Up and Running

AUGUST 29, 2016

Recent college graduates often knew the grunt work that went into working at a big PR firm, or the hustle required to sell their own apparel, and could communicate to me the transition from college to real-world better than a CEO could. It’s still pretty impressive to have started a business while trying to manage all the stresses of college.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

We’ve had an explosion of alternate sources of financing from crowd-sourcing, angels, accelerators, incubators, corporates, corporate incubators. You manage what you measure so be careful about having too narrowly defined of performance metrics. That’s management by fire. What their initial feedback has been?

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www.bothsidesofthetable.com

MAY 13, 2012

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. The best technologists often aren’t amazing people managers. The VP Engineering aspires to manage teams.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 11, 2012

You can get a list of the biggest pension funds and endowments and it wouldn't take that much legwork to figure out who manages their venture programs. At least startups have accelerators, incubators, etc. The big institutions are more visable--you know who they are. and now croudfunding sites.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 11, 2010

These kinds of office space arrangement are often called “technology incubators&# or “startup labs&# or something similar. These are not to be confused with incubators like YCombinator or IdeaLab which look to invest in your company and take equity positions. Anyone have positive or negative experience in such an incubator?

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 10, 2015

Why this incubator takes the studio approach to startup creation for.tn/1D0Wh6C. Social Media Crisis Management Plan crowdspring.co/1JlaoID. Want To Be More Productive? Listen To The Sounds Of Nature crowdspring.co/1HtUxtR. How to Grow From Great Idea to Profitable Business in 3 Steps crowdspring.co/1dthq2u. 1BRCAD8.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 26, 2014

He mentors young startups at Singapore Management University and True Incube Thailand , a 500 Startups Partner. If a big corporation is pushing a new product, you might expect them to take out TV ads, online ads, maybe hire a PR agency and set up big distribution partnerships.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 2, 2019

It also requires a comprehensive business plan, sufficient funding, an effective development team, great marketing and sales staff, intellectual property protection, effective management, careful accounting, and (of course) customers. Get more in-depth info on all these needed skills and data points at the next edition of the Austin Forum.

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500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

While a flood of new VCs came into existence during the late 90’s internet boom, many had difficulty raising new funds after the crashes of 2000-2001 and 2008 , and as a result significantly fewer fund managers exist now compared to a decade ago. but the food was awesome, & the PR wasn’t bad either).

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Up and Running

JULY 25, 2016

The forever-failing-upward “Big Head” had just opened his own incubator with some of the $20 million he received as severance from tech giant Hooli, and is eventually talked into partnering with fellow incubator Erlich Bachman, who brings little to the table beyond his desire to glom onto the success of others.

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socialmatchbox.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

These days sales, marketing and PR people seem to grow on trees. If you post up an ad to an online job board asking for someone to join your very high risk early stage startup company the odds of getting someone who decent are slim to none. client / Washington, DC ($500 Referral Reward) Developer/Partner / Rocket Whale, Inc.

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Babbling VC

JULY 14, 2016

There’s a dirty little secret amongst those who now how to run corporate incubators/accelerators/labs and it’s one hardly anyone would openly discuss. They are marketing and PR at best or where tired executives are put out to pasture. Finally, you as management ride the emotional rollercoaster daily and will burn out.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 23, 2011

Talk of buildings and incubators reminded me of the story of Building 20 from "Where Good Ideas Come From". ".Legendary VCs add knowledge, connection, and PR moreso than they add money that wasn't there before. What's key if Brooklyn is going to become a huge tech hub is that awareness and connection are critical.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Within a few months, they raised $30,000 (which was a lot of money for them) and were invited to an incubator for new business owners, where they learned how to run a company. That’s quite a turnaround from gaining $30,000 in funding and joining a startup incubator. I have been running a PR Firm, Whitegate PRINC since 2007.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I don’t believe you can hire great business people who outsource the development to a hot incubator who builds you code to match your ambitions. Many MBAs took marketing courses but have never been on the front line of A/B testing, email campaigns or PR initiatives. It’s either part of the DNA or it’s not.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

Maternova is a wholly owned, women-run start-up company that has built the first global marketplace, innovation incubator, and collaboration platform dedicated to improving maternal and newborn health. LivePlan , the company’s flagship product, is a SaaS (software as a service) solution for business planning and management.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 24, 2016

So I thought to myself how can I help other entrepreneurs through the same issues – I now have the experience, so I wanted to setup a type of incubator/Venture capital arm. To make it more unique, I dropped the E, and BLND PR was born. But wanted it to be different, so brought in various experts from various fields.

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entrepreMusings

MARCH 14, 2010

To every rule there is an exception and that exception was attending Austin Technology Incubator ’s Entrepreneurial Lounge the last three evenings. It was a fascinating workshop because I could see how you could apply his same techniques to people management/coaching. The weather has been gorgeous here. California weather.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

Chris Devore & Andy Sack have created Founder’s Coop with the goal of funding, incubating & launching more early-stage ventures in Seattle. These kinds of connections seldom emerge from middle management who view the immediate threats more than the long-run benefits. Not to mention every major agency, many PR firms, etc.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 6, 2015

Great Agencies achieves this by ranking the top vendors in specific niche markets within digital marketing, such as search engine optimization (SEO) agencies, pay-per-click (PPC) agencies, reputation management and branding companies, iOS application development, and Android application development companies, to name a few.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 16, 2016

At SocialsFirm we connect followers with those who are worth following and use 50% of our profits to incubate social entrepreneurial ventures. A PR expert once told me the name is esoteric, but that kind of made me like the name even more, heh heh. We are not just a company, we are a social firm. 10 – Terrible Pun.

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aweissman.com

APRIL 16, 2008

Someone said to me last week that we are a reverse incubator. Scott Rafer : VCs are money managers rather that bold desperados? Instead of providing a common office space, HR, marketing, PR functions, we provide a common development team and common values for product development excellence. must be a very slow news day.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2011

It’s as though we forgot the management mantra of the 90′s about “core competencies&# or the most common VC advice to entrepreneurs: Focus. With new micro VC entrants into to early-stage investing plus increased competition from angels, incubators and the like – traditional VCs have taken notice. Funny, that.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

For example, when companies say, “We value our employees” but have reserved parking spots, a private cafeteria and over-the-top offices for the executives that tells you more than any PR spin. Or if a CEO proudly boast about their corporate incubator, but the incubator’s parking lot is empty at 5:15 pm.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 30, 2012

Others have partners with expertise in PR. Given the proliferation of accelerators and incubators that pre-vet entrepreneurs, roll up their sleeves to help companies, and dress them up for demo days, the best and brightest are being showcased to look better than ever. It's happening on their side, too.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

signup, upgrade, trial pricing Zuora – online subscription management FeeFighters – find the cheapest credit card processors HealPay – Collections made easy Customer Support Tender – support, knowledgebase tool for your site GetSatisfaction - conversations between companies / customers.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2015

7 Secrets to Being an Extraordinary Creative Manager crowdspring.co/1hliIP7. Why the Perfect Manager Is Mature, Stable, and Boring crowdspring.co/1LbBfFa. Here’s What’s Cooking in a Few of the Country’s Hottest Design Incubators crowdspring.co/1OfjE4q. Ways To Profit From The Pope Visit crowdspring.co/1OVcy5Q.

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