Diverse business incubator plans for robust 2022

After its own turbulent expansion, Lakeland business incubator — on version 3.0 — focuses on ‘velocity to launch’ for scalable startups.

  • By John Haughey
  • | 12:00 p.m. December 23, 2021
Calvin Knight. Catapult President Chistin Strawbridge says the organization has the capacity to double to 400 members.
Calvin Knight. Catapult President Chistin Strawbridge says the organization has the capacity to double to 400 members.
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In early 2020, Lakeland Catapult moved out Bank of America’s basement and into a building four times larger four blocks away — a pivotal step in progressing from subsidized public-private initiative to independent self-sustained nonprofit.

 

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