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Why we’re ditching Demo Days | TechCrunch

Mar

2017

I started to realize that Demo Days might be getting stale when an investor at one of our events told me to share the highlights after the pitches were done — he would be out in the hallway with a beer. Another time, an investor said he wanted to quit his job and build a ...

What’s the Difference Between and Incubator and Accelerator?

May

2013

Brad prefaced his comments by highlighting several meaningful distinctions between accelerators and incubators.”I think there is a fundamental difference between an incubator and an accelerator… (this) distinction helps people understand why, (even though) … there is a saturation point, but we are nowhere close to it. The distinction between the two is that an incubator ...

2012 Startup Accelerator Report presented by .CO – Tech Cocktail

May

2013

A Guide to Choosing the Best Accelerator for Your Tech Startup is a 20-page startup accelerator report that outlines five key factors for startups to consider when choosing an accelerator. Accelerators offer entrepreneurs a chance to spend several months intensely focused on their product and business – fueled by funding and mentorship, and often in ...

STARTGRID – MEET. WORK. GROW.

May

2013

Startgrid connects entrepreneurs to resources, relationships and community – everything needed to build great companies. It’s where the whole entrepreneurial economy comes together. You’ve got passion, a big idea and a clear vision. You’re working hard to build a great business. Is that enough? The difference between success and failure often comes down to having ...

IBM Banks On Small Start-Ups For Big Growth

Aug

2011

Streetline Inc. has been selling its parking-sensor technology for only a year and it has just 30 employees, but International Business Machines Corp. is depending on it and hundreds of young start-ups like it to reach ambitious financial targets. By 2015, IBM expects to add about $30 billion to its 2010 revenue of $99.9 billion, ...

Microsoft Startup Zone

Nov

2009

We’re helping technology startups around the world incubate ideas and drive innovation forward. Microsoft® Startup Zone provides essential resources to get the most from Microsoft.Leading platform to build your future on Strong, reliable and scalable —learn about the common-sense, cost-effective tools to help you get to market faster.Go to Software More partners —more possibilitiesIncrease your ...

NYC’s Entrepreneurship Plan Met With Skepticism – WSJ

Apr

2009

Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that the location will house the first city-sponsored “business incubator” for start-up companies. It’s part of a $45 million broader proposal to help the financial services industry recover from the economic downturn. In part, the city hopes these initiatives will encourage laid-off workers on Wall Street to start-up or join new ...

Incubators: A Great Place to Hatch Your Company

Sep

2008

Imagine a place where you can focus on getting your company off the ground. A place with affordable rent where office equipment and administrative help are provided, and managerial and business advice are close at hand. If you imagined such a place, would you be dreaming? Maybe not, if you can hook mall business incubators ...

Y Combinator, the incubator with buzz — VentureBeat

Sep

2008

Without doubt, the incubator flavor of the year is Y Combinator. Few of its companies have matured enough to judge its success, but we’re seeing promising ideas emerge. Reddit, for example, was sold to Wired parent, Conde Nast. Its guiding light is leader Paul Graham, who thinks and writes deeply (we’ve linked to him often) ...

A National Benchmarking Analysis of Technology Business Incubator Performance and Practices TABLE OF CONTENTS – CiteSeerX

Sep

2008

(Download the pdf file at this link. Date:2002)A research team organized by the National Business Incubation Association (NBIA) conducted a benchmarking research study of 79 technology business incubators. The team gathered data from incubator managers on core or primary business outcomes (employment and sales revenue growth) of client companies, as well several precursor or secondary ...