Our core consulting team, mentors, professionals, and volunteers :: NACET
NACET : Northen Arizona Center for Emerging Technologies NACET provides business assistance to startups in the energy, biotech, and other technology-based industries Our Services :: Business Assistance :: NACET
NACET, northern Arizona's technology incubator

Commercializing technology is a way to broaden social benefit in the community.

Our Toolkit for Helping High-Tech Startups

NACET draws on an extensive network of business specialists to provide management services for our client companies. We consult on marketing, distribution, manufacturing, accounting, legal issues, human resources, financing (through loans, angel investments, venture capital, and other sources), and other areas. These services are provided through one-on-one consulting, mentors, professional service providers, and an entrepreneurial network.

Core Consulting Team

Tom Rainey, President and CEO, is one of the country’s foremost business development and business incubator specialists. His function is to help you analyze the strengths and weaknesses of your business and to connect you to the resources necessary for success. NACET’s consulting team also includes several other distinguished professionals:

• Dr. Al Poskanzer, Sr. Technology Commercialization Advisor
• Dr. Klaus Brasch, Sr. Science Advisor
• Tony Skrelunas, Native American Entrepreneurship Advisor

Mentors

NACET matches the needs of your company with the expertise of its mentors, a select group of business volunteers. Three to four mentors work with you to provide feedback and advice over an extended period.

Professional Service Providers

Professionals such as accountants, lawyers, marketing specialists, and engineers volunteer their services to help client companies for a preset number of hours. As an incubator client, you may use these services on an as-needed basis, but you can expect to negotiate a fee structure after using your preset hours.

Entrepreneurial Network

The managers of the NACET client companies meet regularly to discuss business challenges. This face-to-face network provides a valuable resource for those growing businesses.

Interns and Volunteers

In certain cases, NACET may match your company with qualified student interns from Northern Arizona University, other educational institutions, or the Coconino County Career Center Intern Program.