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. Paul Graham built the mold at Y Combinator , which he founded back in 2005. Tags: entrepreneurs incubators relationships startups. Relationships , I said back then.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2019

We went out on a limb in a competitive category with Wheels, and we did it because we believed in the founders. Twenty-two years later, the tech presence here has not only grown, but the city is now home to dozens of accelerators and incubators for startups. in 2005 for $680M. The LA technology scene has officially arrived!

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

I think the incubators have a lot to do with it. an incubator in Singapore, and we do a dozen or so investments a year. If you go back to 2005 and 2006 and look at a company which would have a $5M pre- then, it''s now $8 to $10M, all else equal. What''s your perspective on where fundraising is for startups here?

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MARCH 25, 2016

If you create a business and start building products and go into an incubator or raise angel/seed money and don’t think about Market Size and Market Structure I only have one question: Why? But that’s harder to build in 2016 than it was in say 2005. Competition. Incumbent Strengths & Weaknesses. You need a wedge.

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MAY 5, 2011

He listed all of the product releases that were up coming, the customers that were in the pipeline and where he saw his competition moving. Chris Devore & Andy Sack have created Founder’s Coop with the goal of funding, incubating & launching more early-stage ventures in Seattle. Imagine Apple without Steve Jobs.

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MAY 23, 2012

This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. Yes, it’s true that FOMO (fear of missing out) is driving some irrational behavior and valuations amongst uber competitive deals and well-financed VCs. LP contributions to VC firms shrunk from 2000 and by 2005-2008 had stabilized to around $30 billion per year.

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