• BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE  |  WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 2012
    It’s Morning in Venture Capital
    This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. This article originally ran on PEHub. If you prefer the super short version – I’ve summarized the post in the final section. Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it.  Thank you, Aaron Sorkin!
  • STARTUP HOUSTON  |  TUESDAY, MAY 22, 2012
    StartupTexas – Houston Happy Hour May 31st
    We unite resources and provide entrepreneurs with: · EXPERTISE: Connections to mentors, advisors, accelerators, and incubators. Startup Texas is our region’s lifeline to the Startup America Partnership ( [link] ). Come celebrate the arrival of Startup Texas at a happy hour for the startup community! StartupTexas Houston Happy Hour. 5pm-8pm.
  • FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG  |  MONDAY, MAY 21, 2012
    6 Things You Missed at TechCrunch Disrupt
    As for the name, "Silicon Alley," Alexis Ohanian, one of the co-founders of Reddit who now serves as East Coast ambassador for start-up incubator Y Combinator, begged the audience to come up with a better moniker. Which companies should Yahoo acquire next? What's the secret to a successful start-up ecosystem in New York city? he said.)
  • CAMPUS ENTREPRENEURSHIP  |  SATURDAY, MAY 19, 2012
    University Efforts Grow in Support of Student Entrepreneurship | Chronicle of Higher Education
    From Supiano’s To Develop Student Entrepreneurs, Colleges Incubate Their Idea (sub required): Beyond student demand for entrepreneurship training, worries about the weak job market are driving colleges’ response. Teaching students to start their own businesses is one way to give them a leg up after graduation. For his Ph.D.,
  • UP AND RUNNING  |  THURSDAY, MAY 17, 2012
    Creative Fundraising for Startups
    Business Accelerator/Incubator Programs. Fundraising is one of the most vital aspects of any organization. Whether you need money for an educational, scientific, philanthropic, creative, or business-related cause, comprehensive knowledge of how and where to solicit funds is essential. This isn’t the case at all. Business Plan Competitions.
  • STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS  |  WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2012
    Know the Right Resources for Your Startup Stage
    The most common support organization at this level is called a startup incubator or accelerator , and these exist in most countries, usually sponsored by a university, local government organization, or even local individuals. The incubator organization can help you find them, or show you how to apply for a government grant.
  • MARK BIRCH  |  TUESDAY, MAY 15, 2012
    nycedc: Check out the new Made in NY Digital Jobs Map, just.
    It’s an interactive guide to the City’s startups, investors, incubators, and co-working spaces, including over 325 digital companies currently hiring for jobs in NYC. The NYC tech startups enterprise jobs investors incubators accelerators co-working Internet
  • FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG  |  MONDAY, MAY 14, 2012
    Meet the Facebook Mafia
    Recently, Thiel invested in biotech start-ups looking to reverse the aging process and Blueseed , a moored boat that will float in international waters and serve as a business incubator. The upcoming IPO will make current and former Facebookers worth billions. Watch out for the next generation of Silicon Valley start-up bosses. billion.
  • THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG.  |  MONDAY, MAY 14, 2012
    How VCs, Accelerators, and Coworking Spaces Put Communities in Buildings vs. Buildings in Communities
    Is your business plan competition a fun thing you do on the side each year, or do you have real programs with fulltime staff dedicated to teaching full stack development and how to incubate real businesses? I'll bet you don't know where the Center of NY's Tech Community and Center of Creativity is. Give up? It says so right on their website.
  • WWW.BOTHSIDESOFTHETABLE.COM  |  SUNDAY, MAY 13, 2012
    Want to Know Difference Between a CTO and a VP of Engineering?
    I know this will fall like a lead balloon to the many people who believe it is possible to have a [insert: startup incubator or technology accelerator or technology consultant or outsource firm] build your technology. About Me. Start-up Advice. Raising Venture Capital. Angel Topics. Entrepreneur DNA. Sales & Marketing. Negotiations.
  • WWW.LANCEGLASSER.COM  |  SUNDAY, MAY 13, 2012
    What does a CTO do?
    More and more I believe that the CTO office needs to not only create options, but incubate (in partnership with Business Development and others) businesses that exploit technical breakthroughs. Business Essays, Blogs, and Musings. Lance A. Glasser. Topics. Finance and budgeting. Model for Return on Engineering Expenses. Let the Games Begin!
  • THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG.  |  FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2012
    The Screwy Logic of Crowdfunding and Venture Fund Regulation
    At least startups have accelerators, incubators, etc. In fact, thanks to increased scrutiny of investment funds in a post-Madoff world, this imbalance will probably get bigger and bigger. The laws are written seemingly with the view that it's worse to lose your money from fraud than it is from your run of the mill poorly exacuted bad idea.
  • ACTIVE GARAGE  |  THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2012
    Dilemmas of Being in Business #16: What to Do When There is Nothing to Do!
