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. But there are notable examples of for-profit incubators that are thriving, including YCombinator , led by Paul Graham in Silicon Valley, and TechStars , led by David Cohen and located in several key cities around the country, that have an excellent reputation and track record.

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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. According to the National Business Incubator Association ( NBIA ), there are over 7,000 of these locations worldwide, and new online versions springing up all over the place, like Founders Space in Silicon Valley. accelerator entrepreneur incubator startup ycombinator

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 30, 2014

More and more entrepreneurs are hearing about the successful graduates and investors queued behind a few well-known startup incubators, including Y Combinator, TechStars, and the Founder Institute. By way of a definition, a business or startup incubator is a company, university, or other organization which provides resources to nurture young companies, usually for a share of the equity, hoping to capitalize on their success, or at least strengthen the local economy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2013

More and more entrepreneurs are hearing about the successful graduates and investors queued behind a few well-known startup incubators, including Y Combinator, TechStars, and the Founder Institute. By way of a definition, a business or startup incubator is a company, university, or other organization which provides resources to nurture young companies, usually for a share of the equity, hoping to capitalize on their success, or at least strengthen the local economy.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2018

In recent years, startup accelerators and startup incubators have become the place of choice for any budding entrepreneurs to be the next unicorn. Though both startup accelerators and incubators are used to help nurture young companies, the two platforms have subtle differences. Incubators, on the other hand, are focused on building the entrepreneurship foundation of first-time entrepreneurs. by Melvin Wong , founder of Kodorra.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2016

A question I often get as an adviser is whether or not to join a business incubator or accelerator as a way to move forward faster and smarter and increase the odds of business success. According to recent statistics from the International Business Innovation Association ( InBIA ), there are about 7,000 business incubators and accelerators worldwide, with over 90 percent being non-profit and focused on incubator programs for community economic development.

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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. According to the National Business Incubator Association ( NBIA ), there are over 7,000 of these locations worldwide, and even new online versions like Pitchswag springing up here and there. This association is definitely one of the world’s leading organization for advancing business incubation and entrepreneurship.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 6, 2012

To help foster this innovation, many colleges and universities have opened business incubators, helping students and others in their community to help make their innovative dreams a reality. Whether they’re offering tricked-out labs or incredible funding opportunities, these incubators offer a great opportunity for students who are smart (and lucky!) Within the community, residents get access to co-ops, mentoring, courses, and always-on access to the incubator.

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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. The first step to making the most out of your partnership with an incubator is finding the right one for your business. Not all incubators are the same.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 23, 2018

CRI is different from other incubators because it allows innovators/entrepreneurs to immerse inside a national laboratory, working alongside world-renowned scientists and engineers with whom they can share their ideas. The post Innovation at Argonne National Laboratory Incubator appeared first on The Startup Magazine. Energy might be cheaper now than it was a few years back, but the need for innovation has never been greater. Chain Reaction Innovations.

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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. Incubators provide that very important sense of community. Incubators versus accelerators: What’s the difference? Today, incubators and accelerators are both popular topics, especially for technology startups. The word incubator usually describes a place in which eggs can safely hatch, or where premature babies can reach independent viability.

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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). By way of a definition, a business or startup incubator is a company, university, or other organization which provides resources to nurture young companies, helping them to survive and grow during the startup period when they are most vulnerable. However, many research and technology parks also house incubation programs.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Startups scheme – as well as provide support such as funding (either direct investment or facilitating third-party funding), incubation and mentorship for the first year of a new startup’s journey.

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SiliconHills

MAY 21, 2019

When the Austin Technology Incubator launched in 1989, Austin was a much different city. Thanks to ATI, the longest running incubator in the country, Austin […]. The post The Austin Technology Incubator Celebrates its 30th Anniversary appeared first on SiliconHills. Austin had one of the highest commercial vacancy rates in the country. Its economy struggled to recover after the Savings and Loan Crisis. The technology industry was in its infancy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2010

By Jim Flowers A few months ago, Marty invited me to comment on business incubation and what a startup company ought to expect from an incubator. That’s intense incubation. ** Today's guest blog is by Jim Flowers, a forty-year veteran of technology-based start-ups, Director of the VT KnowledgeWorks Business Acceleration Center at Virginia Tech, President of the Virginia Business Incubation Association , and author of " MOXIE and other fundamental entrepreneurial concepts ".

