Steve Blank

MAY 19, 2021

I spent yesterday sifting through the most recent lessons learned and results from a series of accelerators BMNT is running for the intelligence community. They then incubated and delivered a solution that will help get large vessels back to sea faster, potentially saving the Navy $20M-$30M a year.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

It didn’t help that “innovation” was the new hot-button buzzword from senior leadership, and incubators were sprouting in every division of their company, it just made their job more unmanageable. The ideas that pass through the prioritization filter enter an I-Corps incubation process. Incubation. Segments of the U.S.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 14, 2012

I'll bet you don't know where the Center of NY's Tech Community and Center of Creativity is. In fact, it is "well-known internationally as the original home of New York's technology community.". VCs and fulltime angels bring a lot more than just money to the communities they invest in. It says so right on their website.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2022

m are not for crowdfunding, but actually are matchmaking sites between entrepreneurs and professional investors or banks, or incubators. Other popular sites for startups, including StartupNation and Startups.co

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Startup incubators and accelerators are popping up everywhere. Business incubators were all the rage before the dot-com bubble (700 for profit, many more non-profit). Now they are back in every community, with the best even waving money at graduates. Smartphone apps can be built for less than $10K, so who needs an investor?

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Plans for more Singapore-based technology incubators. The NRF just announced that it will be opening up the application process for its Technology Incubation Scheme (TIS) to allow more investors to set up technology incubators under the scheme. ” Global Money Flow – From the West to Asia.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2020

are not for crowdfunding, but actually are matchmaking sites between entrepreneurs and professional investors or banks, or incubators. Other popular sites for startups, including StartupNation and Startups.co

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Keep your eyes and mind open to free sources of innovation in every ecosystem, including open-source software, university cooperative programs, and the many incubators and accelerators supported by volunteers and communities. You can provide the discipline and the resources for results.

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Gust

JULY 12, 2012

Two hundred angels, entrepreneurs and members of the startup community attended this inaugural event. We arrived from Moscow on April 25th; the following day, I spoke on Raising Money to Go Global at StartSmart , a conference held at an incubator and innovation center named Technopolis Ülemiste.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

” And then there are incubators and accelerators. Be the center of your knowledge space or geographic community. You need to say “no” faster to things you know you’re not going to fund based on fit, focus, geography, quality of concept, conflicts with portfolio. They all want you to come meet companies.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Incubators, Accelerators, Competitions. They themselves receive both public and private funding, which they use in turn to provide financial support to startups through incubators and other established channels. Exalead's true entrepreneurial colors still show, thanks to its internal project incubator, Exalabs.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Since then, I have been teaching Customer Development and running Lean LaunchPad style classes at variety of universities, national research laboratories, incubators, and startup communities throughout Japan. Their pivot resulted in great deal of customer tractions. Customer Development Education.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 23, 2023

The Impact of Community written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Lloyed Lobo In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Lloyed Lobo. He is an entrepreneur, podcast host, and community builder. Would you support that idea? [10:39] 11:32] The subtitle of the book has 13 rules.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Coworking Spaces - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , September 2, 2010 I've never been much of a fan of incubators. Betaworks is more than an incubator, but they have shown that they can make the incubation model work with projects like bit.ly Some have made the model work. and chartbeat. That crazy chicken.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2021

The accelerator provides equity-free financial support through AWS Promotional Credit, technical training and support, access to a global community of EdTech experts, and more. The startup must not be associated with a venture capital firm, accelerator, incubator, angel funding or seed or have received AWS Activate benefits before.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 8, 2012

How to build regional entrepreneurial communities has just gotten it’s first “here’s how to do it” book. Feld’s thesis is that unlike the common wisdom, it is entrepreneurs that lead a startup community while everyone else feeds the community. These events are a good proxy for the health and depth of a startup community.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. There is no sector of the economy that isn’t being transformed by the online community that is now voraciously consuming media, applications, communications and buying global products.

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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? Can you tell us about your experience with incubators? .

