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Mentors-Plus-Capital Programs – Intense Incubation

Startup Professionals Musings

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. Paul Graham built the mold at Y Combinator , which he founded back in 2005. He blogs at www.startwithmoxie.com. He blogs at www.startwithmoxie.com.

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Interview with Jamie Siminoff, Unsubscribe.com

socalTECH

I had been doing some angel investing, and incubating several projects. Not everyone had a spam filter, and lots of companies didn't have a spam filter in place until 2003, 2004, or 2005. I understand you managed to get funding through interest from a blog post? Jamie Siminoff: Fred Wilson is a good friend of mine.

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

Both Sides of the Table

Chris Devore & Andy Sack have created Founder’s Coop with the goal of funding, incubating & launching more early-stage ventures in Seattle. When I saw what BuddyTV is working on and how long they’ve been the market (since 2005) I realized that this has huge potential to help disrupt the television market.