DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Robert Skelton, the founder and chief executive officer of Best iProducts™.com LLC, was recognized Friday by the University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program as “Entrepreneur of the Year” for the Daytona Beach International Airport incubator.
Skelton, the creator of the iEraser®: The Ultimate Screen Cleaning Device® received a plaque and recognition during the one-year anniversary of the airport incubator site. Best iProducts has a manufacturing facility in Edgewater and operates its design studio at the airport location.
Referring to himself as iRob, the inventor received rave reviews when he introduced his product at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January, according to Connie Bernal, site manager at the Daytona Beach incubator.
Bernal said “Skelton is an entrepreneur who works hard to make his city, his county, his country and the world a better place for all of us to live. He has all the potential for creating a successful high-growth company in Volusia County.”
The iEraser®, a pocketsize rectangular screen cleaning device, removes fingerprints from any kind of glossy glass computer screen with a few easy swipes. Because the invention was such a hit at the recent electronics show, Skelton secured a space triple the size he had this year for the 2013 show. For details, visit www.BestiProducts.com or www.TheiEraser.com.
“I’m very flattered and honored to be named Entrepreneur of the Year for this UCF Business Incubator location. It could not have happened without the help of many, especially our team of iPeople and the grace of God,” said Skelton after receiving the Entrepreneur of the Year award.
The incubator is a partnership between UCF, Volusia County and the Florida High Tech Corridor Council. It is designed to help start-up companies as well as established businesses that may need assistance getting to the next level of their operations, Bernal said.
About the UCF Business Incubation Program
Since its founding in 1999, the UCF Business Incubation Program has helped more than 200 emerging companies (including more than 134 current clients) create over $363 million in annual total economic output and more than 3,120 new jobs (taking direct and indirect and induced impact into account) with an average salary of $59,000. With ten facilities across the Greater Orlando community, the Business Incubation Program is a collaboration in economic development among the University of Central Florida, Orange County, the City of Orlando, Seminole County, the City of Apopka, the City of Winter Springs, the City of Sanford, Lake County, the City of Leesburg, Osceola County, the City of Kissimmee, City of St. Cloud, Volusia County and the Florida High Tech Corridor Council. For more information about the Program and its clients and graduates, please visit www.incubator.ucf.edu and UCFBIP on Facebook, on www.facebook.com/ucf4bip.
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