2. Mission Statement
The mission of the SEED Center Business
Incubator is to serve the 5 parish region as
an economic catalyst to facilitate the
development and sustainability of early
stage firms, and existing business
ventures.
3. What is a Business Incubator?
A support process that accelerates the
successful development of start-up and
fledging companies by providing an array of
targeted resources and services.
Historically, 87% of incubator graduates are
still in business after 5 years.
4. SEED Center Project Funding
$8 million - City of Lake Charles, Calcasieu
Parish Police Jury, Louisiana Recovery
Authority
Land - McNeese State University
$1 million - SWLA Economic Development
Alliance
$3.9 million - Federal E.D.A Grant
5. Facility Size and Configuration
30 Business Incubator
14 single offices
8 two-office suites
2 three office suites
2 labs
4 workshops
6. DiSC by Inscape
Transform individuals, teams and organizations and
realize greater success.
Certified Coaching Program
Discover how your DiSC Style affects your
workplace and business relationships. Explore
your priorities.
Understanding other DiSC Styles and what works
with each DiSC style.
Create strategies and action plan build more
effective relationships
8. Pre-Incubation/Commercialization Program
Wendy Kennedy Program
Program to access the incubation readiness of
entrepreneurs, and their ideas.
Entrepreneurs test and validate the robustness
of their business concept or business model.
This program is widely used in business
incubators around the world.
10. Young Entrepreneurs
Academy
Students in grades 6th – 12th
Founded in 2004 at University of Rochester
100% of YEA graduates graduate high school
on time
19% of YEA graduates start second business
50% of YEA graduates continue business for
1 year +
42% of YEA students matriculate to local
college