    What Frank is calling unmotivated stems from thoughts and beliefs that arise in this period of incubation for the project. Is there something I can do to hurry this incubation period along?”. Frank’s final question: Is there something I can do to hurry this incubation period along, is also important to consider. That’s it!
  • ARCTICSTARTUP  |  THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2012
    Sayduck's Augmented Reality Furniture Shopping App Accepted To Seedcamp
    And after competing last month in Tallinn, Sayduck announces it has been accepted to the London-based Seedcamp incubator. Every now and then a company will come along seemingly just to remind you that "the future" is here already, sort of. The app and can create convincing projections including horizontal reflections, soft shadows, and so on.
  • YOUNGUPSTARTS  |  TUESDAY, MAY 8, 2012
    Burpple Enables Social Sharing Of Food Experiences
    Incubated at Plug-in@Blk 71 managed by NUS Enterprise, the startup later received seed funding of S$50,000 through SPRING Singapore ‘s Young Entrepreneurs Scheme ( now known as ACE Startups ). But if Singapore-based  Burpple sounds similar to Foodspotting , it does. One potentially winning feature? Burping An Idea.
  • YOUNGUPSTARTS  |  TUESDAY, MAY 8, 2012
    Burpple Enables Social Sharing Of Food Experiences
    Incubated at Plug-in@Blk 71 managed by NUS Enterprise, the startup later received seed funding of S$50,000 through SPRING Singapore ‘s Young Entrepreneurs Scheme ( now known as ACE Startups ). But if Singapore-based  Burpple sounds similar to Foodspotting , it does. One potentially winning feature? Burping An Idea.
  • READWRITESTART  |  TUESDAY, MAY 8, 2012
    8 Hard-Earned Insights Into Raising Startup Capital
    It didn’t come from the traditional incubators or super angels found in Silicon Valley; instead, we took an unorthodox route. Approaching investors for the first time is a daunting exercise for any startup. The best way to do that is to leverage the hard-won experience of real-world startup. Ask for what you need – and nothing more.
  • ARCTICSTARTUP  |  TUESDAY, MAY 8, 2012
    Is The Norwegian Startup Scene Hot Or Not?
    Innovation Norway launched Innovation House , a co-working space and incubator program located downtown Palo Alto, to help Norwegian startups make it overseas. This guest post is by Tor Grønsund, a Norwegian entrepreneur, educator, speaker, and writer of the The Methodologist blog on startup innovation. Follow him on Twitter @tor.
  • ARCTICSTARTUP  |  TUESDAY, MAY 8, 2012
    Student Inc. Supports Stockholm's Budding University Startups
    is a nonprofit student incubator at KTH, Stockholm's Royal Institute of Technology, run somewhat between KTH Innovation and Excitra. Like many other incubators connected to universities, Student Inc. Student Inc. At its core, Student Inc. These can include Game Development, Mobile Services, or so on. Current projects at Student Inc.
  • READWRITESTART  |  MONDAY, MAY 7, 2012
    VC Victor Hwang: How To Create The Next Silicon Valley
    It’s easy to throw more money at problems, whether that means funding R&D, investing in startup incubators or accelerators, tax incentives or building campuses. In fact, it’s the subject of his new book - The Rainforest: The Secret to Building the Next Silicon Valley , with co-author Greg Horowitt. But lots of places have that hardware.
  • FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG  |  MONDAY, MAY 7, 2012
    Why Large Corporations Envy You
    Larger corporations often try to emulate this advantage by developing small business incubators that are separate from the corporate governance structure. Start-ups and small business have four important advantages over corporate giants. Times are tough. Corporate America is squeezing out the little guy. Not quite. You are nimble.
  • YOUNGUPSTARTS  |  MONDAY, MAY 7, 2012
    29 Seriously Inspiring Interviews For Aspiring Entrepreneurs
    For only $25, healthcare facilities and families can purchase portable incubators that do not use electricity to save the lives of babies born prematurely or with low birth rates; Embrace strives toward helping at least 3.8 Anyone with a strong idea, a lot of luck, and even more hard work can succeed in the for-profit and nonprofit sectors.
  • YOUNGUPSTARTS  |  SUNDAY, MAY 6, 2012
    [Singapore][Event] Regional Startups Shine At JFDI-Innov8 2012 Bootcamp Demo Day
    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. Stubb.
  • CROWDSPRING BLOG  |  THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012
    Twitter Link Roundup #129 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More
    The dirty secret behind the incubator boom -  [link]. Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account , I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more!
  • INSTIGATOR BLOG  |  THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012
    How to Maximize the Value of Mentors in Accelerators
    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. Startup Accelerators incubators mentors mentorship startup acceleratorsAnd that worked quite well.
