Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. Most of these are non-profits, set up by a university to commercialize new technologies, or a municipality to foster business development for the local economy.

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Up and Running

APRIL 8, 2015

This is where incubators come in. Incubators were designed to fill the gap between knowledge and connections. Most of the time, a new business just doesn’t have the know-how or the network that an established business would. Incubators provide that very important sense of community. It’s a safe place to get started.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2023

One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. Most of these are non-profits, set up by a university to commercialize new technologies, or a municipality to foster business development for the local economy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. Most of these are non-profits, set up by a university to commercialize new technologies, or a municipality to foster business development for the local economy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. Most of these are non-profits, set up by a university to commercialize new technologies, or a municipality to foster business development for the local economy.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 23, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, February 23, 2007 Events and Networking in Los Angeles One of the issues I discussed in Innovation and Geography was that the geography and traffic in Los Angeles generally makes it more difficult for networking. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2022

Founders Space was ranked the #1 incubator for overseas startups by Forbes and Entrepreneur Magazines. More About Duct Tape Marketing Consultant Network: Learn more here. And it doesn't have to be technology. They didn't have a lot of technology. You don't have to invent this technology. Like this show?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2011

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). Now they are coming back, and the best even provide networking, technical leadership, and seed funding, as well as investors waving money at graduates.

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NZ Entrepreneur

AUGUST 22, 2023

Watch the video interview now A network of more than 140 entrepreneurial businesses and organisations warns New Zealand is in danger of being left behind due to a lack of resources and insufficient policies to progress entrepreneurship. They collaborated to produce the manifesto, reflecting the views of network members.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2016

One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. Most of these are non-profits, set up by a university to commercialize new technologies, or a municipality to foster business development for the local economy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2017

This technology is not only spawning a new generation of entrepreneurs, but is also changing the educational landscape, all the way down to early grade school. Provides networking with cofounders and strategic partners. In my view as an advisor to new ventures, the Maker Movement is an integral part of a new age of the entrepreneur.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 16, 2018

AGENDA: 5:45pm – 6:30pm – Networking reception. 7:45pm – 8:15pm – General networking. Lifograph CEO Dea Wilson is a serial entrepreneur and Managing Director at the Silicon Valley Incubator. 6:30pm – 7:45pm – Speaker program. Dea Wilson, CEO at Lifograph. Dubbed “Ms.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2010

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). Now they are coming back, and the best even provide networking, technical leadership, and seed funding, as well as shared facilities and space.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Across the world, work spaces, maker spaces, incubators, and accelerators are opening, expanding, and making an impact on their communities, and beyond. For acceptance at Endeavor Miami, scalable businesses don’t have to be technology companies. Entrepreneurs can tap these networks with a simple phone call.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 28, 2014

Caremerge’s technology and first-of-its-kind apps have transformed senior healthcare providing unprecedented coordination in patient care between institutions, patients and their families. Enter Competitions and Incubators. Social networking is so last year. The rise of technology has created new ways to raise capital.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

APRIL 25, 2011

Networking I have spoken before about the importance of networking. I built my entire business from networking and a referral base, and I think in this day and age, when people prefer to do business with people they can trust, networking is key. Something that really stuck with me was what she calls the Incubation Period.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 2, 2013

I've had several Startup CTO Consulting sessions recently where it became apparent that the Founder needed help with the business and product as much or more than the technology. You should begin asking at networking events and people you know in the startup world. This happens a lot at the incubators / accelerators.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

They have also become great networking events for meeting other like-minded entrepreneurs. Network with potential cofounders and strategic partners. Makerspaces are becoming the new incubators and accelerators for startups, and support contacts, like lawyers and marketing groups, will be easy to find. Diversity breeds success.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2012

This source often gets overlooked, but it should be a major focus these days due to government initiatives on alternative energy and technology. Startup incubators. If you are looking for $25,000 to $1 million, the next step is to tap into a local angel network. Small business grants. Angel investors. Venture capital.

