LBTC OVERALL IMPACT - JANUARY 1999 TO MARCH 2008

• $111,414,486 in equity, grants and loans
• 12,668 requests for information and technical assistance
• 5,158 businesses & entrepreneurs received management assistance
• 2,435 business or marketing plans developed
• 264 training events for 17,356 participants
• 1,844 companies received Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) support
• 488 businesses started after receiving assistance; creating or saving at least 9,264 jobs
• 12 Incubator Tenant Companies creating 43 full time jobs in Baton Rouge
       - 114 Graduated Tenants with 2,256 jobs created since 1988
       -  88 Still in business = 77% success rate