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Funding for a Business
How Do You Scale Mentoring?
By guest author Irina Patterson To date, on this blog, we have interviewed more than 30 incubator managers and more than 40 angel investors, and all of them are looking for solutions to scalable and effective mentoring resources. Most mentors are active or retired entrepreneurs, senior executives, and incubator managers themselves. Most seek not only emotional satisfaction
How Much Is An Entrepreneur’s Time Worth?
By guest author Irina Patterson Ms. Sramana Mitra, the owner of this blog and founder of 1M/1M, interviewed hundreds of successful technology entrepreneurs, many of whom are her good friends. All of them built successful multi-million dollar technology companies by trial and error. Many made mistakes that easily cost them a few million dollars in lengthy
Does Your Region Experience Brain Drain Of Technology Entrepreneurs?
By guest author Irina Patterson For the past three decades, serious technology entrepreneurs have come to Silicon Valley to seek help with their early-stage businesses. Ms. Sramana Mitra, the owner of this blog, founded the One Million by One Million program (1M/1M) so that they wouldn’t need to come to Silicon Valley. 1M/1M is a global
Business Incubator Series: Dave Knox, The Brandery, Cincinnati, Ohio (Part 3)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Dave: When we select our companies, we’re trying to get a feel for who the entrepreneurs themselves are. Are they ones who would benefit from a mentorship-driven network, in terms of being coachable and being open to change? The final thing is just looking at the team’s
Business Incubator Series: Dave Knox, The Brandery, Cincinnati, Ohio (Part 2)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: What are the core benefits that your accelerator provides? Dave: The Brandery is about accelerating the path of a startup. We’re lucky to have a great network of mentors, ranging from startup founders to venture capitalists to consumer marketing professionals. Through that mentorship we provide a
Business Incubator Series: Dave Knox, The Brandery, Cincinnati, Ohio (Part 1)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold I am talking to Dave Knox, one of the co-founders of the Brandery, which is a mentorship-driven 12-week business accelerator based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Founded in 2010, they are part of TechStars Network, have similar format, and offer early stage entrepreneurs $20,000 in financing. They particularly focus
Business Incubator Series: Micah Kotch, NYC ACRE At NYU-Poly, New York (Part 4)
By guest author Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: What help do you offer in terms of financing? Micah: Before a company is going to go out and raise capital, we want to make sure that the founders have a good sense of their market and, if possible, show revenue. If a business is revenue
Business Incubator Series: Micah Kotch, NYC ACRE At NYU-Poly, New York (Part 3)
By guest author Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Micah: For the most part, the entrepreneurs who are on our waiting list are looking for physical space. We refer them out to other spaces. We’ll refer to Deb Johnson (Pratt Design Incubator for Sustainable Innovation), or there’s something here called the Coalition of Office Space Providers.
