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Interview with Fariborz Maseeh, Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition

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Fariborz Maseeh: All of my training is in engineering. Mentors outside of the university will come and help the innovators and students who have come up with their new ideas, and help them to convert those into professionally prepared business plans. Here, the mentors come and focus on what the innovators want to do.

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What Future for Accelerators?

Both Sides of the Table

We handed our offices over to our friends at General Assembly , who now use the space to train LA’s next generation of coders. As we started to focus on what each of us wanted to do, Adam raised his venture capital fund – Plus Capital. These golden days won’t last forever and neither with the accelerator boom.

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8 Ways An Incubator Can Accelerate Your New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

Many incubators do provide seed funding for entrepreneurs selected, usually in small amounts like $10,000 to $20,000, and usually taking 5% to 15% of your equity in return. Expert mentoring and training. Every successful incubator has strong leadership and staff with business and investment credentials. Peer support.

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10 Benefits Of True Multi-Tasking As An Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

Some entrepreneurs, like Paul Graham , co-founder of Y-Combinator, and Dave McClure , founder of 500 Startups, mask their focus on multiple startups by running an incubator or accelerator, and providing seed funding for a number of individual efforts. Advisors and mentors are busy people. Optimize your advisers and investors.

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Some Entrepreneurs Get Big Value From An Incubator

Startup Professionals Musings

Many incubators do provide seed funding for entrepreneurs selected, usually in small amounts like $10,000 to $20,000, and usually taking 5% to 15% of your equity in return. Expert mentoring and training. Every successful incubator has strong leadership and staff with business and investment credentials. Peer support.

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How Does a Startup Incubator Really Help You?

Startup Professionals Musings

Many incubators do provide seed funding for entrepreneurs selected, usually in small amounts like $10,000 to $20,000, and usually taking 5% to 15% of your equity in return. Expert mentoring and training. Every successful incubator has strong leadership and staff with business and investment credentials. Peer support.

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10 Wins From Driving Multiple Concurrent New Ventures

Startup Professionals Musings

Some entrepreneurs, like Paul Graham , co-founder of Y-Combinator, and Dave McClure , founder of 500 Startups, mask their focus on multiple startups by running an incubator or accelerator, and providing seed funding for a number of individual efforts. Advisors and mentors are busy people. Optimize your advisers and investors.

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