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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. But don’t fret.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2014

There are many organizations which cater to entrepreneurs, including The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) and local startup incubators. Typically you can browse them by region or technology to find founders. Kick your networking up a notch. Hang out where entrepreneurs meet. Your best job leads will come from other entrepreneurs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2021

Get involved in startup-business incubator activities with peers at school. Most universities have formal incubator and business development organizations that focus on coaching, grant writing and technology licensing. Extend your networking into peer interest groups outside your school.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Get help with grant funding and incubator resources. These often lead to angel investors and venture capital investments later, or connections to local company venture funds for selected focus and technology areas. Find technical and legal guidance and advisors. Access to entrepreneurs-in-residence, business mentors.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

If you're capable of seeing past the old stones of Paris and the picturesque rural villages, you'll realize that France is every bit as technologically advanced as any other Western country - more so in some areas. Incubators, Accelerators, Competitions. billion online in the first quarter of this year. We have those too.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

In fact, I think the evidence is clear that many entrepreneurs started their journey while still in college, and capitalized on all the resources there, before moving on: Extend your technology focus with business basics. Initiate networking to find peer partners and investors. Good business basics are not intuitive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2011

This source often gets overlooked, but it should be a major focus these days due to government initiatives on alternative energy and technology. Startup incubators. If you are looking for $25,000 to $1 million, the next step is to tap into a local angel network. Small business grants. Angel investors. Venture capital.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2023

Universities and the marketplace are spawning tools like Brainly , which is a learning network or massively multi-player question and answer tool. The challenge is to find these just-in-time, including community and university startup incubators, accelerators, and advisors. Help entrepreneurs with constant learning. Marty Zwilling

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Like an accelerator or incubator program, NestGSV gives its resident startups office space, advice and lots of other amenities (even a beach volleyball court) at its Redwood City, California, campus near Silicon Valley. Ecosystm + Incubator = Ecobator. That really differentiates us from any other accelerator or incubator out there.”.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 22, 2017

If you have the entrepreneurial itch and managed to graduate without taking advantage of these wonderful university programs, or perhaps you’re a few years older and preceded them, you still have access to incubators and accelerators in every high tech hub around the country. Residency in a quality incubator is a plus.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2015

There are many organizations which cater to entrepreneurs, including The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) and local startup incubators. Typically you can browse them by region or technology to find founders. Kick your networking up a notch. Hang out where entrepreneurs meet. Your best job leads will come from other entrepreneurs.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2023

Because of this, getting seed venture money, for example, becomes more feasible for many startup companies, particularly those in the technology industry. Cross-industry investment is welcome in these networks, but individual firm investments are capped due to the significant risk involved.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 1, 2014

As the emeritus Chief Technology Officer of the United States, he still connects government and Silicon Valley. Bill Gross founded Idealab in 1996, making it the longest-running technology incubator alive today. He’ll talk about making a profit and making a difference in a conversation with New Media Ventures’ Christie George.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 18, 2012

Montgomery also uses the examples and experiences of Cobalt Networks , 3Dfx Interactive and NetMind Technologies to support many of the points he makes to provide additional context.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

With mobile development agencies and product incubators on the rise and more corporate “labs” spinning out each day, there’s no shortage of talent to help you build the next great Web or mobile app. And then another $25,000 to fix the remaining bugs and add a level of stability and robustness to the technology stack.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Like an accelerator or incubator program, NestGSV gives its resident startups office space, advice and lots of other amenities (even a beach volleyball court) at its Redwood City, California, campus near Silicon Valley. Ecosystm + Incubator = Ecobator. That really differentiates us from any other accelerator or incubator out there.”.

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Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 10, 2013

According to AngelList there are 1,530 organizations listed as “ incubators.” Whether you want to call them incubators, accelerators or any other name, the template is pretty similar: fixed amount of time inside the program in exchange for equity (and sometimes a cash investment). Many (the majority?) Implication?

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Gust

JUNE 17, 2012

This source often gets overlooked, but it should be a major focus these days due to government initiatives on alternative energy and technology. Startup incubators. If you are looking for $25,000 to $1 million, the next step is to tap into a local angel network. Small business grants. Angel investors. Venture capital.

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