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When VCs Play Defense

Both Sides of the Table

The frantic pace of technology cycles, the amount of tech news, the blogs, the conferences, the demo days, the announcements, the fundings, the IPOs. ” And then there are incubators and accelerators. They want you to attend demo days. I’ll go as long as it’s not on a demo day. It’s exhausting.

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Forge the Future: Immersive Roleplaying for Aspiring Entrepreneurs

Paul G. Silva

Perfect For: Startup incubators & accelerators Business schools & entrepreneurship programs Team building & leadership development Innovation and strategy workshops Ready to Dive In? Contact me directly to schedule a call or request further details.

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The bar is higher

This is going to be BIG.

There are incubators to help you out on the financing side, too. The success of YCombinator and Techstars has spawned countless new incubators. New York will feature five this summer alone--Techstars, DreamIt, Startl and the NYC Seed/EDC Media and Finance incubators.

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How VCs, Accelerators, and Coworking Spaces Put Communities in Buildings vs. Buildings in Communities

This is going to be BIG.

Sun's space was for it's customer assistance unit and Cornell just had a demo space patched into a supercomputer back on campus. I'm sure their Summer Camp demo day will be the first time a lot of VCs have set foot in the thriving outer borough. Unfortunately, there wasn't much actual tech being built in 55 Broad.

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The Amazing Disappearing VC

This is going to be BIG.

Given the proliferation of accelerators and incubators that pre-vet entrepreneurs, roll up their sleeves to help companies, and dress them up for demo days, the best and brightest are being showcased to look better than ever. Pick what you want off the menu and someone will provide that service for you.

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Techstars NYC Killed It

This is going to be BIG.

So if you're going to come to NYC and you want to make an impact, you better bring your A-game, and that's exactly what Techstars did yesterday at Demo Day. They have definitively set the bar for all other incubation/acceloration programs in the city--which I'm glad about. I've never seen a better production in the Big Apple, ever.

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What Future for Accelerators?

Both Sides of the Table

You can see Zach James & Rich Raddon who are standing next to a demo table pitching a small, yet-to-be-funded company called MovieClips – now the powerhouse ZEFR. With the success of Idealab in the 90’s every city was building out incubators. Demo’d to death. We’ve all been demo-day’d to death.