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Northern Alberta based business incubator charts new direction
NABI (Northern Alberta Business Incubator Society) celebrates its 30th year with an updated brand and new strategic direction
St. Albert, AB- Since its inception in 1989, NABI has helped small businesses in Northern Alberta lay foundations for success. Three decades later, the non-profit has reinvented itself with a vision of becoming indispensable scale-up facilitators in Northern Alberta and beyond.
With the new strategic direction, NABI has developed a new program focused on establishing a strong community of mentors-as-investors called WayPoint. WayPoint is NABI’s contribution to the vibrant entrepreneurial community in Alberta, the program will find and fund opportunities for experiential learning around investment and mentoring.
Of NABI’s strategic direction, Executive Director Noreen Hoskins said, “We want to build on NABI’s 30-year legacy of building a vibrant entrepreneurial community to grow our reach beyond St. Albert.” To do this, NABI will focus efforts on involving experienced senior-level mentors-as-investors living in the surrounding communities of the Edmonton region and in the regions up to the 60th parallel. “These folks would not have had any previous experience or contact with the innovation ecosystem. We believe that these potential mentors are an untapped resource that will drive and support new venture creation.”
NABI’s first step towards engaging mentors is working with Economic Development in the City of Beaumont to deliver the WayPoint Program. “We are looking forward to launching WayPoint in Beaumont as their community is rife with highly qualified people who want to get involved in entrepreneurship.”
Please visit www.nabi.ca to explore the updated website and learn more about NABI’s new direction and the WayPoint Program.
About NABI
NABI has been incubating businesses in Northern Alberta for 30 years. NABI is an indispensable scale-up facilitator helping tech companies scale and offering small businesses a place to share expertise. They are a community for global partnerships in growth, making moves with three pillars in mind: Community. Innovation. Incubation.
Media Contact:
Chelsey Tattrie
Marketing & Project Coordinator
NABI (Northern Alberta Business Incubator)
780-460-1000 | chelsey@nabi.ca | nabi.ca
