6 Business Incubator Success Stories [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: November 1st, 2023

Start A Business Incubator

The popularity of incubators is on the rise. Today, start-ups and small businesses have unique needs because they have limited resources and often need professional help to get started. You can design your business incubator by leveraging your experiences as an entrepreneur.

Listed are the steps to start an incubator business.

Plan your business
Secure all needed permits and licenses
Hire needed staffs
Promote your business

Here are some real life success stories of starting a business incubator:

1. Hutch ($81.6K/year)

Fearless founder, Delali Dzirasa, recognized the need for diverse and inclusive government digital services companies after witnessing many IT projects fail. Drawing on Fearless' expertise, Dzirasa created Hutch to provide mentorship and support to minority and women entrepreneurs in the industry, ultimately fostering a community of successful and impactful firms.

How much they make: $81.6K/year
Current team size: 2

We Created An $80K/Year Incubation Program To Help Minorities And Women Entrepreneurs

Hutch, founded by Fearless, is a 24-month program that helps minority and women entrepreneurs in government digital services; the program has had 9 graduates, 11 company founders in current two cohorts, and 20 companies within its portfolio.

About

Delali started Hutch over 6 years ago

Revenue

Delali grew the business to $6.8K/month

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Learn more about starting a business incubator:

Where to start?

-> How much does it cost to start a business incubator?
-> Pros and cons of a business incubator

Need inspiration?

-> Examples of established business incubator
-> Marketing ideas for a business incubator

Other resources

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4. WordPress.com

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Where they're located: Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Website traffic: 333M/month

5. Founder Institute

Since 2009, the world’s fastest-growing startups have used the Founder Institute to raise funding, get into seed-accelerators, generate traction, and more.

6. Techstars

Where they're located: Los Angeles, California, USA
Website traffic: 230K/month