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The Entrepreneurial Path: Essential Tips for First-time Founders

American Entrepreneurship

Develop a Strong Network Building a network of advisors, mentors, investors, and peers can be one of your most valuable resources as a founder. Networking can help you gain insights into industry trends, potential partnerships, and funding opportunities while providing a support system when times get tough.

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Interview: James Burnes, Ministry of Awesome

NZ Entrepreneur

We run programs like Founder Catalyst, which is our flagship incubation nine-month long program that happens year-round. Locally here in Christchurch where we’re headquartered we operate a lot of events and organisational activities. So we’ve also eliminated these high-end production demo days, the big events.

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NJEDA Board Approves Two Programs to Advance New Jersey’s Leadership in Artificial Intelligence

American Entrepreneurship

Additionally, the program requires that the business enter into a collaborative relationship with a New Jersey-based public or private research university, technology startup, incubator, accelerator, or similar entity. Winners will also receive mentorship and advisory support from the Administrators network of subject matter experts.

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The bar is higher

This is going to be BIG.

There are incubators to help you out on the financing side, too. The success of YCombinator and Techstars has spawned countless new incubators. New York will feature five this summer alone--Techstars, DreamIt, Startl and the NYC Seed/EDC Media and Finance incubators.

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8 Reasons Incubators and Accelerators Attend the World Incubation Summit

UBI Global

Activate Your Innovation with the World Incubation Summit 2019 (WIS19) Attending a conference, symposium, or industry event is exciting on a personal and professional level. The post 8 Reasons Incubators and Accelerators Attend the World Incubation Summit appeared first on UBI Global.

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How VCs, Accelerators, and Coworking Spaces Put Communities in Buildings vs. Buildings in Communities

This is going to be BIG.

On top of that, they tend to be the locus of innovation networks. It's no accident that the people who give out money have the largest networks of people floating around them. Techstars and other accelerators have also become major network hubs in the NYC ecosystem, bringing investors together from all across the country.

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Anatomy of an Innovation-friendly School

This is going to be BIG.

Sales and marketing skills and a huge network of customers, capital, and talent are huge value adds--but I know very few students honing that. They don't have to be big, contrived incubators--just a few couches and maybe a plug or two--and open wifi. Kick the faculty out. The faculty should be, too. Connect with your alumni better.