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New Startup Accelerator for Battery Innovation Accepting Applications

American Entrepreneurship

This accelerator will allow us to attract the best startups and talent to the region, and connect them to the benchmark assets and expertise available here to change the trajectory of their business and technology commercialization,” said Binghamton University Associate Vice President of Innovation and Economic Development, Per Stromhaug.

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The Corporate Partners of Your Startup Accelerator Will Only Disappoint You

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Here is why — In my startup accelerator days, we had some corporate partners super eager to connect with us entrepreneurs. Connect, not… Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Startup Accelerators are Entrepreneur Boot Camps

Gust

By way of a definition, a business or startup incubator is a company, university, or other organization which provides resources to nurture young companies, helping them to survive and grow during the startup period when they are most vulnerable. A few are still trying to make money doing it, but it is hard to make money off startups.

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Why the Accelerator Model is Broken—and how 500 Startups is Fixing it

500

It’s what led me to San Francisco, and, ultimately, what drew me to 500 Startups. When I moved to San Francisco in 2012, I was working on my fourth startup and looking to join an accelerator. When I moved to San Francisco in 2012, I was working on my fourth startup and looking to join an accelerator.

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Should You Join a Startup Accelerator?

Entrepreneur's Handbook

There are hundreds of accelerators, but do they actually help? Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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How to Manage a Startup Through Troubling Times

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Like the downturns in 2008 and 2001, this has been a very trying time for entrepreneurs running startups. While some level of stress is inevitable if you are running a startup, times like this can ramp up the stress factor considerably. Here is advice I collected for dealing with the stress of running a startup: 1.

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The latecomer advantage in startups

TechCrunch

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and Equity co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. Sometimes, due to the nature of the startup game, we over index on “the new.” It just made me think about that larger comprehension coupled with the nimbleness of a startup.

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