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Creating Better VCs: An Accelerator for the Dark Side

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Every single topic about running a company has been written about ad nauseum, there are incubators, accelorators, mentoring programs, events, talks, etc. Their guidance and network can also make these companies better. These days, there are a ton of options for you if you''re a startup seeking guidence.

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

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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. As much as a local community member might want to talk up a scene, the media always wants to follow the money.

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The bar is higher

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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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Why Technology is Driving More Urban Renewal

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I see it first hand in Los Angeles where given the growth of YouTube networks the worlds of art & technology are colliding. It’s becoming harder to distinguish tech companies from media companies. So we’ve seen an explosion in the number of startup companies and subsequently a huge burst in the number of incubators.

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VentureBlick Raises $2.6M for Two Health Startups, Introduces Medtech Super Incubator

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million in funding for NousQ, a Singaporean startup that has developed a smart robotic handheld device for otitis media surgery. ” Starting in the latter part of this year, VentureBlick will enhance its global venture incubation program with a strong focus on the medtech sector. The post VentureBlick Raises $2.6M

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What Should We Make of Peter Thiel’s “20 Under 20? Education Program?

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In the US we now have some very well established incubation programs run by high-caliber mentors including IdeaLab, yCombinator, TechStars, BetaWorks and Launchpad LA. Suddenly everybody wants to be an incubator. You don’t need a network. You know how this ends. I’ll give you a real world example.

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Lessons for Brooklyn: Information Spillover at the Roots of NYC Tech

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Talk of buildings and incubators reminded me of the story of Building 20 from "Where Good Ideas Come From". ".Legendary It's not an accident that VC firms started converging on NYC in full force when the social media buzz about Foursquare back in '09 "leaked" the info that there was something amazing going on in this community.