Application Process

Coastal Bend Business Innovation Center is accepting applications for admission to the Incubator from companies with:

• An innovative, technology-based product idea or business concept
  Applicants should be able to provide a business plan or executive summary describing their product or business concept, identifying the business opportunity or the problem their research and development processes is designed to solve, and a preliminary market analysis identifying the commercial potential of their business.
• The beginnings of a sound management and/or product development team
  Applicants should be able to identify primary research personnel and those associated with the research who can demonstrate strong entrepreneurial interests.
• Financial resources
  Applicants should be able to demonstrate the financial capacity to cover operational expenses and fees for CBBI Center services and use of facilities. A reasonable and realistic projection of cash needs and the time required for reaching revenue targets sufficient to sustain the company should be essential elements of the financial plan.
• An interest and willingness to be associated with Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi.
  Applicants should express support, commitment and cooperation with the stated mission and goals of the CBBI Center and an interest in working with appropriate members of the Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi faculty and staff in a combined research and entrepreneurial business environment.
• The potential of creating technology jobs over the long term
  CBBI Center is interested in supporting start-up companies that have the capacity and potential of serving large markets thereby creating high quality jobs locally.
• A desire to leverage the CBBI Center opportunity
  The CBBI Center is a group of professionals participating in a network of industry and academic experts dedicated to the success of technology ventures. CBBI Center clients will be expected to be a part of that effort, involve themselves with other companies in the incubator, and participate in workshops, seminars, meetings and other activities related to their own.