  • YOUNGUPSTARTS  |  THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012
    LaunchHouse Launches Startup Accelerator Program
    Shaker Heights, Ohio-based business incubator LaunchHouse is inviting ten technology startup teams from around the world to participate in a 12-week startup accelerator program. If selected, the teams will be required to relocate to Cleveland, Ohio and operate from LaunchHouse ‘s business incubator space for those 12 weeks.
  • READWRITESTART  |  WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2012
    VCs Muscle Back Into Startup Funding - Some Call It a Bubble
    After several years spent watching angels, super angels and incubators move in on their turf, VCs are flexing back. When we did our first survey there was competition between VCs, angels, superangels and incubators,” says Ted Hollifield, a corporate partner in Dorsey & Whitney’s venture capital practice. from 75.8% in 2010.
  • FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG  |  WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2012
    Asking for an Introduction? You're Messing It Up
    All of which adds up to the most well-connected guys, such as David Cohen , the founder of the TechStars incubator , getting asked for a lot of introductions. Are you losing fans and alienating investors by asking too much? Make it easy for others to facilitate connections by following the advice of TechStars founder David Cohen.
  • FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG  |  MONDAY, APRIL 30, 2012
    Disruption Comes (Finally!) to Commercial Real Estate
    And having learned from his last mistake, Freedman applied to Y Combinator, the celebrated Silicon Valley incubator that twice a year provides some 65 companies with about $20,000 each, the opportunity to spend three months of intense development in a collaborative environment, and a Demo Day at the end of the session to pitch VCs. Bingo.
  • FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG  |  MONDAY, APRIL 30, 2012
    Turntable.fm: Where Did Our Love Go?
    Soon, as partners, they sold Downfly to John Borthwick, who was building a sort of coder-artist incubator in New York City called betaworks, in exchange for equity in Borthwick's company. Last summer, Turntable.fm Even celebrities backed it: Jimmy Fallon, Ashton Kutcher, and both Lady Gaga's and Madonna's managers invested. is Amazing."
  • FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG  |  MONDAY, APRIL 30, 2012
    Turn Your Company Into an Innovation Incubator
    In order to strike this balance, we are building a team that is both driven to create results and driven to incubate new businesses. As in all businesses, we learn by doing, and we are still learning, but here are a few things we have instilled in our team to create an innovation incubator: ExperimentIf you don't try, you don't succeed.
  • SEEING BOTH SIDES  |  MONDAY, APRIL 30, 2012
    Activist Seeds - The Latest, Subtle Trend in Seed Investing
    Hence, the rise of angels, super-angels, incubators, accelerators, micro-VCs and VC-led seed programs. When I entered the VC business 10 years ago, I tried to keep thinking about venture capital as a business, where the key focus area was on meeting the needs of our target customers -- entrepreneurs and limited partner investors.
  • READWRITESTART  |  FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 2012
    Meet EvoNexus - the Country's Only Free Startup Incubator
    There are more than 1,000 business incubators in the U.S. But there’s only one pro bono incubator. EvoNexus (which does sound kind of like a U2 album), is a project of San Diego tech industry association CommNexus , which launched the incubator in 2009 to stimulate the growth of new high-tech companies in the area. Admin
  • FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG  |  THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2012
    Become an Entrepreneur--No Idea Required
    There's an incubator for that. Managing Director Millie Tadewaldt says unlike a traditional incubator that brings in early-stage start-ups already working on idea, Sandbox simply looks for talented people–often with no entrepreneurial experience. You get a salary, equity, mentors, and more. Want to start a company. We have one.
  • ARCTICSTARTUP  |  WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 2012
    Yandex Invests In Seedcamp
    Yandex , Russia's largest search engine, has invested an undisclosed amount in Seedcamp , the London-based incubator. Seedcamp's sponsors include internet giants like Google, Microsoft, and PayPal, but this is the first time a major company has hopped on board as an investor. based companies
  • WWW.READWRITEWEB.COM  |  MONDAY, APRIL 23, 2012
    Startup Hiring: The 10% Solution
    Join an incubator. Investors now follow incubators with automatic notes. ReadWriteStart. ReadWriteWeb. Channels. ReadWriteStart. ReadWriteBiz. ReadWriteEnterprise. ReadWriteCloud. ReadWriteHack. ReadWriteMobile. ReadWriteStart. All Posts. Archives. Featured. White Papers. Case Studies. Twitter. Facebook. Tweet. Its not easy. See Also.
  • FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG  |  FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 2012
    'Smartwatch' Funding Soars on Kickstarter
    For most companies, early stage backing from incubator Y Combinator and high-profile investor Tim Draper would seem to clear a path toward venture funding. When he decided last year to create a new device that did the same for iOS and Android smartphones, the idea landed him in the renowned Y Combinator start-up incubator. At $5.5
  • MARK BIRCH  |  THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2012
    Brave New Enterprise Technology World
    tech enterprise tech innovation entrepreneurs startups accelerators incubators investorsnyetm : Enterprise software used to be clunky. Enterprise software used to have long deployment cycles and massive hurdles.  Enterprise software, plain and simple, was not glamorous. Well guess what? Technology   evolved   a   lot. People got educated. 
