09-14-2014, 03:47 PM
rangersfan Wrote:... it would be nice to track the success of the individual incubators over time.
This is one of the biggest data gaps we have (everywhere). My company works with government agencies on policy related to innovation and employment growth and, despite the attention accelerators and incubators get, there's very little quant on what the return on investment is. Communitech has a Deloitte report out that shows a rather phenomenal return. Others across the country and abroader aren't in the same class (hence why you'll see delegations from around the world at Communitech). We're working on a couple of projects that address elements of the data gap but it's not simple math. For the sake of information (and not a plug), you can see more about our work at www.deepcentre.com