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4 Best Websites To Apply For Accelerators And Incubators

YoungUpstarts

In recent years, startup accelerators and startup incubators have become the place of choice for any budding entrepreneurs to be the next unicorn. Though both startup accelerators and incubators are used to help nurture young companies, the two platforms have subtle differences.

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Never Mind the Valley: Here's Paris

ReadWriteStart

The French government has translated the JEI program into English as the Young Entrepreneurs Initiative , an annual competition run by the French Embassy to the US. The boards of these organizations include large companies, local and regional government representatives, universities/public research labs and SMEs. The Big Players.

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4 Best Websites to Apply for Acceleration and Incubation Programs

Kodorra

In recent years, startup accelerators and startup incubators have become the place of choice for any budding entrepreneurs to be the next unicorn. Though both startup accelerators and incubators are used to help nurture young companies, the two platforms have subtle differences.

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Damon Becnel Discusses How The Startup Scene Has Changed Over The Past Decade

The Startup Magazine

Gmail has also changed a lot since it was first introduced in 2004, with the most significant change being that now emails are automatically archived and deleted after 30 days. Many new programs have been popping up recently, thanks largely to funding from governments and private investors alike.

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This Week in VC – Scott Painter, CEO of Zag & TrueCar

Both Sides of the Table

Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008. Based in Palo Alto and founded in 2004 by PayPal alumni. Offers two products: Palantir Government and Palantir Finance. Used by hedge funds, the intelligence community and multiple government agencies. Current round: $4. Total raised: $6.0mm. See: TechCrunch. See: TechCrunch.

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NYC 3.0

thebarefootvc

Founded in 2004, it has grown in leaps and bounds along with NYC’s tech sector. I shared it with incubators from Ghana to Nairobi , at the White House Treasury Department, and in Indonesia with business and government leaders on a delegation I was asked to participate in by the US State Department.

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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

online.wsj.com

Craig Walker, co-founder and CEO of Firespotter Labs, a technology incubator, said it feels unnatural to bestow so much voting power on one executive. ignited the current trend by adopting a dual-class voting structure before its IPO in 2004. Thats the reason you have a board," Mr. Walker explains. "We We both win if we work together.