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Insights and Opinions: LA's Startups Accelerators As NCAA Football Conferences

socalTECH

Ryan compares the many emerging startup incubators, accelerators, and mentorship programs to NCAA Football Conferences. So the writers block consensus was to write about LA startup incubators and mentorship organizations (2x as many votes as the other proposed topics). LAunchpaLA (the SEC). READ MORE>>.

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Biotech Roundup: ASCO, BIO, Drug Setbacks, Incubators & More

Xconomy

Plans for new incubators were announced in two different cities. —At the annual BIO conference, which gathered in San Francisco for the first time since cops battled street protesters in 2004, industry bigwigs took to the stage to defend themselves. Ed Silverman at STAT reported the analyst note first.

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8 Steps For Moving From A Business Dream To Results

Startup Professionals Musings

You probably already know the key challenges to complete each step, but it helps to write them down, review them with peers, and have a written list to update as you learn more. Stop talking and writing, and start executing the plan. Populate each step with actions required for success. Building a business is not a solo operation.

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Making The Pasadena Angels Relevant To Today's Startups, With Terry Kay

socalTECH

In a world with a rash of startup incubators and accelerators, super angels, crowdfunding sites, and more, what''s the relevance of organized angel investments groups? How is an angel group like the Pasadena Angel relevant in today''s world of accelerators, incubators, crowd funding, and more? Terry Kay: That''s a good question.

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My Pal Dave: A Triumph of Substance Over Style

Both Sides of the Table

He has it on stage, too, at conferences. I told him only 2 weeks ago when we were in London together that I wanted to write a blog post that has been in my head for 2 years. When he writes them online his Tourette’s comes out and sometimes the substance gets lost in the style. My pal Dave has blogger Tourette’s. Not much more.

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Attention Startup Accelerators: Your Job Is Not Over After Demo Day

InfoChachkie

Note: for purposes of this article, I am using the term “accelerator” to include incubators, startup labs and all other organizations geared to facilitating a startup’s early maturation. In addition, quantitative measurements included participants’ valuations, fundraising success, exit valuations and survival rates.

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Keep It Down Up There | The Canadian Tech Scene in Toronto

Tech Zulu Event

Fellow entrepreneur, Carlo Perez, invited me down to the MarS building, a bit of an incubator built by the government for biotech startups and research, where he shares community space thanks to a government grant of his own. As I toured, he even went on to explain some of the seed funding he does along with incubation.

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