Great news — your startup just got accepted to an incubator! But before your startup signs up and cashes that $[XX,000] check, your startup’s co-founders should sit down and evaluate the incubator’s offer. Pre-money valuations startups receive from incubators are typically low…really low. 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. One of the most important things we did was encourage founders to reach out to mentors directly. MORE >>

Business incubators for sharing services were all the rage back in the days of the dot-com bubble (700 for profit, many more non-profit). Incubators I hear mentioned most often include YCombinator , led by Paul Graham in Silicon Valley, and TechStars , located in Boston, Boulder, New York City, and Seattle. billion. Marty Zwilling. MORE >>

Business incubators for sharing services were all the rage back in the days of the dot-com bubble (700 for profit, many more non-profit). Incubators I hear mentioned most often include YCombinator , led by Paul Graham in Silicon Valley, and TechStars , located in Boston, Boulder, New York City, and Seattle. billion. Marty Zwilling. MORE >>

From Microsoft to PayPal, it seems every day another business launches an incubator. These days, it seems, there's an incubator for everything. In fact, the National Association of Business Incubators estimates there are some 1,250 of them operating in the United States. The incubator, we hope, will keep us really sharp." MORE >>