The Sunnyvale, Calif. firm Plug and Play has a variety of programs for startups, including a Startup Camp, a program for international startups, and a program for startups spinning out of universities, as well as space that it rents out to new startups that need a small shared workspace.
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Akinori Koto, general manager of Digital Garage's U.S. operations, says the space will house a new incubator for U.S. startups interested in the Japanese market and serve as a home away from home for startups from its Tokyo-based incubator.
Wefunder is a site for people to invest in startups. (This is the only one of the batch that allows people to take an equity stake.) The company is betting on the JOBS Act, which promises to make it possible for startups to raise investment dollars online.
For startups today, the difference from past startups is the speed with which decisions get made, Coleman says.
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They will allow it to offer classes and training (for both consumers and small businesses), display its devices and test in-development gadgets, provide a lab-like environment for startups, and a networking platform for local businesses.
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Gamification is not just something for teeny little startups or for youth-oriented, sexy kinds of companies.
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The Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act that passed with bipartisan support in April 2012 makes it easier for startups to attract investors.
Having already benefited 200 startups, the fund is still open for 300 more startups in need of help desk software.
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When startups are founded by strongly technical types, they are often explicitly designed as vehicles for acqui-hiring: startups that consciously develop products and services that make for exceptional acquisition properties for larger companies.
While she applied to competitions for startups, organizers rejected her in favor of technology firms.
For startups, the time to do the people filtering and fit analysis is before the hire.
For startups, even those that have raised venture capital, it is important to stretch the dollar.
This duo have spent the past decade landing homes for startups in the Bay area.
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TechStars is a startup accelerator that holds 13 week programs for startups in multiple cities.
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Incubators worth their salt provide great access to resources of all kinds necessary for startups.
Despite all this, there are still opportunities for startups to inflict severe pain on incumbents.
That perception has changed as it has become easier for startups to get funded, she says.
YC's three-month boot camp for startups, run twice a year in Mountain View, Calif.
This new step towards a free, three-agent plan seems like a win for startups.
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The plan seems like it could be a big upgrade for startups stuck in their inboxes.
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So while crowdfunding won t eliminate all red tape for startups, there should be a lot less of it.
This gets to the third important lesson for startups: be generous to your users.
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With the glut of seed stage funding for startups, is there room for another early stage fund?
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The most important thing the government can do for startups is to provide a stable economic platform.
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But not hard enough -- because none of these traditional sources for startups is right for him.
For startups, it gives them access to a new group investors who can assist them as needed.
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Should its public offering be a disappointment, would investors sour on throwing down seed money for startups?
This step is especially useful for startups as you will gauge how the candidate works with limited direction.
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Several startups for a while have been working to turn social signals like Tweets into something of value.
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