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What Makes Incubation Effective?

The Horizons Tracker

Incubators and accelerators have boomed in recent years, but research has painted a mixed picture regarding their effectiveness. Indeed, some have suggested that membership in an incubator may do more harm than good. New research from Wharton aims to provide some pointers as to what makes effective incubation of startups.

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What we need in incubators

Women on Business

Around the country politicians, industry leaders and small businesses have screamed their support for small business development centers and universities to get involved in creating business incubators that help build and sustain small business. More non-tech incubators. More non-tech incubators.

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How Do I Start Your Own Business?

Strategy Driven

Instead of signing a lease in an upscale neighbourhood, prefer renting in a cheaper area or use a business incubator. In some places, universities and other organizations offer low-rent spaces designed for new business ventures, especially when accompanied by innovative scientific ideas. Open the Website.

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Six Ways to Befriend Future Tech Billionaires

Harvard Business Review

New business incubators are becoming increasingly common in the U.S. Mentors can be at the cutting-edge while sharing the benefits of experience — and perhaps getting a new business tool. Even more important than access to capital, some analysts say, is access to advice. They appreciate great questions. They work for food.

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The $300 House: Go, Go, Go!

Harvard Business Review

Winners will be selected by the community and a panel of judges and will receive a scholarship to a June "prototyping workshop" led by COMMON , a social business incubator. These scholarships are also being funded by Ingersoll Rand.

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The Economy of Punishment

Harvard Business Review

So how, as a society, do we develop new instincts towards criminals and what strategies can be effectively employed to reduce the rate of incarceration and the rate of recidivism? It can cost as much as $60,000 a year to house a prisoner, which means the annual cost to taxpayers exceeds $60 billion.

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When Big Companies Support Start-ups, Both Make More Money

Harvard Business Review

Now imagine if eBay went beyond providing a technology platform and entered the field of business incubation in a meaningful way, It’s an idea that could have a huge impact. Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android have fueled a global bonanza in app development. Those making $25,000 a month could perhaps get to $100,000 a month.