  • ARCTICSTARTUP  |  THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2012
    #14 - Antti Ylimutka & Ville Simola of Startup Sauna
    We discussed the backgrounds of the incubator/accelerator as well as where it will go in the future. This show will crack you up! We interviewed Antti Ylimutka and Ville Simola of Startup Sauna today. Quite impressive, considering how it all got started. We'd also like to thank our sponsor for this week - Kisko Labs, for supporting the show.
  • READWRITESTART  |  WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 2012
    Ultralight Startups Think Big, Keep It Simple, Move Fast
    The other action that was "crucial" to their success was applying (and getting accepted) to TechStars NYC , a highly ranked startup incubator and accelerator. What's the secret to startup success? Sponsor. They started "with an idea and the belief that something big would come of it." But no money. They're now up to a staff of 30.). Discuss.
  • GET VENTURE  |  TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 2012
    Transforming Italy Into A Startup Hub
    Through his Fulbright BEST program, he has already incubated several dozen startups. Any plan to transform an entire country into a thriving startup ecosystem is a lofty goal for a mere mortal. Despite that, Fernando Napolitano has set out to do just that. Fernando organized a conference in Rome that took place this last Friday.
  • FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG  |  MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2012
    For Entrepreneurship Education, Experts Look to High School
    For example, they provide a special brainstorming session at a local incubator, in which students are charged with coming up with a viable tech start-up and then presenting it to tech start-ups for feedback. Looking to business schools for talent? They might meet a mentor. They might meet their future selves. So let's help them."
  • READWRITESTART  |  MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2012
    How to Choose a Startup Incubator
    Incubators are hot. The flock of incubators is spawning a glut of wanna-be entrepreneurs ready to quit their jobs, commit their lives to a 10-week incubator program and end up with nothing but broken dreams and a souvenir hoodie. You should select an incubator the same way. There are more than a thousand in the U.S.,
  • CROWDSPRING BLOG  |  SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 2012
    10 Things Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Academics
    As college graduation weekends and summer business incubator announcements loom, I thought I would take a few minutes to consider the connection between the entrepreneurship and academia. Entrepreneurs, by definition,  take an idea or a concept and strive to make that idea into a operating business. Academics research throughly.
  • MARK BIRCH  |  SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 2012
    The Pendulum Has Swung.Maybe
    Y-Combinator has led the way in this startup revolution and has gone from quaint little tech startup experiment to the mega behemoth of startup incubators. Combinator TechStars startups tech incubators fund raising seed rounds investors 500 Startupscaterpillarcowboy : “The pendulum has swung. It’s easy to lose perspective. Or has it?
  • ENTREPREMUSINGS  |  THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 2012
    Random Thoughts And Printers
    stopped at Office Depot before and after a happy hour for the Austin Technology Incubator and received $50 credit for my old printer for a trade in on an HP printer that supposedly has more capacity and features.  austin technology incubator FYI product review epson gecko Geico HP insurance premiums saving money on insurance
  • FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG  |  MONDAY, APRIL 2, 2012
    Greatest Living Entrepreneur Brackets: We Have A Winner
    Her profession: Performing has never been known as a great incubator of innovation or management talent, yet she has both to spare. It's Bill Gates. Of course. Scroll down for the justification.) Login or Signup to fill in your bracket! Start with the obstacles she had to overcome. And it will stay transformed long after Gates is gone.
  • FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG  |  MONDAY, APRIL 2, 2012
    Get Into TechStars: Make a Cool Video
    If you want to crack the code of getting into an incubator, youll need to make "The Video." Of the 1,500 who apply for TechStars; 1% gets in. Heres how the chosen teams impressed TechStars. It may seem straightforward at first—even simple. Production value is not important to us," the TechStars application reads. We asked the experts.
  • FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG  |  MONDAY, APRIL 2, 2012
    Future TechStars, Step Forward
    Getting into an incubator means money, mentors, and connections. We went inside the application process at a prestigious business incubator. He says he's heard a lot of good things about 500 Startups, a Bay Area incubator, and may apply to that program. David Cohen co-founded TechStars, in Boulder, Colorado.'> Second Life 2!
  • MARK BIRCH  |  SUNDAY, APRIL 1, 2012
    Eight More Big, Hairy, Bodacious, Universally Game Changing Disruptive Startup Ideas
    Here at WeBirch Labs, the incubator within an incubator, we are always watching out for the trends and innovations out in the market.  Incubators for Incubators that Incubate – We have all heard of incubators that help start incubators.  That is where these incu-incubators come in. 
