SoCal CTO

JANUARY 2, 2013

You should begin asking at networking events and people you know in the startup world. This also avoids a common problem that will sometimes happen when you go the networking route. Accelerator / Incubator Mentors Most accelerators and incubators have a long list of potential mentors. For me, I'd use LinkedIn.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

Torch has four major parts: Innovation Clusters , Technology Business Incubators (TBIs), Seed Funding (Innofund) and Venture Guiding Fund. It did so by building a national network of a 1,000+ Productivity Promotion Centers. They provide consulting, promotion, product testing, hiring, training and incubation services to startups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2012

Startup incubators. A startup incubator is a company, university, or other organization which provides resources for equity to nurture young companies, helping them to survive and grow during the startup period when they are most vulnerable. These resources would likely include office space, consulting, and even a cash investment.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Through them, entrepreneurs can hook up with R&D resources in universities and companies, and get access to a robust support network that provides opportunities for visibility, growth and financing. Incubators, Accelerators, Competitions. Fing may be a think tank, but it fosters startup success in very concrete ways.

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Steve Blank

MAY 19, 2021

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. Connectors – who will help teams rapidly grow their networks to gain new insights from unique partners not yet discovered.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

” And then there are incubators and accelerators. They usually have strong networks to begin with so suddenly you’re hit up by everybody you know who has a friend. You want to build your network with other VCs so you go to demo days, SxSW and so forth. The temptation in our business can be to “take meetings.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2011

Startup incubators. A startup incubator is a company, university, or other organization which provides resources for equity to nurture young companies, helping them to survive and grow during the startup period when they are most vulnerable. These resources would likely include office space, consulting, and even a cash investment.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 18, 2013

It’s common knowledge by now that social networking is an important way to connect with customers. Consider developing special offers—like a 10 percent off coupon—that can be shared on social networks, encouraging your current customers to spread the word with their friends and family. But you need to be mindful about your approach.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2014

There are many organizations which cater to entrepreneurs, including The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) and local startup incubators. Kick your networking up a notch. Every geographic area has entrepreneur networking activities, like startup weekends and tech meetups. Hang out where entrepreneurs meet.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 17, 2015

In the first stage the Outpost focusses on networking and partnering in the Innovation Cluster in which it is based (i.e. In the second stage, it moves into Investing, Inventing, Incubating and Acquiring technologies and companies, and in the third stage building product(s ). Academics, consultants, incubators.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2021

The AWS APN Global Startup Program – for startup AWS Partner Network (APN) select and advanced technology partners looking to grow their products on AWS. Startups spend 10 weeks working closely with AWS experts, alongside an extended global network of investors and entrepreneurs. Physical space.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Networking no longer is primarily a face-to-face serial activity. Angel groups, accelerators, and incubators are pervasive. Early customer feedback will position your solution, and help you make pivots before critical time and money are lost. The cost of social media done well is low. Measuring progress with big data and analytics.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 28, 2014

Enter Competitions and Incubators. Things like winning startup competitions, getting selected to a startup incubator, partnering with a large company, are all good ways to show traction and some proof that you’re creating value. Social networking is so last year. Solve a Real World Problem.

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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. Another important web 2.0

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

However, there was no way for founders to share this information with other founders (this was life before the Internet, incubators and accelerators). Incubators and accelerators like Y-Combinator have institutionalized experiential training in best practices (product/market fit, pivots, agile development, etc.);

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. From this we have seen a commensurate boom in the number of startup companies. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin!

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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. How much does it really take to build a product like Twitter or Instagram?

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 16, 2018

AGENDA: 5:45pm – 6:30pm – Networking reception. 7:45pm – 8:15pm – General networking. Lifograph CEO Dea Wilson is a serial entrepreneur and Managing Director at the Silicon Valley Incubator. 6:30pm – 7:45pm – Speaker program. Dea Wilson, CEO at Lifograph. Dubbed “Ms.

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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. Natural networker with a proven track-record of establishing broad relationships. Wait a second, what’s this CAA logo all about? Are you merging? My friend Michael Yanover & I were speaking.

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Gust

JUNE 17, 2012

Startup incubators. A startup incubator is a company, university, or other organization which provides resources for equity to nurture young companies, helping them to survive and grow during the startup period when they are most vulnerable. These resources would likely include office space, consulting, and even a cash investment.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

But it did take Brad as a public spokesman, consummate networker and successful VC to help create legitimacy to let David’s ideas flourish. Chris Devore & Andy Sack have created Founder’s Coop with the goal of funding, incubating & launching more early-stage ventures in Seattle. It takes both to build a community.

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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. Most of the time, a new business just doesn’t have the know-how or the network that an established business would. Incubators provide that very important sense of community. It’s a safe place to get started.

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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? Nurture your network: they are an entrepreneurs’ biggest assets. by Melissa Thompson, CEO of TalkSession.

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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). Now they are coming back, and the best even provide networking, technical leadership, and seed funding, as well as investors waving money at graduates.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 8, 2011

We made clear that this class wasn’t an incubator. JointBuy allows buyers to start a new deal on any available product and share the idea with others through existing social networking sites. We tried to weed out those that were unsure why they were there as well as those trying to build yet another fad of the week web site.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 18, 2012

Montgomery also uses the examples and experiences of Cobalt Networks , 3Dfx Interactive and NetMind Technologies to support many of the points he makes to provide additional context.

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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). Now they are coming back, and the best even provide networking, technical leadership, and seed funding, as well as shared facilities and space.

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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. Common resources provided by most of the incubators and accelerators today include the following: Access to shared office facilities for multiple startup teams at a very low cost.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Bill Gross founded Idealab in 1996, making it the longest-running technology incubator alive today. Bob Sutton is a Stanford professor and the author of several best-selling books on standout management, including Scaling Up Excellence , an investigation of high-growth companies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2017

Provides networking with cofounders and strategic partners. Makerspaces are becoming the new incubators and accelerators for startups, and support contacts, including lawyers and marketing groups, will be easy to find. With the new rapid prototyping tools, products can be physically built for analysis, rather than just conceptualized.

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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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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 30, 2025

Participants are given instruction, connections, and a network on which to build and improve their young businesses. Alumni success comes down to two major elements: network connections and pitch training, which are essential to any reputableacceleratorprogram. If they arent, it may not be worth the time.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Color Labs, the photo-and-video-sharing social network that received much criticism over its pre-launch $41 million funding round, is about to be acquired by Apple. Pham left the startup in June 2011 over unknown reasons and went to work at Los Angeles incubator Science.

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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. Common resources provided by most of the incubators and accelerators today include the following: Access to shared office facilities for multiple startup teams at a very low cost.

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David Teten

MARCH 28, 2012

Almost every VC will say, “I respond to the CEO’s requests, I put him in touch with someone in my network when he asks me to”. In order to enable information-sharing, VCs must build very strong online and offline networks between portfolio companies, which organically provide a wealth of knowledge and support to each other.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2022

Founders Space was ranked the #1 incubator for overseas startups by Forbes and Entrepreneur Magazines. More About Duct Tape Marketing Consultant Network: Learn more here. Does it, you, the typical incubator, or do you feel like you have, uh, some innovations that you've brought to this? Like this show? Duct Tape Transcript.

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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. Common resources provided by most of the incubators and accelerators today include the following: Access to shared office facilities for multiple startup teams at a very low cost.

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