The Santa Maria Enterprise Center (SMEC)
A Business Incubator


BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

Chairperson: Sandra Dickerson
Your People Professionals

Vice Chair: TBA

Secretary: Anne Green 

Treasurer: Leah West
Santa Lucia Bank 

Directors:

Bob Dumouchel
Walt Harasty
Cindy McKellar
Stephanie Robb
Joseph Sapien
John Taylor
Alan Tratner

SPONSORS / PARTNERS

Pacific Gas & Electric
SM Valley Chamber of Commerce
Next Day Signs
Green2Gold Incubator
Santa Lucia Bank
Charter Brokerage
International Van Lines
Chicago Title
Santa Maria Storage
SCORE Santa Maria

 

 

Santa Maria Enterprise Center
Town Center Mall
(2nd Level, next to Sears)
Santa Maria, CA 93458

(805) 614-7070   smec@santamariaenterprise.org

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About Incubation

What is it?

How does it work?

A Business Incubator is a facility designed to assist businesses to become established and sustainable during their start up phase. Typically, they do this by providing:

Shared premises
Business advice
Business services
Access to investor, market and international networks
Mentoring

The incubation period for an individual business is normally two to three years. US statistics show that business incubators increase the survival rate of start-ups from 35 percent to 87 percent.

Mission Statement

The mission of the incubator project is to help businesses achieve financial success 
by providing office space and mentoring so that they can contribute to the economy of the 
Santa Maria Valley by creating jobs and/or generating income.