{"id":3769,"date":"2009-06-25T10:24:30","date_gmt":"2009-06-25T14:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=3769"},"modified":"2019-07-18T13:01:15","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T17:01:15","slug":"ucf-takes-over-leesburg-incubator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-takes-over-leesburg-incubator\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF Takes Over Leesburg Incubator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Originally posted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/orlando\/stories\/2009\/06\/22\/daily31.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Orlando Business Journal<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0June 25, 2009<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0University of Central Florida\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/incubator.ucf.edu\/\">Business Incubation Program<\/a> has taken over management of a similar program in Leesburg.<\/p>\n<p>UCF also announced plans to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/locations\/\">open locations in St. Cloud and Winter Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFlorida currently ranks 47th in the U.S. in its development of business incubation programs, and that is a major shortcoming,\u201d said Tom O\u2019Neal, founder and executive director of the UCF Incubation program, in a prepared statement. \u201cWe are the fourth most populous state, and of the more than 1,000 business incubators in the U.S., only 21 of them are located here in Florida.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Neal expects the Leesburg program to increase its three members to 10 at its facility on 600 Market St.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1999, the UCF program has helped more than 100 emerging companies create more than half a billion dollars in revenue and generate more than 900 jobs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Originally posted by the Orlando Business Journal,\u00a0\u00a0June 25, 2009 The\u00a0University of Central Florida\u00a0Business Incubation Program has taken over management of a similar program in Leesburg. 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