The Software Business Center is a business incubator for fast-track software developers, IT professionals and computer related business owners. The SBC uses business development and entrepreneurial education programs pioneered by the Entrepreneurial Development Center to accelerate business growth for entrepreneur's in emerging businesses. The Entrepreneurial Development Center is Houston's first and Texas' oldest business incubator.

The SBC is self-sufficient based entirely on client fees for services rendered. The SBC provides the resources, methodology and environment to accelerate business growth of client entrepreneurs and is paid a development fee based on the success of the venture.

The development methodology, the Entrepreneurial Development Program(sm) is uniquely tailored, case-by-case, to the specific personal resources, attributes and aptitude of the client entrepreneur to address the aspects of marketing, operations, administration and finance of the venture.

As the client company grows, the Center makes a profit. Only by growing client companies does the Center remain self-sufficient. Consequently, the Entrepreneurial Development Program provides a "What's next? What's missing?" inventory of items to rapidly progress client entrepreneurs through each stage of business growth.

At the SBC, we provide answers for business growth from pre-startup entrepreneurs-to-be to business owners with many years of business operations.

Our development methodologies include advisory boards, mentors and a professional development coach.

The SBC has a modest seed fund and has been involved in virtually every type of funding option.

For those software developers seeking an office location, the SBC provides a friendly, high energy focus group environment, conducive to building successful entrepreneurial skills.

For freelance software developers, the SBC is forming a commercialization cooperative to market intellectual property, with special emphasis on converting in-house, proprietary work into individual products for a mass market.

To join the cooperative and have your products listed, click here.

To obtain an inventory of applications available, click here.