article thumbnail

Investors Love Top Startup Incubator Graduates

Startup Professionals Musings

Business incubators for sharing services were all the rage back in the days of the dot-com bubble (700 for profit, many more non-profit). Incubators I hear mentioned most often include YCombinator , led by Paul Graham in Silicon Valley, and TechStars , located in Boston, Boulder, New York City, and Seattle.

article thumbnail

The Best Startup Incubators Have the Best People

Startup Professionals Musings

Business incubators for sharing services were all the rage back in the days of the dot-com bubble (700 for profit, many more non-profit). The goal of most business incubators today is to strengthen the local economy, and commercialize new technologies. However, many research and technology parks also house incubation programs.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Mentors-Plus-Capital Programs – Intense Incubation

Startup Professionals Musings

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. The entry screenings are tough. Tags: entrepreneurs incubators relationships startups. Relationships , I said back then. And I stand by that assertion.

article thumbnail

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

Xconomy

Plans for new incubators were announced in two different cities. The results give the company confidence it can expand its tests to screen for early cancer in high-risk people who are otherwise healthy. Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, just like her fellow black turtleneck wearer Steve Jobs, will get the big screen treatment.

article thumbnail

JLABS Takes Stock of its Experiment in Life Sciences Innovation

Xconomy

The idea in 2011 was to create a space at what was then Johnson & Johnson’s pharmaceutical research and development facility in San Diego for an “innovation center,” a place where 18 to 20 life sciences startups could incubate, replete with lab space and equipment. The first JLABS incubator opened here.

article thumbnail

Interview with Kevin Hell, EvoNexus

socalTECH

A couple of weeks ago, twelve companies moved into the new downtown San Diego, EvoNexus incubator--which is run by CommNexus. Kevin Hell: What makes EvoNexus unique, is that it is--as far as we know--the only completely free, no-strings-attached incubator in the nation. Once they pass that, they get into the incubator.

Incubator 212
article thumbnail

What Mattered in 2012: Aber Whitcomb, io/LA

socalTECH

Aber Whitcomb is a partner at startup co-working and incubation community io/LA , CTO of SGN , and former co-founder and CTO of MySpace. At io/LA we launched a new 8000 sq/ft co-work and incubator space in Hollywood. In Entertainment, we're seeing more and more people prefer their iPad over the Big Screen experience.