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2012

He penned a great piece on the LA tech community here in Forbes. 23:00 Question from the audience: Do VCs have a preference for startups that choose to work with incubators? They recently exited their investment in Gaikai for $380 million while their rival OnLive (who had raised > $200 million) just went through bankruptcy.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The Proven Framework For Building A Thriving Community written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Liz is a c ommunity design strategist, a community enablement architect, and the Creator of Return on Emotion. 15:20] What elements ignite a community when you’re trying to get started? [16:06] Like this show?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2010

He heads their business development practice and they have been very active in incubating, investing in and helping grow LA startups. Contributing overall with marketing and community outreach activities. Wait a second, what’s this CAA logo all about? Are you merging? My friend Michael Yanover & I were speaking.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 16, 2011

You can read more about Freshdesk on the 1M/1M Incubation Radar today. You can also read more about Bizosys on the 1M/1M Incubation Radar today. The technology has been highly acclaimed in the mobile device community as a way to let users type in multiple, especially non-Latin, languages.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 4, 2011

If you fail, you’ve failed your family, your community and your country. Entrepreneurship and incubators could be described as an “ Innovation Laboratory ” - similar to a scientific laboratory where entrepreneurs develop and test hypothesis (iterative guesses) about new business models.

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Version One Ventures

APRIL 30, 2013

Along with providing much-needed cash in the early days, success in a crowdfunding community shows product validation and market demand, since people are committing to a particular product. How a Garage-Based Incubator Is Fueling the Hardware Revolution (adafruit.com). Related articles.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 16, 2018

Lifograph CEO Dea Wilson is a serial entrepreneur and Managing Director at the Silicon Valley Incubator. She is a big supporter of female founders and investors and currently leads a community of almost 1,000 women leaders and entrepreneurs. Dea Wilson, CEO at Lifograph.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2018

Startup incubators and accelerators are popping up everywhere. Business incubators were all the rage before the dot-com bubble (700 for profit, many more non-profit). Now they are back in every community, with the best even waving money at graduates. Smartphone apps can be built for less than $10K, so who needs an investor?

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

The challenges are more business challenges and design challenges--so schools need to rethink how they interact with innovation communities if it's not going to only be through commercialization: Recognize that creating a founder should be a secondary goal. Be a community center. Kick the students out. Kick the faculty out.

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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). Incubators I hear mentioned most often include YCombinator , led by Paul Graham in Silicon Valley, and TechStars , located in Boston, Boulder, New York City, and Seattle.

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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.

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Gust

OCTOBER 29, 2014

praised the hub and its place in the community. This timely information is complemented by searchable, user-managed profiles of every startup, investor, incubator, and accelerator in NYC. For IBM, Digital.NYC provides exclusive community-building in the fastest growing tech ecosystem in the world. Gust News'

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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 that involves processes, structures, feedback loops, analytics and a community.”. Still, a product is nothing without scalability.

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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). The goal of most business incubators today is to strengthen the local economy, and commercialize new technologies. However, many research and technology parks also house incubation programs.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 8, 2011

We made clear that this class wasn’t an incubator. This addresses three problems vexing the news industry: inadequate online community engagement, poor topical search capacity on news sites, and scarcity of targeted online advertising niches. That night we posted the list of the students who were accepted into the class.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 4, 2023

She launched her financial practice, FARO Associates LLC (Latina/woman-owned/Minority Business Enterprise), and new fintech project, SHENIX, on her culturally-relevant financial services research and community needs. Chicago’s 1871 Chicago’s Technology and IHCC’s LatinX Incubator Selection. Aspen Ideas Festival Ricardo Salinas Scholar.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 19, 2012

Todd Park & Macon Philips, Lean Startup SXSW For the past three years, I have worked to bring the Lean Startup message to SXSW by showcasing our community, presenting real-life case studies, and trying to connect the tactics and advice into a coherent whole. Winner will be selected by community vote. Then submit your idea here.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Entrepreneurship communities and crowdfunding platforms designed to support entrepreneurs are popping up left, right, and center all around the world. This is a good sign.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 21, 2014

For current founders, in our hyper-pressurized worlds of being incubated, accelerated, and constantly switching modes between pitching and executing, how do we successfully navigate the labyrinth to success? All of these attributes will effectively benefit the entrepreneurial community. by Melissa Thompson, CEO of TalkSession.

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