Global Business Incubation Inc. (GBI) is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit research development organization. A “think and do tank” that catalyzes the business development process of launching an idea, a business and a community through the growth of a cooperative business incubator cluster model that grows companies. We are an IC2 Global Research Fellow at the University of Texas, Austin and GBI’s innovative model business incubator was awarded the Official White House Millennium Council Award.
GBI was founded by veterans in 1991 on the campus of Loyola Marymount University (LMU) at the College of Business Administration. Dr. George Kozmetsky world renown technology entrepreneur, Co-Founder of Teledyne and first Chairman of the Board Dell Computers, served as GBI’s Advisory Board Chairman. GBI is a Strategic Thinkubator (Think and do Tank) Organization and IC2 Global Fellow at the University of Texas, Austin. GBI continues to partner with LMU along with other universities globally to host conferences, workshops, symposiums on business incubation, wealth creation, technology start-up camps and the future of manufacturing and technology.
GBI has developed a global eco-system that fosters’ collaborations between universities, industry and public agencies. Our hubs and labs are currently focused on promoting business incubation opportunities in urban and rural America. We target military veterans, under 18 youth, social entrepreneurs and technology. We provide training and support for all aspects of new business startups will be geared to accelerate the rate of technological development and the pace of delivery of products and services in the region, as well as increasing exports and greater competition in the global marketplace.
GBI, as a nonprofit, is dedicated to promoting the development and growth of urban and rural enterprises through business incubation and cooperative strategies. Global Business Incubation researches, develops and implements successful business incubation strategies to grow and develop urban and rural enterprises. GBI serves as a facilitator of diverse projects.
These include teaching factories, business incubators, neighborhood cooperatives, job training programs, youth training and entrepreneurial programs, and technology innovation. Collectively, these provide a synergistic approach to reviving the rural and urban small business communities. Our services provide entrepreneurial opportunities for veterans, small, medium and disadvantaged businesses. Target technology markets include information, telecom, digital media/assets, medical, agriculture, energy, transportation, bio-tech and robotics just to name a few.
- We serve as state advocates for collaboration of major corporations.
- We host workshops that train businesses to trade successfully.
- We host a business technical institute for resources, training and employment.
Community Development through Business Incubation & Acceleration – Infrastructure.Innovation.Investment
For over 20 years, GBI founders have researched the most successful models of institution building, infrastructures, business incubators, cooperatives, teaching and testing factories and research consortia that create wealth. They have interviewed wealth creators such as Walt Disney of Disney and Ray Croc of MacDonalds and served as business consultants to World Bank, Amway, Encylopedia Brittanica, Major League Baseball and other entities.
GBI currently hosts a business consortium and technical institute that provide resources, training and employment to incubate 10 collective clusters in multiple metro and rural areas consisting of Veteran, Youth, Social and other types of entrepreneurs and business owners. GBI has established partnerships with Loyola Marymount University College of Business and Administration, Los Angeles Trade Technical College Architecture and Environmental Design, Cal. State Long Beach Student Life and Development, and a host of government organizations, nonprofits and Veteran-led companies.
With thousands of military Veterans re-integrating into society, it is imperative to create a local infrastructure to support them. The other focus for us is the large amount of youth entering into the business force each year from high school, trade, graduate and post graduate schools.
GBI also hosts the Emerald Veterans Business Summit in Los Angeles. Veteran businesses are empowered by compelling keynote speeches, breakout sessions and dynamic military panels composed of billion-dollar military enterprises. Our yearly summits are gathering hundreds of military Veterans and establishing a network of partnerships through the compelling keynote speakers, corporate-led breakout sessions and dynamic military panel composed of billion-dollar military enterprises.
A few of GBI’s past accomplishments include:
In the late 90s GBI partnerships created a multimedia, entertainment, technology business incubator. Located in the Historic Core of Downtown LA, This project started with a 10% occupancy rate. Within 2 years, GBI’s Incubator was working with 50 new media companies that attracted $ millions in venture capital and occupied 100% of the building, creating hundreds of new jobs, revitalizing Downtown, and earning GBI Founders the Official White House Millennium Council Award in recognition of GBI as a model of the White House designed program, Honor the Past- Imagine the Future.
In 2000, GBI was chosen to host 200 of the World Press reporters for the Democratic Convention to showcase their Incubator and the companies.
GBI served as State Advocate for a collaborative of over 200 major corporations, including Ford and General Motors that exemplified the concept of “cooperating to compete.” GBI later lead a group of Los Angeles manufacturing and community organizations, corporations, politicians, colleges, universities and others to undertake a comprehensive program to deploy an Advanced Manufacturing Science and Technology Center. This organization has created revenues of over 1.9 billion for its members over the past ten years.
GBI partnered with the Port of Los Angeles to create a series of interactive workshops focused on Small and Mid-sized Companies partnering with and doing Business successfully with China. These workshops brought together Chinese buyers from China, U.S. Bankers, Export Officials, and other partners crucial for trading successfully with China to over 400 small and mid-sized companies from southern California.
GBI in strategic alliance with the Lou Myers Scenario Motion Picture Institute/Theatre partnered with Paramount Studios and other successful companies to create a demonstration model that trained close to 100 inner city youth in business incubation and social entrepreneurship to successfully launch a Hollywood block-buster Movie Premier. It was the most successful premier for that movie in greater San Diego.