Written in 2015 about an incubator in Chicago
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-industrial-incubator-0210-biz-20150209-story.html
''Fulton-Carroll Center Incubator in Chicago https://www.illinoisinnovation.com/fulton-carroll-center-incubator''
''Fulton-Carroll Center Incubator in Chicago https://www.illinoisinnovation.com/fulton-carroll-center-incubator''
Created in 1980 (one of the largest and ones of the first five in nation).
$2.6 million in federal grants.
For some reason this page cannot be reached anymore http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://www.blueskystewardship.org/incubator/
''Blue SKy Stewardship''
Nonprofit that envisions a technologically self-sufficient local food economy that believes an incubator is the place to start.
2000 square foot warehouse space, equipped with a variety of equipment.
Feb 2016 https://hbr.org/2016/02/entrepreneurs-take-on-manufacturing
''Examples of software-enabled manufacturing startups''
Pebble - a Kickstarter-funded project that has now sold over one million smart watches (and which predated Google’s Android Wear smart watch and the Apple Watch).
Nebia - a start-up water-efficient showerhead maker in San Francisco — recently scored investment money from Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google Chairman Eric Schmidt’s family foundation.
Drop - a startup that makes a $100 iPad-connected kitchen scale and software app now widely available in Apple Stores and the Apple website,
Fitbit