LA Cleantech Incubator Gets $5M For New Program
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JUNE 1, 2017
The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) has just received $5M to fund a new initiative, called Energize California , to help boost clean technology startups. READ MORE>>.
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Every Startup Goes Through Distinctive Funding Phases
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 5, 2023
It’s helpful to think of startups as proceeding through several stages, which I have defined a long time ago from a funding perspective. The alternative is to work with an innovation institute to evaluate your technology, or hire a consultant. Funding or rollout stage. Don’t waste your resources on the wrong ones.
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EvoNexus Launches Incubator Effort With Cisco
socalTECH
JUNE 4, 2014
Startup entrepreneurs in San Diego have yet more resources at the EvoNexus startup incubator, after EvoNexus and Cisco said that they will be launching a new, joint incubation program called CiscoEIR@EvoNexus. The two said that Cisco will help provide financial support, use of co-working space, access to mentors, and more.
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157 The Complete Guide To Southern California Accelerators and Incubators, Part I
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 9, 2012
In recent months, a dozen accelerators and incubators have emerged in the Southern California area, looking to help take the new generation of technology startups to funding and beyond. However, with the proliferation of incubators, the difficulty in figuring out. Funding: Yes. Funding: Yes. Funding: Yes.
Independa Joins EvoNexus Incubator
socalTECH
DECEMBER 6, 2010
San Diego-based Independa , the developer of technology to help senior citizens live independently longer, has been selected for San Diego's EvoNexus incubator. EvoNexus is the business incubation effort being run by CommNexus, which looks to provide office space, utilities, broadband, mentoring, and other assistance to startups.
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Boost Your New Venture By Teaming With An Incubator
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 4, 2018
One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. Most of these are non-profits, set up by a university to commercialize new technologies, or a municipality to foster business development for the local economy.
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How To Identify New Venture Assistance Organizations
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 3, 2023
One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. Most of these are non-profits, set up by a university to commercialize new technologies, or a municipality to foster business development for the local economy.
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7 Ways Academic Connections Can Assist A New Venture
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 29, 2021
The professors know how to get grants to fund development for you in strategic focus areas, like biotech, that would otherwise cost you many thousands of dollars. Look for special programs for entrepreneurs, like the Arizona State University Furnace Technology Transfer Accelerator program that I am familiar with, available to non-students.
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Accelerate Your Startup With Help From An Incubator
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 17, 2016
One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. Most of these are non-profits, set up by a university to commercialize new technologies, or a municipality to foster business development for the local economy.
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Accelerators Have Resources To KickStart Your Startup
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020
One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. Most of these are non-profits, set up by a university to commercialize new technologies, or a municipality to foster business development for the local economy.
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Mentors-Plus-Capital Programs – Intense Incubation
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 17, 2010
By Jim Flowers A few months ago, Marty invited me to comment on business incubation and what a startup company ought to expect from an incubator. There is a growing fellowship of special-case start-up programs operated by closely-knit, permanent groups of angel-mentors. Relationships , I said back then.
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80 Zuma Ventures: Creating A New Technology Startup Model
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 6, 2014
David Carter and Allen Hurff are two startup veterans, who believe they have a new formula to help create early stage, technology companies, through their new "startup studio", Zuma Ventures (www.zumavc.com). How is this different than accelerator or incubator? We created a product that would allow you to print barcodes.
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10 Alternative Funding Sources For Your New Venture
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 29, 2020
One of the most frequent questions I get as a mentor to entrepreneurs is “How do I find the money to start my business?” For example, professional investors put great priority on your previous experience in building a business, and they expect to own a portion of the business equity and control for the funds they do provide.
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Will A Business Incubator Help Hatch Your Startup?
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 1, 2014
One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. Most of these are non-profits, set up by a university to commercialize new technologies, or a municipality to foster business development for the local economy.
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Should Startups Incubate, Accelerate, Cohabitate or Stay In Mom’s Basement?
InfoChachkie
OCTOBER 7, 2013
Significant confusion exists when distinguishing between Accelerators and Incubators. According to Brad, "There is a fundamental difference between an incubator and an accelerator… an incubator has an economic model that is based around having people be tenants. Having people being captive within some investor’s…sphere.
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238 Investors Love Top Startup Incubator Graduates
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 24, 2011
Business incubators for sharing services were all the rage back in the days of the dot-com bubble (700 for profit, many more non-profit). Now they are coming back, and the best even provide networking, technical leadership, and seed funding, as well as investors waving money at graduates.