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 16, 2012

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. Your problem - if you're building a cool startup and you don't have millions from Andreessen Horowitz - is how to choose the incubator that will nurture your company and launch you toward fame, fortune and a Facebook acquisition.

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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. Kayvan Baroumand, NestGSV’s founder and CEO, sees NestGSV as “the evolution of the startup incubator and the startup accelerator.”. That really differentiates us from any other accelerator or incubator out there.”.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2012

But all the press also reinforces the feeling that every startup needs to go through an incubator in order to succeed. Not only do we need to come up with a great idea, we have to make sure that it’s something that works for an incubator. There Is Value in Incubators. Without a doubt, an incubator can help a startup get up and off the ground quickly. Overall, Dyer considers incubators very valuable and a key to her success. Incubators: Nice to Have.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 29, 2016

Starting a Business entrepreneur entrepreneurship incubator startupOh, college. I’ve been out just a few months and already miss it enough to eat a pint of Ben and Jerry’s while sobbing into my couch cushions. While many people indulge in the stereotype of parties and drinking, college and its resources were some of the most crucial elements to me researching and pitching my business venture—a frozen yogurt food truck.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

AUGUST 28, 2015

Earlier this week I was fortunate to tour Halcyon Incubator in the Georgetown neighborhood of DC. The year long social entrepreneurship incubator, offers 8 early stage social entrepreneurs the opportunity to live and work in the Halcyon House (a bit more on the property later). Accelerators Entrepreneurship Education Entrepreneurship Programs Incubator Social Entrepreneurship Halcyon Incubator

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SiliconHills

MAY 26, 2020

By SUSAN LAHEYSpecial Contributor to Silicon Hills News Austin’s accelerators and incubators are starting to have events in person again, after months of moving everything online. The post Austin’s Accelerators and Incubators Adapt and Adjust Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic appeared first on SiliconHills. Capital Factory hosted a May Startup Showcase Tuesday at its offices, with 48 people signed up to attend. It might have been the first local startup gathering to take […].

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Rising along with Korea’s burgeoning entrepreneurship ecosystem, Seoul-based WAHA Offices - a serviced office and business incubator hybrid office solutions targeted at startup companies – last week opened its third location, after its first in Seoul’s Gangam district and its second in Singapore. In the News business incubator Korea Seoul service office Singapore virtual office WAHA Offices

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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. Kayvan Baroumand, NestGSV’s founder and CEO, sees NestGSV as “the evolution of the startup incubator and the startup accelerator.”. That really differentiates us from any other accelerator or incubator out there.”.

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SiliconHills

AUGUST 24, 2014

In June 2010, InCube Labs announced its plan to open a branch facility in San Antonio. InCube Labs originated in Silicon Valley and saw San Antonio as an attractive location to establish a branch. “We We could attract people […] The post InCube Labs Plans to Expand Into Manufacturing appeared first on SiliconHills. San Antonio InCube Labs By JONATHAN GUTIERREZ Reporter for Silicon Hills News San Antonio has fostered innovative medical practices for decades.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 20, 2011

They launched an incubator for the top scientists and engineers in the U.S. While they’ll never admit it, the National Science Foundation was starting an incubator – the Innovation Corps – to take the most promising research projects in American university laboratories and turn them into startups. The Innovation Corps – Using the Lean LaunchPad as an Incubator for Scientists and Engineers. The I-Corps Incubator Program. Over the last two months the U.S.

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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. This association is definitely one of the world’s leading organization for advancing business incubation and entrepreneurship.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

News Startup Accelerators TimeSpace Accelerators Incubators New York Times NYT StartupThe New York Times is launching a new startup accelerator, TimeSpace, a 4 month program taking in early stage media startups into the NYT Headquarters. TimeSpace will bring in three to five start-ups to connect with NY Times staff, demo their product, and teach/learn alongside entrepreneurs and employees who make their livings in digital media, technology and journalism. [[ This is a content summary only.

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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). I know that many incubators commit to doing more than this – mentors, curricula, coworking space, most also do some sort of demo day to organize fundraising.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Media incubator ESPACIO , has announced its acquisition of the tech news publication 150sec – the renowned online magazine focused on entrepreneurship and tech in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). The media incubator Espacio has a global reach and is committed to considerable investment in the publication, including hosting a series of startup events and creating a jobs and events platform.

