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China’s Torch Program – the glow that can light the world (Part 2 of 5)

Steve Blank

This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. Torch has four major parts: Innovation Clusters , Technology Business Incubators (TBIs), Seed Funding (Innofund) and Venture Guiding Fund. They provide consulting, promotion, product testing, hiring, training and incubation services to startups.

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China’s Torch Program – the glow that can light the world (Part 2 of 5)

Steve Blank

This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. Torch has four major parts: Innovation Clusters , Technology Business Incubators (TBIs), Seed Funding (Innofund) and Venture Guiding Fund. They provide consulting, promotion, product testing, hiring, training and incubation services to startups.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter October 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

ARRIS, headquartered in Suwanee, Georgia, USA, specializes in the design, engineering and supply of technology supporting triple- and quad-play broadband services for residential and business customers around the world. HADASIT LAUNCHES JEWISH-ARAB BIOMED INCUBATOR IN GALILEE. ISRAEL CORP UNIT TO BUILD $680 MLN PERU POWER STATION. .

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A New Era For Entrepreneurs And Startups Has Begun

Startup Professionals Musings

is already well above the dot.com bubble of 15 years ago, although we have slipped a bit this year from the high point of 320 new entrepreneurs out of 100,000 adults in 2011. Startup incubators and accelerators are popping up everywhere. Smartphone apps can be built for less than $10K, so who needs an investor?

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30 Machine Intelligence Startups to Watch in Israel

VC Cafe

YouAppi (2011)- YouAppi creates adtech to streamline mobile user acquisition. Provides real-time access to data insights based on the collaborative knowledge of system administrators, DevOps engineers, and developers throughout the world. The company’s chairman was the former General Chief of Staff of the IDF 2011-2015.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Exciting Companies Lined Up For Microsoft Startup Grant Finals

ReadWriteStart

You can read more about Freshdesk on the 1M/1M Incubation Radar today. Bizosys Technologies, a Bangalore, India based software engineering company was founded in 2009. You can also read more about Bizosys on the 1M/1M Incubation Radar today. PDT on the following dates: Thursday, June 23, 2011: Register Here. Discuss.

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Free money for your impact tech startup

David Teten

The Aspen Tech Policy Hub is a West Coast policy incubator, training a new generation of tech policy entrepreneurs. We model ourselves after tech incubators like Y Combinator, but train new policy thinkers and focus the impact of their ideas. Some specific accelerators: 17 Incubators For Impact Entrepreneurs and Social Enterprise.