Remove 2014 Remove incubation Remove innovation
article thumbnail

How entrepreneurs benefit from ‘Alien Thinking’

Entrepreneurs' Organization

In the book Alien Thinking , three innovation professors at IMD Business School argue that people who generate truly breakthrough ideas look at their world like aliens–outsiders unburdened by the assumptions, biases and conventional thinking that constrain imagination. Two types of breaks can foster innovation.

article thumbnail

CCNY Student-Led Start-up Organovis Wins USD25,000 Top Prize at Standard Chartered 2023 Women in Tech Incubator Competition

American Entrepreneurship

Organovis hopes to transform drug testing by making it more precise, ethical, and affordable NEW YORK, May 8, 2023 – The City College of New York (“CCNY”) student-led start-up, Organovis has won the 2023 Women in Tech (“WiT”) Incubator Competition. We are thrilled to be named the winner of this year’s Women in Tech Incubator competition.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

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

article thumbnail

Japanese startup ispace raises $46M to support planned moon missions

TechCrunch

The Series C was led by Japanese VC firm Incubate Fund, with additional investment from partnerships managed by Innovation Engine, funds managed by SBI Investment Co., Incubate Fund’s investments in ispace stretch back to the company’s seed round in 2014. Ispace’s total funding now stands at $195.5 million.

support 101
article thumbnail

A decade of deep tech just the beginning for emerging innovators

NZ Entrepreneur

Callaghan Innovation’s Deep Tech Incubator Programme has supported nearly half of the innovative deep tech startups founded in Aotearoa over the past 10 years. 80% of startups raised follow-on investment post-incubation The Deep Tech Incubator Programme supported 39 public research organisation spinouts. .

article thumbnail

Is American Entrepreneurship In Crisis?

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Today, there are more nonprofits and incubator programs supporting potential entrepreneurs than ever before. What happens when the entrepreneurial spirit and sense of innovation diminish? Perhaps I am an optimist, but I do not see the entrepreneurial spirit or sense of innovation dying out in our country.

article thumbnail

We Recast Our Business Expertise Into Valuable Incentives for Young Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs' Organization

I’ve been an EO member for 15 years, but it wasn’t until 2014 that I became involved with the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA). Instead of creating advertisements and posters, we reached out directly to 600-some contacts at universities and local incubators, and this paid huge dividends. We also scoured newsfeeds.

article thumbnail

Smart lock maker Latch teams with real estate firm to go public via SPAC

TechCrunch

Founded in 2014, the New York-based company came out of stealth two years later, launching a smart lock system. The company is set to go public courtesy of a merger with blank check company TS Innovation Acquisitions Corp. This week, Latch becomes the latest company to join the SPAC parade.