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10 College Business Incubators We’re Most Excited About

YoungUpstarts

To help foster this innovation, many colleges and universities have opened business incubators, helping students and others in their community to help make their innovative dreams a reality. Within the community, residents get access to co-ops, mentoring, courses, and always-on access to the incubator. enough to participate.

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How to Scale a Venture Capital (or Private Equity) Fund

David Teten

Sophisticated VC and private equity funds have a wide array of options for leveraging outside operating executives. Another example is Correlation Ventures ($300M+ AUM), a VC firm which co-invests in financings with at least one other new outside VC. I’m distinguishing these from incubators and accelerators.)

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Digital.NYC: The First Ecosystem Hub

Gust

On October 1st, 2014, after more than two years of partnership and development, Gust proudly joined the Mayor of the City of New York and IBM in announcing the launch of Digital.NYC , NYC’s new official hub for tech and startups. Together, as a team with Gust, the initial results have been extraordinary.

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How to Get World Class Experts to Support Your Company

David Teten

This is particularly true in New York, where their traditional financial services industry client base has sustained significant damage since the 2008 financial crisis. Circle of Experts Contributed Articles Expert Networks Investment Research Market Research New York NextNY Social Network Analysis'

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How do you find a startup investor?

The Startup Magazine

It will be easier to get in touch with VCs if you live where the startup scene is huge, such as San Francisco or New York. Startup Incubator or Accelerator. Startup incubators and accelerators are often non-profit groups that can help you in finding startup investors.

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Cleantech Open Northeast 2021

Feld Thoughts

Cleantech Open has a particular focus on incorporating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) values into its program. This is an effort in collaboration with NYSERDA, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. Cleantech Open is a nonprofit accelerator that takes no equity in its participating startups.

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Avoiding the Common Pitfalls of Securing Capital: Innovative Financing Options for Today’s Startups

ReadWriteStart

Generally, it also allows potential consumers to get a share of the business — whether through equity or an actual tangible item or product itself — to bolster confidence in the brand. Instead, they usually ask for a stake in your business, either through equity or convertible debt. Incubators and Accelerators.