This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 15, 2011

These companies have all the momentum they could ever hope to achieve and the investor community is abuzz over how impressive they all were. They have definitively set the bar for all other incubation/acceloration programs in the city--which I'm glad about. Competition is a good thing for everyone and it raises quality.

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Impact Hub

JULY 7, 2021

Throughout our Better Incubation working sessions , we were inspired to delve deeper into the participants’ diverse stories and to learn more about the “whats”, “whys” and “hows” behind their efforts to build inclusive entrepreneurship ecosystems. Q: In the end, it’s been all about a resilient community driven by a common purpose.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2021

For starters, WooCommerce is used by more sites than Shopify — which those same investors, press and analysts definitely know about. When Automattic acquired WooCommerce in 2015 , the move went mostly unnoticed in the broader tech community. Why should they care? billion with a share buyback a few months ago.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JULY 1, 2020

Her thesis entitled “Towards an Ecosystem Approach to the Strategy and Performance of Incubators” received two Best Dissertation in Management and Entrepreneurship Awards. She co-supervises a PhD thesis on “Incubator Sourcing and Performance: An Ecosystem Approach”. ” (#18303, August, Vancouver ).

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

“What if we created a research lab and business incubator that took these people with learning differences and put [them] together? I think the lab has definitely changed my life. We will continue to use the incubator space here at the lab and have Rick and Tom help us with the hard parts of running a business.

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Impact Hub

JULY 30, 2021

Inspired by the 2030 Agenda, INMI is an award-winning platform that connects the migrant community with a network of professionals and resources in an all-in-one support ecosystem. Q: A supportive network definitely has the power of changing lives and businesses and your story is a great example of that.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

For his own cold start, Gabor is focusing first on coalescing a critical mass of people — a community to hit the ground running when “T2” launches. And also what works, and what does not. Gabor left Google in July 2022 and has since been tweeting out his daily journey to figure out what to do next. (

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2021

A focus there will be on disadvantaged communities that haven’t had access to clean energy investments. Specifically, the proposal calls for funding for community-based small business incubators and innovation hubs to support growth in communities of color and underserved communites. ” Climate resiliency .

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TechCrunch

JUNE 25, 2021

There are several very active tech investment networks coming from several angles, e.g., university-led, groups of private angels and tech incubators. It’s developing rapidly with lots of support, so it will be bigger, attracting more investment and definitely more on the international scene five years from now.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Were you incubating companies together? What is your definition of a big idea and how do you know when you see it? I have a lot of respect for the product that they offer, and the community that they offer, and the way in which fundraising is enabled as a result of that. Our chat has been edited for length.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 27, 2010

The local tech community is figuring this out, not surprisingly, way before the academic institutions are—and where it is being discovered by academia, it’s being done on a one-off basis by educational revolutionaries in the innovation space who aren’t stopping to ask their schools for permission or to change curricula.

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Forward Cities

JULY 25, 2019

Reflections on measurement and definitions for evaluation – Part 2. In my last blog, I talked about the definition and evaluation of two key elements of an entrepreneurial ecosystem – entrepreneurs and entrepreneur support organizations (ESOs). By Stacey Williams , PhD, MPH – Director of Evaluation, Forward Cities.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 25, 2013

Back in 2006, when I started working on putting together some community groups for entrepreneurs and tech people, I looked for a better name to reference this collection of people. Tech community" seemed too much about people soldering things together and writing code. 33 Flatbush. Picture: Benjamin Norman for The New York Times.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 9, 2021

We are soon launching Founders’ Next Move , a selective, free community for founders researching their next move, which will be a key tool for working with outside talent. We discuss below all of the different ways you can work with the investment community. At Versatile VC , we’ve used all these models. CrunchBase (free).

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Founders Coop

APRIL 29, 2024

One failure mode for less effective accelerators, and even more so for the related “studio” or “incubator” model, is to pretend that people who otherwise would not be founders can be coached into the role with sufficient time and scaffolding. Step 4: Help them raise money Almost by definition, high-growth companies consume capital.

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Startup Catalyst

AUGUST 15, 2018

We talked about how startups have changed over the last few years, what support has meant to them, Startup Catalyst missions and their impact, as well as ways to get involved in the startup community. He has been a supporter of the startup community since before the word startup was in general conversation. Meet William McCullough.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 21, 2011

A lot has been written about whether or not we should be encouraging 1000 startups to bloom and the proliferation of incubators, as well as the growth of angel investing. Here's how you can prevent this NYC renaisannce from being a forest fire: Fail fast. If it doesn't, you pack up your marbles and go home to try something else.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

And it is one of the reasons that NYC is developing a vibrant technology community. I think NY has always – by definition – been urban. So we’ve seen an explosion in the number of startup companies and subsequently a huge burst in the number of incubators. I’m sure there’s a lot of truth to that.

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Impact Hub

AUGUST 10, 2021

Q: That’s definitely an urgent and relevant matter, and you’re doing incredible work advocating for refugee rights with UNIRE and GRN. To wrap this up, what was your key takeaway from the first LIAISE Community of Practice’ session? Q: We imagine that this description of yourself is a good introduction to your life purpose.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2022

We can either collect them directly from our clients (if they have them ready after attending incubators, etc.), Definitely! On the native side, you have direct access to those SDKs, but with hybrid, you need to write your own plugins (in native code), or rely on existing ones from the open-source community.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 19, 2010

What I definitely don't want to do is to do another startup--I think I'm much better at helping other entrepreneurs and being generally "entrepreneurial" than actually running a company. So, I figured, why not ask the community? Run an accelerator/incubator? So what, then, NYC innovation community? Not at all.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

The UAE began focusing on its tech and startup hub goal in 2016 by establishing the Sharjah Research Technology and Innovation Park to incubate companies in a variety of industries, including water management, renewable energy, transportation, manufacturing and agriculture. Image Credits: United Arab Emirates.

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Impact Hub

JUNE 18, 2019

As a finalist, Merce was awarded a place on a 6-month bespoke incubation program at Impact Hub Madrid – Alameda and mentorship with Leyre Romero, also an entrepreneur and the co-founder of the social consultancy firm Areteia, with whom she still enjoys a close and trusty relationship. The association currently has 44 members.

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 10, 2021

Kaholo was incubated by OurCrowd’s Labs/02 and is led by serial entrepreneur Lior Tal, whose three exits include a startup acquired by IBM for $225M. SPACS are definitely a space to watch, but doesn’t it also make you wish you could invest in great startups before they go public or merge with a SPAC? Learn more. DoorDash Inc.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

We’re still caught in the “post recession bounce” : What’s happening is that the angel & VC community is still feeling good from having bounced back from the nadir of the famous “ RIP Good Times ” funk that we felt in 2008.

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