YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 28, 2016

So you’ve decided to enlist a technology incubator to help your new business get off the ground. You have a great idea and a strong business plan, and an incubator is just the partner you need at this stage. Luckily, there are a good number of incubators now available to burgeoning entrepreneurs. Not all incubators are the same.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

On Bplans, we often share information about United States’ specific resources, like SBDCs (small business development centers), but those resources probably aren’t as helpful to global entrepreneurs. Finding country-specific resources: Incubators and accelerators. At Bplans, we believe founders know their businesses best.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2020

Get help with grant funding and incubator resources. Attract a co-founder and key team members. They have connections to industry associations and entrepreneur organizations that can kick-start your networking efforts, both locally and globally. Access to entrepreneurs-in-residence, business mentors.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

of global VC deals going to companies with at least one female founder. On top of this, only 2–3% of VC deals go to companies where the founder is a person of color. Build Your Network POC entrepreneurs typically have smaller networks compared to white entrepreneurs, and women typically have smaller networks compared to men.

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techcrunch.com

JUNE 22, 2012

This is where a lot of founders get stuck. Not to mention, once the founder and advisor have nominally agreed to a relationship, law firms enter the mix and seed the new advisor with a mountain of paperwork — legal agreements, options agreements — documents stuffed with legalese and binding statements.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 28, 2011

This week, I've had several meetings with venture funds, incubators, corporate accelerators and other significant players in the startup eco-system. The same applies to Malaysia, where our partner, the MAD Incubator, is in search of 10 good deals to put through the 1M/1M program. Incubator photo from Geograph. Discuss.

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A Crowded Space

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Incubators and accelerators are breeding grounds of hype - they put lists of companies out there and have a demo day to display their wares. Good founders are really good at building buzz and hype. They are sometimes created by first-time founders. I mentioned earlier that the great founders avoid the hype. Why is that?

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Airbnb founders Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia had difficulty securing funding, so they launched a mini project to build some funds and catch investors' attention. The sales helped them raise $30K and the attention of a startup incubator, which offered them training and another $20K in funding. Photo Credit: Jack Underwood. 14- Polaroid.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of VC funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. Foundry Group’s founder Brad Feld noted : Entrepreneurs here use a ‘give before you get’ mentality. Silicon Valley has dominated the U.S.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Taariq Lewis, the founder of Voluble, is a 1M/1M premium entrepreneur. Dr. Said is a dentist himself and argued a good case for a network of dentists with special offers for uninsured consumers. Nirupama is looking to find a niche where she can penetrate the niche social network platform market. We thought it was very cool!

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Austin Startup

MAY 11, 2017

Aligned Partners offers our portfolio companies world-class venture capital expertise while enabling founders to start lean and stay lean all the way through their growth. home Breaux Capital Breaux and Company is a creative agency and social justice startup incubator. We solve problems and dominate critical markets.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 7, 2017

Initially, you get funded by entrepreneur founders who want to develop a product, service, or solution which they think the market needs and demands. Angel Networks. Angel investors provide everything that startups need — from funding, mentorship, professional advice, and access to investors in their network. Crowdfunding Sites.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 24, 2011

First up, Priyanshu Harshavat, from Evanston, Illinois, presented Socioclean , a service for cleaning up your reputation on social networks. You can also listen to the recording of today's roundtable here and select the business you like best through a poll on the 1M/1M Facebook page. Recordings of previous roundtables are all available here.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 21, 2014

managing director Mara Lewis and founder & CEO Eric Mathews. Events & Happenings accelerator program Demo Day incubation program Memphis Start Co startup' Memphis, Tennessee-based nonprofit venture development organization Start Co. will be presenting 16 new startups at its Demo Day on 21 August at Orpheum Theater.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Why do these founders get to stay around? Because the balance of power has dramatically shifted from investors to founders. VCs competing for unicorn investments have given founders control of the board. A pre-IPO board usually had two founders, two VCs and one “independent” member. Technology Cycles Measured in Years.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 23, 2011

I asked Harshil to focus his entire product and go-to-market strategy on the college-bound age 18 market and develop his assessment module, vertical search engine for colleges and trust network to address the needs of that market and that market alone. At 18, kids are worried about college and that in itself is a sizable market.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

For this week's One Million by One Million roundtable, we partnered with the Indian Angel Network (IAN). Delyver Retail Network. I pointed Ankur to Obopay, a mobile payment solution , by which, conceivably, he can turn the cash-intensive nature of the business to a more efficient and accurate workflow.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 13, 2011

First up today was John Boyd with MeetingWave , a social media platform that caters to university alumni associations and addresses the challenge of helping them create walled-garden professional and social networking groups under their own brand, as opposed to groups within Facebook or LinkedIn. You can register for the next roundtable here.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2016

Get help with grant funding and incubator resources. Attract a co-founder and key team members. They have connections to industry associations and entrepreneur organizations that can kick-start your networking efforts, both locally and globally. Access to entrepreneurs-in-residence, business mentors.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. Foundry Group’s founder Brad Feld noted : Entrepreneurs here use a ‘give before you get’ mentality. Silicon Valley has dominated the U.S.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 8, 2012

Both mobile applications lets you share food photos with your online networks, but work somewhat differently. The idea for Burpple came about in late 2010 in Silicon Valley, but co-founders Elisha Ong and Dixon Chan would only incorporate the company in Singapore end 2011. Burping An Idea. Burpple aims to solve that.”

