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Accelerate Your Startup With Help From An Incubator

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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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COI Pharmaceuticals Gets $576M Exit

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San Diego-based COI Pharmaceuticals , the life sciences incubator and support entity created by Avalon Ventures to support its portfolio companies, says that one of its companies, Calporta Therapeutics , has been acquired by Merck. Calporta Therapeutics was launched out of COI Pharmaceuticals in 2015. READ MORE>>.

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Qualcomm Launches Robotics Accelerator

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Qualcomm said its Qualcomm Robotics Accelerator will focus on helping to accelerate the development of a next generation of robotics and intelligence machines. Qualcom said that the deadline for applications is February 22nd, and the class will start in May of 2015 and end in September of 2015. READ MORE>>.

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Realistic Strategies For Funding Product Development

Startup Professionals Musings

Yet I still get too many business plans that clearly are looking for money to do research and development (R&D) on a new and unproven technology. Funding sources for this stage extend from grants to large private fund incubators, such as the IBM Watson initiative. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 4/3/2015.

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Hush Scores $100K On Kickstarter For Smart Earplugs

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San Diego-based Hush , a startup out of the EvoNexus incubator, has blown past its initial crowdfunding goals, raising more than $105,000 so far in the first five days of the company''s crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter. The company is hoping to reach production in May of 2015. The company is led by Daniel Lee. READ MORE>>.

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Wearable World Inc. Announces Collaboration to Create IoT and Wearables Solutions for Cities

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The IoT for Cities Summit and Challenge , scheduled for March 10-11, 2015 , in San Francisco will welcome government officials, industry representatives, entrepreneurs, investors and residents to conduct a large-scale listening and idea sharing session. Wearable World, Inc. ,

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7 Seed-Stage Funding Sources To Finance Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Seed-stage, meanwhil e, is technically that critical period when you need funding to do solution- and business-model development, to prove that your new product or service works, before you try to sell it to customers. Startup incubator seed funding. Many municipalities offer these to facilitate local new business development.

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