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Founder Insitute LA Gears Up For Spring Semester
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 8, 2011
The Los Angeles chapter of the Founder Insitute , the startup incubation program run locally by Ken Rutkowski, is gearing up for its Spring Semester, saying that it has added a number of new mentors for the semester. Other mentors to the effort include Elon Musk (Tesla/SpaceX), Kelly Perdew (Fastpoint Games), Michael Robertson (MP3.com),
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Interview with Alex Schneider, Ventura Ventures Technology Center
socalTECH
JANUARY 27, 2010
On Thursday, the City of Ventura is formally launching a new incubator, the Ventura Ventures Technology Center (www.v2tc.com), targeted at high tech businesses. The incubator so far includes startups Lottay , Geodelic , and a number of other Internet and other technology firms. What is the Ventura incubator?
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Funding Alternatives Change As Your New Venture Grows
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 28, 2018
It’s helpful to think of startups as proceeding through several stages, which I have defined some time ago from a funding perspective. The alternative is to work with an innovation institute to evaluate your technology, or hire a consultant. Funding or rollout stage. Don’t waste your resources on the wrong ones.
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8 Potential Entrepreneur Assists From Your Alma Mater
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
The lesson of finding help, connections, and even funding where other people may never look is one that makes all the difference in the entrepreneur lifestyle. Get help with grant funding and incubator resources. Access to entrepreneurs-in-residence, business mentors. Find technical and legal guidance and advisors.
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The Best Startup Incubators Have the Best People
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 2, 2010
Business incubators for sharing services were all the rage back in the days of the dot-com bubble (700 for profit, many more non-profit). Now they are coming back, and the best even provide networking, technical leadership, and seed funding, as well as shared facilities and space.
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How To Find Support Resources For Your Startup Stage
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 12, 2020
It’s helpful to think of startups as proceeding through several stages, which I have defined a long time ago from a funding perspective. The alternative is to work with an innovation institute to evaluate your technology, or hire a consultant. Funding or rollout stage. Don’t waste your resources on the wrong ones.
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Southern California Accelerator Report Card: Q1 2013
socalTECH
APRIL 12, 2013
There''s been a lot of activity over the past two years in the Southern California accelerator/incubator market, with numerous groups (Amplify, EvoNexus, K5, LaunchpadLA, MediaCamp, Science, StartEngine, and many, many others) looking to help entrepreneurs start and fund their companies. where we totalled up $33.85M in funding.
Interview with Dave Eastman, Viterbi Startup Garage
socalTECH
APRIL 13, 2021
For today's interview, we spoke to Dave Eastman, the Director of the Viterbi Startup Garage, a startup incubator that is run by the University of Southern California, out of its location in Marina Del Rey. How are you different from other startup incubators, etc? It's not entirely exclusive, however.
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6 Drivers For Aspiring Entrepreneurs To Finish School
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
In fact, I think the evidence is clear that many entrepreneurs started their journey while still in college, and capitalized on all the resources there, before moving on: Extend your technology focus with business basics. Take advantage of free startup programs and mentors. Write a business plan and pitch deck for learning.
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LaunchpadLA Names Second Class
socalTECH
APRIL 15, 2010
Los Angeles-based Launchpad LA , the startup mentoring effort spearheaded by GRP Partners' Mark Suster, is announcing this afternoon that it has selected 10 startups for the second season of the program. Luanchpad LA's last class had thirteen companies, of which eleven received venture funding and where one was acquired. READ MORE>>.
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188 7 Seed-Stage Funding Sources To Finance Your Startup
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 5, 2015
Even if you work every day in the world of new-venture funding, as I do, the options are confusing, and their meanings seem to change on a regular basis. Crowdfunding is rapidly becoming the major source of funding for seed-stage startups. Business accelerator funding. Startup incubator seed funding.
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New Group Looks To Bridge Gap Between Research, Companies
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 21, 2010
Taking notice of the gap between the amount and depth of research and technology at local universities, and new company formation, a new group has quietly formed in Los Angeles to tackle the issue. Tags: startups university research mentoring network tech.
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8 Ways Your Old School Can Energize Your New Venture
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 30, 2020
The lesson of finding help, connections, and even funding where other people may never look is one that makes all the difference in the entrepreneur lifestyle. Get help with grant funding and incubator resources. Access to entrepreneurs-in-residence, business mentors. Find technical and legal guidance and advisors.
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10 Ways To Get The Capital You Need For Your Startup
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 21, 2023
One of the most frequent questions I get as a mentor to entrepreneurs is “How do I find the money to start my business?” For example, professional investors put great priority on your previous experience in building a business, and they expect to own a portion of the business equity and control for the funds they do provide.
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106 Interview with Kevin Hell, EvoNexus
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 13, 2012
A couple of weeks ago, twelve companies moved into the new downtown San Diego, EvoNexus incubator--which is run by CommNexus. Running that effort is Kevin Hell , the founder of DivX, who we caught up with to learn more about EvoNexus and how the group is trying to help grow technology startups in San Dieog.
