The Coastal Bend Business Innovation Center (Innovation Center) hosted several tours the week of June 22nd through June 28th. Those that came to see the Innovation Center were Hillcrest Community High School, Dr. Byus and his marketing class, and Dean Gamble with Greg McAlister, president of KRIS, NBC and KZTV-CBS.
The tours were a means to introduce the Innovation Center to the guests and show them how incubators operate and how the Innovation Center is a resource to the community. Through various talks, guests learned about how the Innovation Center helps aid in the process of entrepreneurship and what programs are offered.
Chau Hoang, Program Coordinator, gave a talk on June 26th introducing the Innovation Center to Dr. Byus’s marketing class. During the talk the power went out due to a storm that swept through Corpus Christi. Despite this minor set back, the group continued to discuss the programs of the Innovation Center.
These tours not only gave the Innovation Center coverage, but they also educated the community about this available resource. Guests learned that there is a resource located in Corpus Christi that could benefit them in their own entrepreneurial process.