For first-time entrepreneurs, $250,000 sounds like a million dollars. This is more than typical accelerators/incubators but far less than $250,000, or even $100,000. The thinking was that anything more than $50,000 and entrepreneurs would more readily make mistakes with the money. $250,000 is a lot of money. Maybe more. shirts. MORE >>

WSJ India Chief Mentor has an interesting article on incubators being an important engine of growth of entrepreneurship. Incubators have been known before to have an adverse selection problem. Simply stated, if an entrepreneur has an option to either get cash investment or incubator support, what are they likely to choose. MORE >>

It is no surprise that people are starting to announce that tech startup incubators have reached a precarious bubble.  A recent WSJ article declared a glut in tech incubators , citing the fact that there are nearly 100 in operation.  For obvious reasons, serial entrepreneurs would not get much value from an incubator. MORE >>

You want experienced entrepreneurs that have “been there, done that&# in all aspects of a startup’s life. There’s a lot of management and administration (in running an accelerator), but you need hands-on, experienced entrepreneurs that understand what it’s like to run a company. Great! Who runs the accelerator? MORE >>

The questioning (negative) press about startup accelerators and incubators isn’t going to stop. But a lot of the press and blog posts we’ll see about accelerators and incubators will be very meaningful and important. The analogy of entrepreneurs being like the humans in Soylent Green is also catchy. Get to the point. MORE >>