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Anatomy of an Innovation-friendly School

This is going to be BIG.

They don't have to be big, contrived incubators--just a few couches and maybe a plug or two--and open wifi. A lot of schools talk about "access to faculty" as a driver of why startups should involve themselves in school programs, incubators, and competitions. Give them that and they'll decide on their own to be a founder.

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10 Questions for Brooklyn's Innovation Community

This is going to be BIG.

There's no specific agenda or goal, other than to bring together all of the people that have an interest in this great community and its ability to incubate cutting edge and creative ideas. How do we enable the creative and entrepreneurial communities to feed off of each other better?

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The Most Critical Startup Talent Crunch: Great Leaders at Growing Companies

This is going to be BIG.

We now have incubators, accelorators, business plan competitions, and government backed seed programs, but it's not clear to me that this is where the pain is or where the impact is. Just because you help more people start doesn't mean you automatically get more success stories. I had lunch with Cyrus, the founder of ZocDoc, the other day.

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Subak, which incubates data-for-climate not-for-profits, announces six startups in 2022 cohort

TechCrunch

based incubator focused on nonprofit startups that are addressing climate-related challenges through open-source data initiatives has announced the six startups which will be put through its 2022 program. The incubator was founded by Baroness Bryony Worthington, who was the lead author of the U.K.’s

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Today’s Tech Hubs: Labor and Housing Dynamics in the Post-Pandemic Era

Revolution

The confluence of shifting work and travel habits and an expensive housing market has allowed companies like Placemakr to fill a gap in the market with more flexible, tech-enabled options. The soundbite: “Every local problem is personal.

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Newsletter: Airbnb, DoorDash & DropBox incubator

OurCrowd

Eyeway is an Israeli company developing the next generation of wearable AR technology that enables the projection of images and information directly on the user’s retina, with unparalleled resolution, brightness, and field of view, at a competitive cost and with lower power consumption. subsidiary. Watch the full interview here.

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Rustic Canyon Speaks out on GaiKai Exit, Changing Nature of VC, LA Tech & More

Both Sides of the Table

They were mostly a B2B platform enabling game publishers to deliver via Internet streaming their traditional games built for game consoles. 23:00 Question from the audience: Do VCs have a preference for startups that choose to work with incubators? But my take: Gaikai had superior technology & a superior business strategy.

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