  • ASK THE ANGELS  |  WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 2012
    Gridtest Systems Secures Investment from Pasadena Angels and Tech Coast Angels
    Gridtest Systems is the winner of the 2011 California Cleantech Open business competition and accelerator, and was accepted into the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator ( [link] ). Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) March 20, 2012 – [link]. Gridtest Systems Inc., The nascent electric vehicle market requires a dependable charging infrastructure. link].
  • ARCTICSTARTUP  |  WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 2012
    Campalyst Announces Seed Funding, New Integrations
    Their pan-baltic team shows the young talent available to be tapped, and their path through local startup programs shows the quality companies both the hackathons and incubators can produce. Campalyst has raised a seed round of funding from Amsterdam-based venture capital firm  HENQ. The size of the round was not disclosed.
  • FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG  |  TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 2012
    How to Quit Your Side Gigs
    Today, Tipping Point incubates a portfolio of startups, building teams and products around its own in-house ideas. For bootstrapping entrepreneurs, consulting is often a fact of life. But how do you keep all those side projects from overwhelming your startup? It comes with the territory when you’re bootstrapping.
  • FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG  |  TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 2012
    Honest Tea's Seth Goldman Addresses Congress
    At the same time that we’ve been growing Honest Tea in Bethesda, we helped set up a green business incubator at Bethesda Green, a local non-profit we helped launch five years ago. Does the U.S. Government help, or hinder entrepreneurship? spoke with Congress to let them know how they did, and didn't help Honest Tea's growth.
  • TIM BERRY'S BLOG - PLANNING STARTUPS STORIES  |  WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2012
    Blogger About Angel Investment: “Confused, Scared, and More Than a Little Ashamed”
    He’s a techie, entrepreneur, and startup expert, deeply immersed in a local incubator. hope it’s clear he’s talking to all the techie entrepreneurs in his incubator, on his blog, and working in Portland. (Note: I posted this first on the blog at gust.com , my favorite site for entrepreneurs and angel investors.
  • THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG.  |  WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2012
    Massaging the Octopus: Jiro Dreams of Startups
    You can jump into an incubator program and take it to the next level after just three months. The other day I want to go see Jiro Dreams of Sushi --a documentary about an 86 year old sushi chef working out of a 10 seat restaurant in a Ginza subway station. Oh, did I mention that the restaurant is rated 3 stars by the Michelin folks?
  • FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG  |  WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2012
    Fashion Start-up Takes Aim at $20 Billion Industry
    Right now, Vidisheva is finishing her last week at Y Combinator, the San Francisco-based incubator founded by Paul Graham. Olga Vidisheva, founder of newly launched Shoptiques, an online boutique aggregator, explains how her start-up plans to disrupt the world of fashion. After two years, she quit, and enrolled in Harvard Business School.
  • FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG  |  WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2012
    The Moose Lodge for Start-ups
    It is not an accelerator, an incubator, or a place that funded start-ups can use to avoid paying rent. Tech geeks are moving from coffee shops to Speak Easy, a new trend in co-working spaces. Entrepreneurs and tech geeks have a new brand of co-working space that feels more like a Moose Lodge than an office space.
  • FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG  |  TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 2012
    Trapped in a Big Company? What to Do?
    While incubating my next passion – Tootzypop , a daily blog, email and community for women over 40 -- I'm working as an entrepreneur-in-residence at FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, where I head the digital marketing department. What’s an entrepreneur-at-heart to do? run my group as if it were my own business.
  • FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG  |  TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 2012
    Is This Paradise for Entrepreneurs?
    Nor is this island tucked into the eastern end of the Mediterranean perfectly positioned to be an incubator of fresh ideas. The event acted as a gathering point for ambitious young Cypriots, and she is now working with Charalambides, who was also TEDx speaker, to develop an incubator for environmentally focused entrepreneurs on the island.
  • YOUNGUPSTARTS  |  MONDAY, MARCH 19, 2012
    TackThis Helps Small Businesses In Singapore Sell Online
    TackThis is incubated by NUS Enterprise. According to Paypal , by 2015 Singapore’s e-commerce market is expected to hit US$4.4 billion in size. However, only 15-percent of local small to medium enterprises have a website with full e-commerce functionality. Social Sharing, Social Sharing.
  • STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED  |  MONDAY, MARCH 19, 2012
    Doing > Talking
    For last year's experiment, I teamed up with my friends at Appsumo to create a contest with epic prizes, including angel investment, spots in Silicon Valley incubators, and tons of mentorship. I had an incredible couple of days at SXSW. The Lean Startup track was successful beyond my wildest imaginations (we'll have video up soon ).
  • THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG.  |  MONDAY, MARCH 19, 2012
    Don't ask "Why Brooklyn?" Ask "How?"
