Originally Published June 2000

Leslie Laine

Starting up a medical device business, or any business, takes a bold vision. As many new entrepreneurs quickly find out the hard way, however, it also takes a wise and experienced vision. In ever-greater numbers, new entrepreneurs are turning to business incubators for this experience and know-how. In response, incubators are proliferating even faster than business analysts and writers can devise new chicken metaphors to describe them.