in Q4 2009.
The Hydro4GE PaaS provides developers with the ability to generate complete, web-enabled, database applications from high-level specifications. Hydro4GE streamlines traditional software construction and support activities allowing developers greater time to work with their customers on upfront application requirements, initial prototype enhancements and ongoing production refinements – the keys to great customer solutions and satisfaction.
Contact Information:
Ms. Rose Lackenmier
Hydro4GE, Inc.
The Scranton Enterprise Center
201 Lackawanna Ave.
Suite 213
Scranton, PA 18503
PH: 570.479.7543
E-Mail: rose.lackenmier@Hydro4GE.com
Danielle and Company, Inc.
Who We Are: Danielle and Company, Inc. is an award-winning manufacturer of contemporary organic products for the bath, body and home. As an eco-conscious company, we are committed to the sustainability of the earth and the well-being of its people. All of our products are made with certified organic ingredients and are manufactured by hand, with care, in our eco-friendly facility in Pennsylvania. To maintain the integrity of the eco-conscious consumer, our products do not contain synthetic colors/dyes, parabens, mineral oil/petrolatum, sulfates (SLS), chemical additives, formaldehyde preservatives or fillers. We are cruelty-free and use sustainable materials in our product & shipment packaging.
What we sell: The Products
The Danielle and Company product line consists of 14 mood-enhancing scents in the following organic products: shea bar soaps, shea body washes, hand & body lotion, beeswax & pure soy candles and shea lip balms. These products are available in full and travel sizes and are suitable for both men and women.
What we care about: Social Responsibility
5% of the net proceeds from the sale of our Candles and Organic Soap Gardens will be donated to Penn State University’s Honeybee Research Facility, a world leader in honeybee research. Our Honeybee Research Fund will support research, education and outreach efforts in the areas of honeybee biology, health, pollination services and Colony Collapse Disorder.
Our Goal
To provide our customers with contemporary organic products that will enlighten your senses, enhance your mood and nourish your skin, all while being sustainable and protective of our environment.
Contact Information:
Danielle K. Fleming
Danielle and Company, Inc.
201 Lackawanna Avenue
Suite Number: 302
Scranton, PA 18503
PH: 570-207-1777
Toll-Free: 800-893-5950
FX: 570-207-1780
E-Mail: sales@DanielleandCompany.com
APPEK
APPEK is a software development company with focus on mobile applications. Using real-time data, APPEK seeks to develop and license mobile application suites, the first of which is in development for the transportation industry. Transit agencies with an existing GPS system now have the ability to offer real-time bus location and estimated arrival times to their riders via mobile technology.
Contact Information:
APPEK
The Scranton Enterprise Center
201 Lackawanna Ave.
Suite 300A
Scranton, PA 18503
PH: 570-840-7981
E-mail: adam.ceresko@appekapps.com
Nearbid.com
Nearbid.com LLC facilitates improvement in the efficiency and overall quality, as well as reduction in the monetary, frictional, and “vendor sourcing” costs, of workflow.
Contact Information:
Nearbid.com LLC
The Scranton Enterprise Center
201 Lackawanna Avenue
Suite 214
Scranton, PA 18503
PH: 570-969 - 9268
E-mail: mailer7@yahoo.com
EcoIndustrial, LLC
EcoIndustrial, LLC was founded for the purpose of providing Northeastern/Central Pa businesses with Corrugate, Packaging & Janitorial/Sanitation products and services utilizing a web based platform. We will have an emphasis on developing an E-Commerce business platform and web based ordering system to our customer base. We will offer eco-friendly products that will be environmentally friendly to include products that will be green seal certified, solvent-free and or bio-degradable.
- Reduce handling cost related to paper flows
- Paperless Logistics Supply Chain to customers:
- Bills of Ladings, Packing Lists, Quoting & Invoicing, etc.
- Faster transaction processing
- Closed-loop process monitoring in workflow
- Better access to historical data
- Transform documents into electronic messages
- Seamlessly integrated with backoffice systems
- Inclusion in workflow with APS – Advanced Planning & Scheduling
- E-Archiving capabilities
- Eliminating all paperflows from the Supply Chain
- Avoid manual re-entry of data in systems
- E-Planning – Inbound/Outbound Logistics Planning
Contact Information:
EcoIndustrial, LLC
201 Lackawanna Avenue
Suite 220
Scranton, PA 18503
PH:
570-342-3490
FX: 570-342-3492
E-mail:Mccormack.sean@comcast.net
iYouVo
Founded in February, 2010, iYouVo is a social network designed to allow nonprofit groups and volunteers to interact in a fun and engaging online environment. Our purpose is to create an interactive environment where all three of our main user groups can achieve their personal goals in a mutually beneficial manner.
Nonprofit groups – we help volunteer managers find, manage, and reward volunteers with simple yet powerful volunteer management tools.
Volunteers – we empower volunteers to connect and interact with local groups and causes in a fun and satisfying online environment that encourages real-world volunteer and social activities.
Small Businesses – we give businesses a powerful outlet to acquire and interact with current and potential customers with cost-effective, targeted advertising.
iYouVo.com
Charlie Mulligan – Founder
The Scranton Enterprise Center
201 Lackawanna Avenue
Scranton, PA 18503