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How To Find Support Resources For Your Startup Stage

Startup Professionals Musings

Don’t waste your resources on the wrong ones. The most common support organization at this level is called a startup incubator or accelerator , and these exist in most countries, usually sponsored by a university, local government organization, or even local individuals. If you need money now, is has to come from friends and family.

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Every Startup Gains From An Incubator Or Accelerator

Startup Professionals Musings

A question I often get as an adviser is whether or not to join a business incubator or accelerator as a way to move forward faster and smarter and increase the odds of business success. Most incubators start their program with some aptitude and business acumen tests. Direction, mentoring and resources required.

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Every Startup Goes Through Distinctive Funding Phases

Startup Professionals Musings

Don’t waste your resources on the wrong ones. The most common support organization at this level is called a startup incubator or accelerator , and these exist in most countries, usually sponsored by a university, local government organization, or even local individuals. If you need money now, is has to come from friends and family.

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An LA-led, public-private partnership pitches a $150B green infrastructure package to Congress

TechCrunch LA

All of that charging infrastructure and grid upgrades are in part designed to help meet the increased power demands that the proposal expects to bring onto the grid through another $25 billion in government funding for electric vehicles of all types.

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Know the Right Resources for Your Startup Stage

Startup Professionals Musings

Don’t waste your resources on the wrong ones. The most common support organization at this level is called a startup incubator or accelerator , and these exist in most countries, usually sponsored by a university, local government organization, or even local individuals. If you need money now, is has to come from friends and family.

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Interview with Dave Eastman, Viterbi Startup Garage

socalTECH

For today's interview, we spoke to Dave Eastman, the Director of the Viterbi Startup Garage, a startup incubator that is run by the University of Southern California, out of its location in Marina Del Rey. How are you different from other startup incubators, etc? It's not entirely exclusive, however.

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8 Advantages To Building Your Own Startup Prototypes

Startup Professionals Musings

I believe the Maker Movement and hardware startups with limited resources are made for each other. Makerspaces are becoming the new incubators and accelerators for startups, and support contacts, like lawyers and marketing groups, will be easy to find. Meet the new consumer demand for customization.

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