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Austin Startup

MAY 23, 2019

Thank you to the Austin Technology Incubator at UT Austin for creating the Austin startup scene as we know it! This is no exaggeration: Austin’s startup community would not have taken off without the solid foundation laid by the Austin Technology Incubator , the longest running active tech incubator in the United States. During the late 80s there was simply nothing else like ATI on the playing field, and the concept of an incubator was virtually unknown.

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SiliconHills

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

That’s why healthcare incubators and accelerators can play a vital role in a company’s success early on by connecting them with financing, work space, mentors, customers, business programs and more. And it’s a […] The post The Top Texas Healthcare Accelerators and Incubators appeared first on SiliconHills. Launching a new venture is extremely difficult.

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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. One theme seems to come up over and again, especially from geographies outside Silicon Valley: lack of a reliable pipeline of deals.

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SiliconHills

JUNE 23, 2016

The cybersecurity industry in San Antonio just got a major boost with the announcement Thursday of a new incubator, Build Sec Foundry. The incubator, which will be based at Geekdom, a technology coworking site in the Rand building downtown, is a partnership among CyberSecurity San Antonio, the Austin Technology Incubator and the 80/20 Foundation. “San […] The post Cybersecurity Incubator Launches in San Antonio appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Up and Running

JULY 14, 2015

Peter and Jonathan discuss startup incubators, and our guest Caroline talks to us about the “F” word and 10 reasons why startups fail. Startup Incubators – (2:13). Read also: Q&A with Business Incubator Co-founder Joe Maruschak. Peter: Yeah, that’s a perfect question for a recent article we posted called Q&A with Business Incubator Co-founder Joe Maruschak. Peter: Joe talks a little bit about this idea of incubators.

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The Startup Lawyer

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

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. The following are some issues to consider and actions to take before accepting an incubator’s offer: (1) Calculate Valuation and Determine Value. Pre-money valuations startups receive from incubators are typically low…really low.

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The Startup Lawyer

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

” Some incubators are guilty […]. Documents in the startup ecosystem evolve. For example, convertible note documents are more complex now compared to 5 years ago (e.g., price caps and price cap regulators). Most of the evolution has to do with real-world experiences of investors and startups. Other times complexity can be chalked up to “deal over-engineering.” Startup Issues

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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. Kayvan Baroumand, NestGSV’s founder and CEO, sees NestGSV as “the evolution of the startup incubator and the startup accelerator.”. That really differentiates us from any other accelerator or incubator out there.”.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 27, 2012

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. Like most other high-tech incubators, EvoNexus provides entrepreneurs with office space, mentoring and VC networking.

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Kodorra

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

In recent years, startup accelerators and startup incubators have become the place of choice for any budding entrepreneurs to be the next unicorn. Though both startup accelerators and incubators are used to help nurture young companies, the two platforms have subtle differences. Incubators, on the other hand, are focused on building the entrepreneurship foundation of first-time entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship Featured Online Business Startups accelerator incubator

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

DECEMBER 9, 2013

In episode #9 of Everything Entrepreneurship , Walter talks about his experiences along with his startup partner Brett Geoghegan during a five hour long “pitch day” as a finalist to enter the Startmate incubator program in Sydney. If you are considering applying for a top-tier incubator with your startup company, you have to hear Walter''s story in this podcast. Subscribe to this Podcast in iTunes.

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SiliconHills

MARCH 18, 2015

I went back home and started pitching Austin all […] The post Capital Factory Partners with Dublin Incubator at SXSW appeared first on SiliconHills. By SUSAN LAHEY Reporter with Silicon Hills News Cian O’Cuilleanain, co-founder of Gravity Centres in Dublin, fell in love with SXSW three years ago when he first attended Interactive. Everybody was so welcoming, there were all these opportunities opening, there was the energy of the town.

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SiliconHills

JANUARY 29, 2014

The Austin Technology Incubator celebrates its 25 anniversary and plans to graduate its latest crop of 25 companies during an event Wednesday night at the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center. Kilcrease Civic Entrepreneurship Award […] The post Austin Technology Incubator Celebrates 25 Years and Graduates 25 Companies appeared first on SiliconHills.

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SiliconHills

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

The goal was to incubate big ideas and come up with next big thing. The lab brings […] The post Freescale’s Discovery Lab Incubating Big Ideas appeared first on SiliconHills. Big companies are looking at ways to make themselves more innovative. Freescale, in Austin, has done just that. The company launched the Freescale Discovery Lab, a hub for innovation at its headquarters in Oak Hill, a year ago.

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