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7 Ways Academic Connections Can Assist A New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

Look for special programs for entrepreneurs, like the Arizona State University Furnace Technology Transfer Accelerator program that I am familiar with, available to non-students. Collaborative efforts with local companies, like Siemens Venture Capital, are available for certain technology and focus areas. Legal guidance.

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Startups Need to Leverage Their Local Universities

Startup Professionals Musings

Look for special programs for entrepreneurs, like the Arizona State University Furnace Technology Transfer Accelerator program that I am familiar with, available to non-students. Collaborative efforts with local companies, like Siemens Venture Capital, are available for certain technology and focus areas. Legal guidance.

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7 Paybacks an Alma Mater Can Offer an Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

Don’t look for formal venture capital levels of funding, but certainly early-stage Kaufmann grants, incubators, and entrepreneurship incentives are available from endowments and state funds. Collaborative efforts with local companies, like Siemens Venture Capital, are available for certain technology and focus areas.

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CEO Behind Multi-Million Dollar Escape Room Business

Hearpreneur

He opened the first of many PanIQ Escape Rooms in Hollywood, California, and today, they have locations in San Jose, Phoenix, Miami, NYC, Dallas, Nashville, Chicago and many more. It only seemed logical for Akos and his partners to bring this concept to the US.

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Seven Ways Universities Can Help All Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

Don’t look here for venture capital levels of funding, but certainly early-stage government grants, incubators, and entrepreneurship incentives are available from endowments and state funds. Collaborative efforts with companies, like Siemens Venture Capital, are available for certain technology and focus areas.

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Michael A. Wolf – Angel Investor and Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

Mike Wolf is a mentor of mine, and a role model for many technology entrepreneurs and investors in the Phoenix, Arizona, area. Andigilog was bootstrapped by a close friend, developed some initial products, had to resort back to contracting to pay the bills, raised significant outside venture capital, and then was eventually sold off.

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How Entrepreneurs Can Capitalize On Their Alma Mater

Startup Professionals Musings

These often lead to angel investors and venture capital investments later, or connections to local company venture funds for selected focus and technology areas. For example, I live in the Phoenix area, home of Arizona State University and the Thunderbird School of Global Management.