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212 Radicle Accelerator Fund Launches to Nurture AgTech Innovation
Xconomy
JUNE 22, 2016
Radicle, a new accelerator fund focused on agricultural ventures, is launching today with plans to seed and nurture the next generation of agtech companies addressing global farming problems. Before making an investment, Radicle says it screens technologies and can quickly vet and validate technologies through its farm connections.
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Interview Dan Dato and Bruce Brown, Upstart.LA
socalTECH
JUNE 6, 2011
Those programs--epitomized by YCombinator in the Bay Area, and TechStars in Boulder, Colorado--attract newly minted entrepreneurs with a mixture of cash and mentoring, and a program which rapidly takes ideas and turns them into viable, executing businesses. Those mentors are not just Bruce and I, although we are full time on this.
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10 Tried-And-True Strategies For Funding New Ventures
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 25, 2016
One of the most frequent questions I get as a mentor to entrepreneurs is “How do I find the money to start my business?” For example, professional investors put great priority on your previous experience in building a business, and they expect to own a portion of the business equity and control for the funds they do provide.
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107 Startup Accelerators are Entrepreneur Boot Camps
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 8, 2012
Business incubators for sharing services were all the rage back in the days of the dot-com bubble (700 for profit, many more non-profit). Now they are coming back, and the best even provide networking, technical leadership, and seed funding, as well as investors waving money at graduates.
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Let Me Count The Ways Entrepreneurs Fund Startups
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 12, 2014
One of the most frequent questions I get as a mentor to entrepreneurs is “How do I find the money to start my business?” For example, professional investors put great priority on your previous experience in building a business, and they expect to own a portion of the business equity and control for the funds they do provide.
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MuckerLab Startup Accelerator Brings TechStars Incubation To Los Angeles
Tech Zulu Event
OCTOBER 21, 2011
It’s a three-month program providing its selected startups with $21,000 in seed funding, plus the typical incubator benefits like shared office space, legal assistance, infrastructure and hosting, and mentorship from a network of advisors.
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7 Entrepreneur Stages Help You Assess Your Progress
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
Every entrepreneur starts by accepting the reality that you have a rare mindset of joy of discovery, with an intense curiosity about how certain things or people work, or why a new technology hasn’t yet been accepted. An occasional discussion with a mentor won’t do it. You need to feel the passion of others in the same stage.
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Startups Need to Leverage Their Local Universities
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 19, 2013
The professors know how to get grants to fund development for you in strategic focus areas, like biotech, that would otherwise cost you many thousands of dollars. Look for special programs for entrepreneurs, like the Arizona State University Furnace Technology Transfer Accelerator program that I am familiar with, available to non-students.
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Interview with Erik Rannala, MuckerLab
socalTECH
OCTOBER 24, 2011
Accelerator programs--like YCombinator in Silicon Valley, and TechStars in Colorado--have come to the forefront of the minds of entrepreneurs as a way to boost their ideas quickly into the market, find funding, and into existence. We're providing seed funding, office space, and put them through a three month, structured program.
Capturing The Entrepreneurial Energy At StartEngine's Demo Day
socalTECH
JANUARY 31, 2013
It was standing room only at StartEngine 's Demo Day Wednesday afternoon, held at Santa Monica's Cross Campus , as the startup accelerator launched eight of its latest startups into the world, after a 90 day process of mentoring, honing their business model, and heads down development. Standing room only crowd at StartEngine). It's unclear.
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Omkar Kulkarni On The Cedars-Sinai, Techstars Health Accelerator
socalTECH
JANUARY 7, 2016
The idea is to have a partnership between Cedars-Sinai and Techstars, where we select ten healthcare startup companies focused on innovative technology and care delivery in healthcare. Both sets of mentors re really united to help drive the pace of growth of these startups, must faster than they might have grown traditionally.
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Omkar Kulkarni On The Cedar Sinai-Techstars Health Accelerator
socalTECH
JANUARY 7, 2016
The idea is to have a partnership between Cedars Sinai and Techstars, where we select ten healthcare startup companies focused on innovative technology and care delivery in healthcare. Both sets of mentors re really united to help drive the pace of growth of these startups, must faster than they might have grown traditionally.
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100 Seek Support Organizations Based On Startup Stage
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 27, 2016
It’s helpful to think of startups as proceeding through several stages, which I have defined some time ago from a funding perspective. The alternative is to work with an innovation institute to evaluate your technology, or hire a consultant. Funding or rollout stage. Don’t waste your resources on the wrong ones.
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