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Should You Try For a Spot in a Business Incubator? The Pros and Cons

Turnkey Office Space

Business incubators can be very enticing for new entrepreneurs. They promise things like an instant mentorship network, camaraderie with other startup owners, shared resources like office space, and even the potential for funding. First of all, although … Continue reading Should You Try For a Spot in a Business Incubator?

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Startup Accelerators are Entrepreneur Boot Camps

Gust

David Cohen image via Kathleen Lavine, Denver Business Journal. 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). Both provide excellent networking to investors, and on-site technical leadership, which I believe sets them apart.

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Take A Seat In Our No-Cost Startup Boot Camp And You Might Take Home Up To $10,000!

Ben Franklin Technology Partners

STATE COLLEGE, PA –Ben Franklin’s Tech Celerator @StateCollege; a partnership with the Invent Penn State initiative, is again offering local entrepreneurs, grad-students, professors, and university researchers its VIRTUAL 10-Week Business Startup Boot Camp.

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Win Up To $10,000 in Ben Franklin’s No-Cost Startup Boot Camp!

Ben Franklin Technology Partners

Business mentoring from Ben Franklin’s Transformation Business Services Network and Penn State’s Small Business Development Center staff will also be provided at no cost. You’ll come away from this experience with a working business model, networking contacts, and experience pitching to potential funders.

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How to Succeed in Engineering Consulting

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Take a class through the Small Business Administration or a business incubator at your local university. Every business owner needs to understand the legal and financial basics to set up a business correctly. The wider your network, the steadier your stream of clients will be. Think low overhead.

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Black Innovation Alliance, Village Capital team up to support founders of color

TechCrunch

The nonprofit P33 launched the program in partnership with Verizon and 1871, a private business incubator and technology hub, among others, with the goals “of narrowing the wealth gap in Chicago, generating thousands of tech-related jobs and giving $5 million in grant funding to Black and Latino entrepreneurs,” according to the Chicago Sun Times.

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Q&A: How Verizon Small Business Digital Ready Can Help You

StartupNation

We are members of numerous chambers of commerce and associations from across the state that work with small businesses (such as the Detroit Regional Chamber, Grand Rapids Chamber, Dearborn Chamber, The Right Place, MI Chamber, Automation Alley, Metro Detroit Black Business Alliance, MI Business Incubator Assoc.).