MANUFACTURING & TECHNOLOGY
{ INCUBATORS } JEFF SAVILLE
COURTNEY KLEIN
Executive director Center for Entrepreneurial Innovation ceigateway.com
Co-founder and CEO Seed Spot seedspot.org
Klein is co-founder and CEO of Seed Spot, a nonprofit incubator based in Phoenix that works to increase the odds of success for social entrepreneurs who are committed to solving important societal issues. Seed Spot launched in 2012 with the dream of building a safe place where social entrepreneurs would go to find the right resources to bring their ideas to life. Previously, Klein served as the co-founder and CEO of New Global Citizens, a nonprofit that empowers young people to create social change. The organization now has a presence in 30 countries and 14 states. Business advice: “I am coming to understand that there are things that are easy and there are things that are meaningful. It is easy to tell someone what they want to hear; it is meaningful to tell them the truth.”
KYLE MCINTOSH
MARYANN GUERRA CEO BioAccel bioaccel.org
Guerra is chairman, CEO and co-founder of BioAccel, recognized for creating visionary programs that transform research outcomes into products and new companies. Her business and strategic planning expertise results in organizations becoming poised to deliver accelerated commercial outcomes. Since launching BioAccel, 15 companies have been supported with products already in the market. BioAccel also partnered with the City of Peoria to create the first local medical device accelerator. Business advice: “Education on the topic of concern is the key to expanding interest and participation. Develop a story that the public understands, relates to and can see personal benefit. If someone empathizes with the challenge, they are much more likely to embrace and support it.”
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Co-founder and creative excitant MAC6 mac6.com McIntosh co-founded MAC6 with his father, Scott, in 2011. McIntosh brings perspective and marketing discipline to business growth. McIntosh leads a business that works to reduce environmental impacts, create long-term jobs and build better communities. The industrial launch pad is for early-stage Arizonabased manufacturing startu-ps that embrace the tenets of conscious capitalism. The start-ups are given a place to initiate their manufacturing operations prior to making longer-term lease arrangements elsewhere. Mission: “Telling the stories of these companies and why people should care about for-profit companies and why it should be OK to have a love relationship with a company — because these companies are doing amazing things in the world — is extremely important to me.”
JENNY POON Founder CO+HOOTS cohoots.com
Poon is a serial entrepreneur and founder of downtown Phoenix’s co-working space CO+HOOTS that currently houses more than 200 entrepreneurs. Her second business is eeko studio, a boutique design agency focused on fresh designs for impactful large and small companies. Her background in design and marketing led her to build a place where she could connect with like-minded folks who
believe business growth comes from collaboration between different industries. She has worked more than 10 years in team environments and has used her experience to organize a community that breeds inspiration and collaboration for entrepreneurs everywhere. Poon earned azcentral.com’s top 35 Arizona entrepreneurs under 35 honors in 2009 and 2012.
Entrepreneurship and small business run in Saville’s blood. He has started three of his own companies and is dedicated to developing, advancing and commercializing start-up companies for the purpose of energizing regional economies through quality job creation. Over the course of his professional career, he has helped more than 200 startups — from a small one-person venture to a $12-million-a-year biotech medical device company. In his role with CEI, Saville has launched several pioneering initiatives, including competitive intelligence services, an additive manufacturing/rapid prototyping program with Phoenix Analysis & Design Technologies, as well as a collaborative student business incubator, Fahrenheit Labs, in partnership with the Maricopa Small Business Development Center.