    Every night, thousands of professionals gather in bars, law firm conference rooms, incubators and co-working spaces to share best practices and connect with capital and talent--and it's been going for over seven years. Since I launched Brooklyn Bridge Ventures , a lot of people have asked me why I put the fund in Brooklyn.
  • GREGG FRALEY, AUTHOR OF JACK'S NOTEBOOK  |  MONDAY, MARCH 19, 2012
    Innovate Fund Raising for Start-ups Now!
    Receive services like standard docs from incubators and online platforms. It’s time to innovate how start-ups raise capital. Everything is in place to do so — crowdfunding is a revolutionary change that levels the playing field. But currently, the technique is hamstrung by government regulations. 3606). Do their homework, b.)
  • AUSTIN STARTUP  |  TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 2012
    Austin Tech Incubator Landscape at #SXSW
    On the Tuesday of SXSW, I have the pleasure of being on a panel of the rockstars of the Austin technology incubator scene. Steve Guengerich (@sguengerich) has done an incredible job of bringing together a panel of people representing the best of what Austin has to offer young and upcoming startups. Here are the panel details.
  • ARCTICSTARTUP  |  TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 2012
    US Venture Capitalists Go East: Russia’s Startups Now More Appealing
    With local startups and incubators springing up like mushrooms, a number of foreign tech investors have started to operate in the country, which is striving for modernization. The launch projects were selected by a panel of Plug and Play judges, including Saeed Amidi, the incubator’s founder and CEO. Petersburg last year. www.ewdn.com.
  • FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG  |  MONDAY, MARCH 12, 2012
    SXSW Day 1: Startup Buses Take Texas
    ” A panel of venture capitalists, CEOs, and incubator founders heard the pitches. Fast pitch: They've created a company over the past 72 hours. Now they're pitching the idea to a panel of investors, which includes Dave McClure of 500 Startups, Robert Scoble of Rackspace, and Luis Robles of Sequoia.'> And it gets crazy. It's 8:15 a.m.
  • BABBLING VC  |  SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2012
    Dear German VC's: Being Plan B Sucks
    Former entrepreneurs in Germany all started incubators instead of funds. Please stop reading now if you think VC, incubation, accelerators or what-not are about warm-fuzzy-change-the-world-together motives! I've always defended Germany and venture capital here. Further, the damage may be irreparable if the VC's don't adapt quickly.
  • FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG  |  FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 2012
    6 Tips for Raising Money During the Recovery
    Weighing in were Tim Williamson, co-founder of The Idea Village, a local incubator for entrepreneurs; Amith Nagarajan, chairman of Aptify Corp. Access to capital is a perennial challenge for most entrepreneurs. Three experts share their advice on raising capital, in good times and bad. At Inc.’s Make sure you’re ready. ” 5.
  • UP AND RUNNING  |  FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 2012
    Microbrews and business plan competitions?
    Are there angel groups, business plan competitions, business incubators and accelerators where you live? At Bplans, we’re proud of our home state of Oregon. We’re known in this part of the country for our casual way of life, great microbrew beers, and endless recreational opportunities. million. So what do you think?
  • WWW.WOMEN2.ORG  |  THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 2012
    Women 2.0 » FounderDating: How I Found My Co-Founder
    Damsels in Design, a professional networking group for women in design, along with General Assembly, the collaborative workspace and technology incubator, are hosting “Women in Design & Technology,” a conversation series dedicated to celebrating and highlighting successful female entrepreneurs in New York City. about. female founders. Awards.
  • ENTREPREMUSINGS  |  THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 2012
    Why Every Small Business Should Have Inventory Management Software
    Following is a guest post by a writer for Ordoro , a company I used to work with while I was at the Austin Technology Incubator.  austin technology incubator blogging entrepreneurship FYI guest post inventory control inventory management ordoroI like the team at Ordoro.  Think about it.
  • FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG  |  WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2012
    Robbie Vitrano: Why I Give Back to the Community
    Vitrano is also the founder of The Idea Village, a business incubator. A New Orleans serial (social) entrepreneur, Robbie Vitrano, explains how Hurricane Katrina made him think differently about entrepreneurship. Hurricane Katrina was the moment of truth for Robbie Vitrano. In an Inc. I lost touch with my community," he said.
  • STEVE BLANK  |  WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2012
    Stanford 2012 Lean LaunchPad Presentations – part 1 of 2
    Yet this isn’t an incubator. Today, the first half of the Stanford Engineering Lean LaunchPad Class gave their final presentations. Here are the first five. It Feels Like 20 Years Ago Today. It’s hard to believe it’s only been a year since we taught the first 10 teams in the Stanford Lean LaunchPad class. And do it in 8 weeks.
  • CROWDSPRING BLOG  |  TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2012
    Where Do Good Ideas Come From?
