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Your Product Needs to be 10x Better than the Competition to Win. Here’s Why:

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So he founded IdeaLab with his wife Marcia Goodstein (he talks in the video about working with a spouse and also working with siblings). IdeaLab has created 75 companies, leading to 8 IPOs, 35 or so acquisitions and more than 5 companies worth in excess of $1 billion. That gave Google a huge cost advantage. They are very hands on.

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I Want My CIC! … The Benefits for Startups to Be Co-Located

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These kinds of office space arrangement are often called “technology incubators&# or “startup labs&# or something similar. These are not to be confused with incubators like YCombinator or IdeaLab which look to invest in your company and take equity positions.

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Insteegram: Tech Meets Fashion | Interview with Founder Ed Park

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Park had a screen-printing business in 2004, starting with his own $4,000 investment. There was no competitive advantage once the big guys got involved. Kim was the Technical Lead at Triptrotting when it was incubated in Idealab and came on board to Insteegran last October. It’s a breath of fresh air.

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