Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2012

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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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I’m in Seattle this week. Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. As I gear up to give a keynote at the annual Seattle 2.0 And I think about the “Seattle issue&# as a metaphor for startups and business in general. My recipe for Seattle or your community: 1.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

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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David Cohen

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Companies in the program get $20,000 in funding and help from great mentors in the TechStars community in addition to access to top executives and engineers within Microsoft. Matt has been running the Eastside Incubator in Redmond and has a great background from his time at Microsoft and as an entrpreneur.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

There are lots of good articles on the news – two of them are at TechCrunch ( Startup Incubator TechStars Raises $24M, Increases Funding For Each Company By $100K ) and Launch ( TechStars Offering Extra $100K to All Companies with New $24M Fund.). There are many more who have invested in individual TechStars companies.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 3, 2017

The leadership centers of the microcomputer world shifted from Albuquerque to the San Fernando Valley (LA), the Bay Area, and Seattle. If you are a qualified candidate for a prominent accelerator or incubator program in your field of interest, and, if you get accepted, you should go. Deals were getting done there.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 20, 2018

The city’s close proximity to major business centers like Seattle and Silicon Valley is another notable benefit, enabling a vibrant flow of talent between cities up and down the west coast. There are a handful of respected incubators operating in the city, including Startup Edmonton and TEC Edmonton. By Christian Raul Hernandez.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Our community colleges are excellent as well, including the Alamo Colleges, Austin Community College, the Dallas College and the Lone Star Community College. In San Antonio we take great pride in our diverse, artistic, affordable and culturally rich community filled with a young and burgeoning creative class workforce.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2019

Migo is currently based in Seattle, Wash. Seattle has seen a new influx of funding sources come into the market, plus the launch of homegrown incubators like Pioneer Square Labs, Madrona Labs and Amazon’s Alexa Accelerator. Tell us about the startup ecosystem there. How and when did your team come together?

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 22, 2017

Currently in Silicon Valley, Chicago, Seattle, New York City, and Los Angeles, ReBoot Accel has helped over 600 women gain confidence, reset goals, and learn new skills – 82% of whom have landed jobs. They offer ongoing learning and access to a community of like-minded women, seminars and workshops.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 20, 2018

The city’s close proximity to major business centers like Seattle and Silicon Valley is another notable benefit, enabling a vibrant flow of talent between cities up and down the west coast. There are a handful of respected incubators operating in the city, including Startup Edmonton and TEC Edmonton. By Christian Raul Hernandez.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 6, 2011

John has rightly observed that many small companies, as well as foreign companies trying to get into the United States, have limited budget, and could use 25% of the time of a sales rep in each geography, say, New York, San Francisco, Chicago, and Seattle. I like the idea, and recognize the problem.

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OnlyOnce

DECEMBER 21, 2009

One of my other key takeaways from this, which I've known for a while and have been meaning to blog about, is just how vibrant the tech startup community is here in New York. Despite the geographic density to the startups, the New York startup scene is a long way from being a community. Chris Dixon's seminal post on this is here.

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www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Ashish Soni, a professor at the University of Southern California School of Engineering, and the executive director of its Digital Innovation lab, says that in the past many of his graduates would have gone directly to Seattle or San Francisco, but now theyre staying put, getting hired by local start-ups. That said a lot." E-Newsletters.

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Up and Running

JULY 21, 2016

cities to start a business in for 2016 ), you will need to focus more on access to angel and venture capital funding, business incubators and accelerators, and a climate that is supportive of startups. Top 10 Hot Incubators to Join in Silicon Valley. Silicon Valley Startup Incubation and Acceleration Meetup. AngelList Boston.

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www.founderinstitute.com

MARCH 2, 2010

You can contact Adam J.August at 1600 Tysons Boulevard, Suite 700 | McLean, Virginia 22102 Phone 703.720.8059 | Fax 703.720.8610 adam.august@hklaw.com | www.hklaw.com Affinity Lab is an entrepreneurial launch platform serving a rich community of Washington DC businesses, non-profits and start-ups.

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mashable.com

MARCH 24, 2011

Thinking of applying to one (or all) of the summer accelerator/incubator/angel/mentoring programs like TechStars , Joystick Labs , or any of those found on this comprehensive list ? First, we had a contact from within the startup community read through our application and give us honest feedback on it.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Other cities like New York, Boston, Seattle, LA and Austin TX also have pretty strong startup communities. I’m sure some of you are thinking “that’s all great – but I live in the middle of nowhere and none of those resources are available to me.&# To be blunt, find a way to move to Silicon Valley.

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www.readwriteweb.com

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

8: Connect With the Community : Hold a live town hall where you can collect feedback and get advice from your users. The same crowd that attends the events also goes to the parties, but the parties are free. Set the ground rules so you and the advisor know how much time you have access to.

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