Important update, 2022 membership is waived!

About us

Bronx Tech Incubator

The Innovation Lab’s mission is to foster technological development in our local community of the Bronx. The Lehman Tech Incubator helps tech businesses and entrepreneurs by providing them with access to technology and training they otherwise would not be able to afford. Our main goal is to cultivate the collaboration and the exchange of ideas, while teaching our members about emerging technologies and tools. Our Innovation Lab also help students build real business solutions, allowing them to develop the confidence and expertise they will need to advance their careers.

Membership

Work space/Plans and Prices

Hot Desk

(Open from 9 am until 9 pm) Subsidies available for those who qualify

Modern Workstations

  • Access to computers (1st come 1st serve)
  • High speed Wi-Fi
  • Office printer
  • Presentation projector
  • Comfortable lounge space
  • Free business consulting services
  • Business savvy interns
  • Conference room (reservation required)

All current BBTI members willing to extend the membership beyond January 19, 2022 must fill out this form.


Application

The Bronx Business Tech Incubator is accepting new applications from small businesses, with no membership fee, to join the program. Fill out an application today

Programs


2022 Updates

Students Interns

SMALL BUSINESS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM (SBIP)

The Small Business Internship Program (SBIP), formerly the Small Business Consulting Practice program (SBCP), is a project funded by the City Council of New York involving a partnership between the newly created School of Business, the School of Continuing and Professional Studies (SCPS), the Bronx Tech Center and the Small Business Development Center (SBDC). The goal of this project is to create a virtuous circle by providing Lehman business students with applied business training and experiential learning while at the same time supplying Bronx-based small businesses with needed support and resources in the form of student interns. The program was revamped and relaunched in Summer/Fall 2022 after a pause due to COVID19.

2021 Updates

Students Interns

Verizon Business Mentorship Program

Marketing tag: Growing your business during COVID-19 and other times of crisis. Now is the time to re-think your marketing plan, upgrade your technology skills, and capture market share. Join Lehman College faculty in a workshop series focused on digital marketing and leveraging technologies to reconnect with your clients and find new clients. This workshop series culminates in being matched with an individual VERIZON technology mentor, who will coach you through identifying and evaluating different digital marketing solutions to help grow your business.

Digital skills training for small business employees

Digital skills training for small business employees

NY Means Business offered critical digital skills and safety training, as well as consultation services, to NYC small business owners and their employees. Lehman College Tech Center was a suitable business partner for NYC Small Business Services as Lehman was able to provide a team of experienced staff from multiple departments who were expert in small business services, program development, online training design and delivery and client services. The leveraging of existing staff at CUNY on the Concourse and resources allowed Lehman to scale quickly and be responsive to the changing NYC small business ecosystem post-pandemic.

2020 Updates

Students Interns

Small Business Consulting Practice (SBCP), 3rd & 4th Cohorts

The Small Business Consulting Practice (SBCP) program is a project funded by the City Council of New York involving a collaboration between the Department of Economics and Business and the School of Continuing and Professional Studies (SCPS) at Lehman College. The goal of this project is to provide business students with applied business training and experience. The selected students committed to attend to three (3) months of training workshops during the Summer and the Fall 2019, followed by one (1) month of internships with the small businesses. 34 businesses were served in total.

Small businesses and entrepreneurs gathered

Virtual Reality Training Academy, Lehman College School of Continuing and Professional Studies served more than 200 Bronx residents at its VR/AR booth.

City of Science returns to the Bronx! World Science Festival and Con Edison for this larger-than-life touring event where the wondrous properties of science, technology, engineering, and math collide. Filled with interactive demonstrations and hands-on activities, this family-friendly program unleashes everyone's inner scientist.

Small businesses and entrepreneurs gathered

CUNY's Lehman College Wins $100K Verizon Grant to Launch Emerging Tech Mentoring Program for Veteran, MWBE-Owned Small Businesses Across NYC

The grant will support emerging technology training and mentorship for 250 NYC small business owners over the next two years. As home to the only Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality Lab in the Bronx, Lehman College's Bronx Business Tech Incubator is well positioned to lead training in emerging technology...