    In the following video, Steven johnson discusses ideas, innovation and how entrepreneurs and companies can groom environments to help incubate and promote good ideas. When we come across successful products, services or startups, we often wonder – where did the idea come from? Why didn’t WE think of Pinterest, Facebook, or Google?
  • A SMART BEAR: STARTUPS AND MARKETING FOR GEEKS  |  TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2012
    If you saw your competitor’s roadmap would it matter?
    Those companies still incubating their offering can pivot before they launch, incorporating your best ideas and adding their own, releasing just months after you do. This is part of an ongoing startup advice series where I answer (anonymized!) questions from readers, like a written version of Smart Bear Live. Don’t VCs do that? Mailba
  • FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG  |  SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 2012
    Technology For Generation Next: Teens in Tech Labs
    Why Microsoft is backing a technology incubator for teens, an idea that Daniel Brusilovsky came up with at 15 years old. The Teens in Tech Incubator followed in 2011, with six companies, a total of 15 teens, going through the eight week program. The incubator will happen again this summer with five companies participating.
  • FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG  |  SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 2012
    America's Coolest College Start-ups 2012
    The three-employee company accomplishes this through their conferences and incubators on the West Coast. The 2012 class of our annual America's Coolest College Start-ups are fresh, innovative, founded with a social mission, and may very-well be the next Google or Facebook. Tomorrow's big business may be today's dorm room invention. million.
  • LAUNCHING TECH VENTURES  |  SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 2012
    Why Girls Say No To Entrepreneurship
    The percentage of women entrepreneurs overall is shockingly low: Y-Combinator, the “harvard of incubators,” reports just 4% women in its program. By Amy Chan Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Andrew Mason, Jack Dorsey, Mark Pincus. What’s missing on this list of superstars? Female representation. Paul Graham points out that only 1.7%
  • LAUNCHING TECH VENTURES  |  SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 2012
    Reigniting the American Innovation Engine
    Startup Accelerators and Incubators ranked.” By Mike Quinn Can the creation of more startup hubs, in the image of Silicon Valley, reignite American innovation? This problem is of personal importance to me because I’m originally from Detroit, which has obviously faced its share of economic hardships the past few years. link]. link].
  • LAUNCHING TECH VENTURES  |  SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 2012
    Innovation vs Execution
    This would not give a new business enough time to incubate and would limit the new business’s chance of survival without proper upside. by JJ Jiang In the entrepreneurial world, people often place a halo over the concept of innovation and at the same time undermine the importance of execution. There are many other examples.
  • LAUNCHING TECH VENTURES  |  SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 2012
    Copycats in Entrepreneurship: An Oxymoron or A Good Strategy?
    Moreover, being the first certainly brings with it more klout and bragging rights as a visionary, and someone who could take a new concept from ideation, to incubation, to scaling, to growing & maintaining deserves to be called an extraordinary entrepreneur. Or is there even a right and wrong at all? BUT many times they aren’t successful.
  • LAUNCHING TECH VENTURES  |  SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 2012
    Are “copycat” businesses good for innovation and entrepreneurship? What about for MBAs?
    Rocket Internet , a Berlin-based incubator, seems to be building a successful business based around this cloning strategy. Often these “fast followers” end up winning the market, e.g. Google vs. Yahoo, Lycos, etc., Though Fred acknowledges these rewards, he remains disinterested in this style of investment.
  • LAUNCHING TECH VENTURES  |  SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 2012
    Why Does Everyone Seem to Hate “Copycat” Startups?
    Rocket is best known for incubating and quickly scaling many startups in countries outside the U.S. by George Levitte Earlier this week we were fortunate to have Fred Wilson, from Union Square Ventures, visiting our LTV class. Towards the end he remarked offhandedly that as a VC he refuses to invest in copycat startups. So they do.
  • STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS  |  FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 2012
    10 Ways for Startups to Expand Their Reach in 2012
    M&A is a common way of acquiring new products and services, without the incubation time of building and testing the product. As entrepreneurs, you always need to be on the lookout for ways to expand your current business, and always on the lookout for your next big thing. New products or services to existing customers. Marty Zwilling.
  • CAMPUS ENTREPRENEURSHIP  |  WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2012
    3 Ways to Accelerate Your Social Venture | #Socent #socinn
    In exchange for equity stakes, for-profit accelerators and incubators provide robust resources and access to experts. Civic Accelerator – Atlanta, Georgia: Just announced this year, the Points of Light Insitute’s Civic Incubator program is expanding to launch one of the first accelerators focused on social entrepreneurs.
  • FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG  |  WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2012
    A Whole New Groove for the Motor City
    Home to a burgeoning concentration of tech start-ups and incubators, Detroit's "Webward Avenue" is not just a street--it's also a movement. Can it transform Detroit? Crumbling cities aren't supposed to be this popular. We literally just ran out of space," Chesnutt says. It's something that is exciting to be a part of." Compuware built its 1.1
  • FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG  |  WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2012
    Detroit's Education Edge
    Located the heart of the city, TechTown is perhaps one of Southeast Michigan's most respected and long-standing incubators. Detroit is a big part of the equation because of the additional resources there—the incubators, accelerators, venture capitalists, and community that's there." (Yes, really.) What is a place-making start-up?
  • FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG  |  WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2012
    From Old Pfizer Campus to Start-up Hub
    The goal was to get away from the "cheap space" idea that had defined the university's earlier business-incubator efforts and instead to focus on providing services, leveraging the university's $1.24 A sprawling campus with 16,000 square feet spread across 174 acres created 11 start-ups last year. Now it's aiming even bigger. Absolutely.
  • FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG  |  WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2012
    Justin.tv Founder Strikes Again
    For the past few months, the three men have been incubating the company in Y Combinator, the Palo Alto start-up boot camp, where Kan also serves as a partner. The serial tech entrepreneur has made a career out of taking slightly bizarre behaviors and turning them into start-ups. His latest: a task-on-demand app. Today, Justin.tv
  • BUSINESS OF SOFTWARE BLOG  |  TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2012
    Professor Clayton Christensen and the job your product does at Business of Software 2011
    Can we just think about where else the economy over the last 30 or 40 years this happened where somebody made something that incubated at the bottom or simple end of the market and then moved up to the point that it killed the leaders. It was the opening talk at last year's Business of Software. ' with our compliments. Laughter].
  • FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG  |  MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2012
    Howard Tullman: Always On
    Another potential employer is the quasi-incubator Hydrbox, which so far consists of Tullman, a developer, and 15 product ideas Tullman came up with while he was busy not sleeping. Here and Now After,oh, a couple dozen successes, Howard Tullman is building Tribeca Flashpoint Academy, a digital-age vocational school.'> By 8 a.m., Not or. ERNIE!"
  • FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG  |  MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2012
    New Incubator Focuses on Female Founders
    Women Helping Women From Left: Deborah Jackson, Kelly Hoey, and Veronika Sonsev'> Three New York City businesswomen are launching their own incubator to focus on start-ups with a female founder and a mobile product or service. Tech incubators, such as Y Combinator and TechStars, graduate astonishingly low rates of woman-run companies.
  • JOEL.IS  |  SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2012
    Raising funding as a first-time founder
    note on incubators. Incubators and accelerator programmes certainly have a lower barrier to entry than raising a seed round. However, even approach incubators with caution, because the same issues can also apply. Incubators are fantastic for the ecosystem and certainly accelerate the path for a founder in many ways.
  • FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG  |  THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2012
    Arab Spring. for High-Tech Teens?
    500 Startups, Mountain View There’s no shortage of accelerators and incubators in Silicon Valley so a field trip to check one out is mandatory. A U.S. government-backed plan to spread the Silicon Valley vibe east--25 Arabic-speaking girls at a time. If you think there’s a shortage of women running tech start-ups in the U.S.,
  • FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG  |  WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2012
    Inside Chicago's Start-up High School
    Links to the tech industry Once a month a group of about 25 students takes off after lunch for a four-hour brainstorming session at TechNexus , a business incubator Howerton founded and where CTA was planned and birthed. How an unusual inner-city charter school plans to groom the next generation of tech entrepreneurs. Only 150 will. ”
  • CHRIS DIXON  |  SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2012
    “It is the human friction that makes the sparks”
    people, it was referred to as “the magical incubator.”. From Jonah Lehrer,  Brainstorming Doesn’t Really Work  (via  Stowe Boyd ): Building 20 [a scene of incredible innovation at MIT] and brainstorming came into being at almost exactly the same time. Among M.I.T. All these errant discussions add up. startups
  • SOCALTECH.COM  |  THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2012
    The Complete Guide To Southern California Accelerators and Incubators, Part III
    The Complete Guide To Southern California Accelerators and Incubators, Part III. In recent months, a dozen accelerators and incubators have emerged in the Southern California area, looking to help take the new generation of technology startups to funding and beyond. Californias various startup accelerators and incubators. Texas.
  • THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG.  |  WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012
    10 Questions for Brooklyn's Innovation Community
    There's no specific agenda or goal, other than to bring together all of the people that have an interest in this great community and its ability to incubate cutting edge and creative ideas. At the time, though, we didn't know what we know now. Now, it's actually true. There's a ton of enthusiasm out there, but now it's time to get to work.
  • LAUNCHING TECH VENTURES  |  WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012
    Launching Tech Ventures - Untitled Article
    And yet, large corporations are constantly trying to find ways to “incubate”, develop, promote and support lean startup methodologies. Can large corporations be “Lean”? The definition of a startup and a large corporation are completely different in every critical way: access to capital, human resources, brand awareness etc.
 

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