About

The Incubator Exchange was founded by Auke Ferwerda (Mediaguild) and Jaspar Roos (ABN AMRO Dialogues Incubator) in 2008. Reason behind this was the lack of professionals being able to meet other like minded people from various backgrounds. As Auke and Jaspar had found out, it is highly enjoyable being in the practice of really open innovation. One of their results is the soon to be launched artstart, an online art trading venture.

As of 2009, Gijs Vroom from Emerce joined the ranks to accelerate the platform. Auke is Incubator Manager at the Mediaguild. Jaspar is Business Development Manager at the Dialogues Incubator and Gijs is Publisher at Emerce.

Mission

The Incubator Exchange is a non profit foundation, aimed at connecting professionals, bringing serendipity to the table and dialogues. We enable our members to achieve accelerated business performance by matching professionals to business and personal opportunities with our passion for innovation.

How We’re Different

Focus: Focus on innovation, connections and the good part of doing business.Enterprise-wide perspective: By combining deep strategic and functional expertise with powerful intellectual capital, the Incubator Exchange invites businesses from an enterprise-wide view across all product, marketing, and service channels.

ROI: By aligning resources with innovation value, the Incubator Exchange helps members use their existing infrastructure and investments to increase profitability along the way.

Media service: the Incubator Exchange maintains a significant voice in the marketplace through its Emerce connections. These print, electronic, and custom publications explore the best practices, trends, and developments in innovation and media worlds.