Bronx Business Council & Small Business Development

Bronx Business Council & Small Business Development

Clarence Stanley, Executive Director of the Small Business Development Center at the Lehman College School of Continuing & Professional Studies, and Kimberly Kendall, Director of Workforce Education join Bob Lee for a look at the Bronx Business Council, the Small Business Development center, and their many programs.

2019 Updates

Small businesses and entrepreneurs gathered

Lehman has the only Virtual Reality Academy in CUNY and the Bronx

Lehman College remains the only CUNY to house the Virtual Reality Academy and has been offering training programs since 2017 at its offsite Bronx location called CUNY on the Concourse (COTC).

Small businesses and entrepreneurs gathered

Small Business Consulting Practice (SBCP), 2nd Cohort final report

Lehman is committed to providing the highest quality education in a caring and supportive environment where respect, integrity, inquiry, creativity, and diversity contribute to individual achievement and the transformation of lives and communities. SBCP provides Lehman business students with a solid platform to become successful entrepreneurs and business leaders to create economic opportunities in their community. Links will be placed here:

Small businesses and entrepreneurs gathered

Impact of City Council funding

For the past three years Lehman College’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies has received funding from New York City Council to set up and maintain a Business Tech Center in the Bronx for tech freelancers, local small business, and entrepreneurs from underserved communities.

Small businesses and entrepreneurs gathered

Tech center and VR/ AR Academy events

We were very excited to join the TechDay-New York , the largest startup event in the US on May 2nd, 2019 and World Science Festival at NYU Kimmel Center on Sunday, June 2nd, 2019.

Small businesses and entrepreneurs gathered

Virtual Reality Training Cohorts – Where are they now?

We gratefully acknowledge EON Reality, Councilmember Andrew Cohen, New York City Council, New York University’s Media Lab and R-Lab, Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment, Economic Development Corporation and Ronald M. Bergmann, Chief Information Officer of Lehman College and Vice President of the Information Technology Department, for their partnership and contribution towards our program’s success.

2018 Updates

VR Training Program

The Bronx Business Tech Incubator Clients

City Council funding has enabled Lehman College to lead initiatives such as:

VR Training Program

VR Training

As a result of City Council funding which made possible the renovation and development of CUNY on the Concourse Lehman College has been able to create an Information Technology Hub...

Small Business Consulting Practice Program

Small Business Consulting Practice

As higher education continues to adapt to new expectations from students, hands-on (“experiential”) learning in business programs has become more important. Graduating students need to build skills, which can only...

CS Training Program

CS Training

Lehman High School hosted a computer science and coding afterschool program. The program was run collaboratively by Lehman College and Code/interactive, a proven leader in computer science education. It was…

Scholarships Program

Scholarships Programs

Scholarships for A+ technician and Certified Networking Academy were offered to 21 students during summer, fall 2017 and spring 2018. The selection and evaluation was based on CIS major students’…


2017 Updates

Business support & Entrepreneurship Program

Business support & Entrepreneurship

Our community (Bronx) has an encouraging number of small businesses, usually operated by the owner/CEO and a few other helping hands. The struggle for such businesses is not having the...

Training Programs

Training Programs

There is an enormous need for technical people in the United States. Locally, that burden is felt even deeper, not only because students need to “catch-up” in terms of academics...

Netkorking Events

Networking Events

Many people feel uncomfortable about social networking and find it challenging for several reasons. Typically, they are unsure of how to start a conversation with people they have just met...


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Our Facilities

  • Lounge: refrigerator, coffee maker, microwave, and kitchen sink.
  • 15-seat Conference Room (must be reserved) with modern video conferencing system and wireless collaboration capabilities.
  • Access to business telephone lines (for those on dedicated desk and private offices).
  • Resource Center: copier/ printer/ scanner and fax.
  • Wireless Internet Wi-Fi.
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Business Support

One-On-One Business Management Consulting. Existing and start-up businesses can receive free counseling services from SBDC by becoming a member:

  • Business Planning
  • Cash Flow Management
  • Financial Analysis
  • International Trade
  • Financial Planning
  • Credit Counseling
  • Loan Packaging
  • Marketing
  • Strategic Planning

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