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Tapping The Power Of The Crowd For Ideas, Advice and Funding, with JumpStartFund

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Dirk Ahlborn: We are coming out of the nonprofit incubator, the Girvan Institute of Technology, which has been around since 2002, and is funded by NASA Ames. It is one of the older incubators in Los Angeles, even though not a lot of people know about it. That gives us access to the patents from those federal labs and universities have.

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8 Potential Entrepreneur Assists From Your Alma Mater

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Most universities have a file of patents from project work that they are willing to license to any entrepreneur for business commercialization, with little or no cost up front. Get help with grant funding and incubator resources. Find technical and legal guidance and advisors.

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JumpStartFund Launches First Ever Crowd-Powered Portal For Startups

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Helping solicit new business ideas and patents from individuals, federal research labs, universities and other R&D organizations countrywide. How its online incubation works. Members submit ideas and patents, the JumpStartFund community members and the JumpStartFund team vets them. El Segundo, CA based JumpStarter Inc.,

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6 Drivers For Aspiring Entrepreneurs To Finish School

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They provide peer group organizations, usually called incubators, with free resources, practice environments, and outside mentoring that can help you learn and pivot with minimal cost. Take advantage of free startup programs and mentors. Every school recognizes the power of “hands-on” work to help you develop your own ideas into a business.

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8 Ways Your Old School Can Energize Your New Venture

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Most universities have a file of patents from project work that they are willing to license to any entrepreneur for business commercialization, with little or no cost up front. Get help with grant funding and incubator resources. Find technical and legal guidance and advisors.

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Maine’s Largest Hospital Launches Internal Health Tech Accelerator

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Maine Medical Center, Maine’s largest hospital, is investing in their employees and giving them a chance to act on their innovative ideas that could transform healthcare. You need to share ideas, invest jointly, and work in teams to get anything off the ground,” she said. “I The hospital itself has had two patents issued to it. “We

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How Entrepreneurs Can Capitalize On Their Alma Mater

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Most universities have a file of patents from project work that they are willing to license to any entrepreneur for business commercialization, with little or no cost up front. Get help with grant funding and incubator resources. Find technical and legal guidance and advisors.