Microsoft first announced this program in November, which is a joint incubation program developed in partnership with TechStars.

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Shannon Studstill, senior director of product development for Sony Santa Monica, said the studio has an incubation program for young game developers who show great potential and that they understand how the industry works.

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Private Syracuse University, which sits on a hill overlooking the city (and whose 50, 000-seat Carrier Dome is the city's best known landmark), is ramping up a 15-year-old program aimed at high-tech company incubation.

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According to Praveen Atreya, director of Verizon's Innovation Program, there's just too much involved in the incubation and launch process to not devote the proper amount of manpower to it.

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