Graduates
The ultimate goal of incubation is to launch profitable, sustainable, entrepreneurial companies. Graduation is determined cooperatively, based on mastery of core business functions that include time, money and delivery, market development, creation of support systems, and the formation of a sustainable management team. For most companies, graduation takes place within three to five years. Read more about our past graduates below.
Interra
InTerra is a clean technology company providing the most advanced products in absorbents and filtration systems. InTerra also provides the knowledge and expertise to properly assess needs, trends and solutions.
Find out more at http://www.interraus.com/
Cat Man Du
Cat Man Du’s mission is to keep you connected to the things that are important to you. Trying to e-mail family pictures? Backing up your QuickBooks data? In need of business network support? They have services tailored to fit your needs and invite clients to experience the difference that fast, friendly, dedicated, caring, helpful, and experienced people make in answering computer needs. For more information, visit www.cat-man-du.com.
Virtual Drive
Virtual Drive is an external client of the WTAMU Enterprise Center. After helping their teenagers through the daunting process of parent-taught driver education, founders Kevin and Eliza Knapp created a software tool to provide online driver education and certification throughout the United States. Their online driver education program is now an industry leader in the market for parent-taught driver education, and it’s recognized in several states as the only online source for driver education. The WTAMU Enterprise Center has facilitated the growth of the company by providing access to service providers within the network. Recently, Dave Rausch, associate professor of Political Science at WTAMU, conducted a survey of Virtual Drive customers to test the effectiveness of the software program in training student drivers. After participation in the Virtual Drive course, 90 percent of students passed their driving exams on the first attempts; the survey also shows a dramatic contract in the safe driving habits of students who took the Virtual Drive course versus the State of Texas Course 101. Visit www.virtualdriveofamerica.com for more information.
StoneFab
StoneFab was a pure start-up company that began in the WTAMU Enterprise Center. StoneFab is a custom fabricator of granite tile and countertops for residential and commercial applications. The owner, Nagarjun Samala, worked nights and weekends while maintaining his day job to start the company that now employs 10 people and occupies a 6,000-square-foot facility. StoneFab continues to rely on coaching and training as an external client of the WTAMU Enterprise Center.
Sage Oil Vac
Sage Oil Vac was the first client and first graduate of the WTAMU Enterprise Center. Sage Oil Vac designs and manufactures the patented Oil Vac, an on-site fluid handling and transportation system. As a husband-and-wife team, Gary and Helen Sage had been in business for almost 7 years before they moved into the Enterprise Center in January 2002. The business accelerated quickly and Sage Oil Vac grew to 15 employees upon its graduation from the facility in May 2004. Now, the company occupies a 24,000-square-foot manufacturing facility and employs 25 people. Sage Oil Vac meets regularly with the WTAMU Enterprise Center for coaching, training, and strategic growth opportunities. It has also contributed as a mentor to new companies within the enterprise network. For additional info, visit www.sageoilvac.com.
TESTIMONIAL
Graduation is determined cooperatively based on mastery of core business functions; for most companies, it will take place within three to five years.
