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I Want My CIC! … The Benefits for Startups to Be Co-Located

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The CIC, founded in 1999, is located adjacent to MIT and has more than 100,000 sq ft of space for nearby startups that qualify to be housed there. These kinds of office space arrangement are often called “technology incubators&# or “startup labs&# or something similar. Now I gotta go and build it just to prove him wrong.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

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This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. In 1998 it was 150 million, 1999 250 million and by 2000 it had crossed 350 million. If you want to understand the details of why this is, I covered it in detail in this post, Understanding Changes in the Software Industry. There are 20x more consumers online.

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US Economic Risks (Sept 2010): Impact on Investors & Entrepreneurs

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While not 1999 all over again but I am observing first-hand the signs of funding frenzy. Let me preface by saying I obviously have a vested interest in being wrong about tough times ahead but as the old saying goes, “hope for best, plan for the worst.”. VCs get paid to “put money to work.&#. I know not everybody agrees.