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 8, 2012

Both mobile applications lets you share food photos with your online networks, but work somewhat differently. The idea for Burpple came about in late 2010 in Silicon Valley, but co-founders Elisha Ong and Dixon Chan would only incorporate the company in Singapore end 2011. Burping An Idea. Burpple aims to solve that.”

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 9, 2019

by Jason McCann , founder and CEO of VARIDESK. That’s when we tapped into our local network and heard that Dallas Mavericks star J.J. Now, our company helps support an amazing youth incubator program that’s aimed at teaching our local high school students how to build businesses and that culminates in a competition.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 19, 2012

The founders of local startup company PayWhere believes there’s an opportunity in this gap, and that’s why they’re introducing TackThis. “Social commerce is rapidly becoming the preferred way to do business online,” says Dickson Gregory, CEO and co-founder PayWhere. TackThis is incubated by NUS Enterprise.

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500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

However after Sequoia and Ron Conway announced their investment in YC in 2009 , and after YC alumni DropBox and AirBnb raised capital on billion-dollar valuations in 2010-11, the program quickly became the gold standard among early-stage startup incubators. And of course then there is our own fund, 500 Startups.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. Foundry Group’s founder Brad Feld noted : Entrepreneurs here use a ‘give before you get’ mentality. Silicon Valley has dominated the U.S.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Previously she was Co-Founder and CEO of SNAZZ, a cloud-based event management platform. At Virgin Mobile USA, Mari led early initiatives in mobile commerce, social networking and advertising. What are some of the unique benefits and constraints from the point of view of a founder? . Mari Holds a B.A.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

by Alon Alroy, co-founder and CMO of Bizzabo . GigaOM Structure aims tackle the challenge of understanding how to architect data centers, networks and applications along with the big questions emerging in computing and IT. Below, we at Bizzabo have compiled a list of the 20 upcoming US tech conferences you must attend.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 21, 2011

On April 16, I was in Mumbai doing a live 1M/1M event with TiE Mumbai and Indian Angel Network (IAN). We also had Pritam Roy present Gomolo.in , a social network and online hangout for movie lovers. It would also help him figure out the audience engagement model of how to make the social network compelling. Fragrochem.

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David Cohen

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Everyone who knows Katie Rae at Techstars is thrilled that she’s taken a lead role with The Engine at MIT, a new venture fund and incubator space there. She epitomizes “give first” and cares deeply about the founders she works with as well as developing the Boston ecosystem. MIT is lucky to have you!

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 20, 2018

We’ve previously looked at the best cities in the US to build your startup , and we’ve even looked at some of the best cities globally. The Global Startup Ecosystem Report put Vancouver as the 15th best city in the world to start a tech company and for good reason. By Christian Raul Hernandez.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2013

Anyone with an idea for a business can find a place to turn, an article to read, a war story to listen to, an online discussion, or a local entrepreneurship program or incubator to provide guidance. The institutes, the incubators, the accelerators. The networks. The government. 10 Things Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Academics.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2021

In addition, Amazon launched two dedicated funds: Alexa Startups – The Alexa Startups team engages founders and investors through startup programs, business development, and technical support. Startups spend 10 weeks working closely with AWS experts, alongside an extended global network of investors and entrepreneurs.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

It seems like every day there is a new headline about an exceptional startup founder, investor, or corporate headquarters moving to Texas. Or are they running to a fresh perspective, a massive talent pool, and an innovation culture that balances social impact with global domination? Joe Lonsdale. Drew Houston. Jim Breyer. Who’s next?

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 31, 2012

What's less structured than a business incubator and more community-oriented than executive suites? From the 2nd Annual Global Coworking Survey. According to the 2nd Annual Global Coworking Survey , 36% of all co-working spaces plan to open additional locations this year, and 85% expect membership to increase.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 4, 2017

Learning new skills, technologies, communication styles, networking tactics, sales strategies, and other things is crucial to your success in a business. When I began a global charity to serve the economically excluded, I found no existing organisation that was doing the same. Thanks to FelenaHanson, Hera Hub . #7- 7- Having a vision.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 6, 2012

Organized by technology startup accelerator Joyful Frog Digital Incubator – better known locally as JFDI Asia – the recent JFDI-Innov8 Bootcamp saw some 11 local and regional technology startups undergo a tough 100-day program that saw them attempt to turn a prospective idea into a potentially sustainable digital business.

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