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Academic Research on Accelerators

Feld Thoughts

The first accelerator, YC, was founded in 2005. How Do Accelerators Impact the Performance of High-Technology Ventures? , Business Incubators and Accelerators: A Co-Citation Analysis-Based, Systematic Literature Review , Hausberg and Korreck, 3/17. The second, Techstars, was founded in 2006. Who Needs Contracts?

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Mentors-Plus-Capital Programs – Intense Incubation

Startup Professionals Musings

By Jim Flowers A few months ago, Marty invited me to comment on business incubation and what a startup company ought to expect from an incubator. Paul Graham built the mold at Y Combinator , which he founded back in 2005. Tags: entrepreneurs incubators relationships startups. Relationships , I said back then.

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Wi-Fi Alliance Moves Up and Out

Austin Startup

Sometimes with the help of start-up incubators, like the University of Texas’ Austin Technology Incubator (ATI). ATI is a traditional incubator that helps form and grow up to 30 startup companies at any given time and counts over 200 successful launches over its 20+ years. device compatibility was established.

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Diverse Lead Firms

Austin Startup

We make a minority of our investments in new technology areas where deep technical innovation is occurring and where we believe there is will be a large future market opportunity. For these companies, we look for deep technology differentiation plus early market validation or clear opportunity for such.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

The sales helped them raise $30K and the attention of a startup incubator, which offered them training and another $20K in funding. The company didn’t turn a profit until 2003, but by 2005 business was booming – Netflix was shipping out a million DVDs daily. Photo Credit: Jen Wan. Thanks to Jen Wan, Soteri Skin ! #5-

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Top 8 Places In The UK To Set Up A Business Outside Of London

YoungUpstarts

Although the 1980s marked the start of a steady decline in steel production, Sheffield’s research organisations and two leading universities still develop advanced manufacturing technologies. Businesses in the life sciences, finance, retail, low-carbon technologies and leisure industries all make major contributions to the local economy.

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GreenPost – Because Bills Should Be Green

YoungUpstarts

That’s also how Anand Singh and Harveen Narulla felt, and that is why they founded GreenBills Pte Ltd, the technology start-up behind e-bill aggregation solution GreenPost. “That being said, it is challenging to start innovative technology businesses in Singapore. Not to mention, it’s a massive waste of paper.

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