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Business Incubator Series: Interview With Kerry Rupp, Managing Partner, DreamIt Ventures – Philadelphia And New York City (Part 8)

Posted on Thursday, Mar 31st

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Praveen Karoshi Kerry: The public funding that DreamIt receives is not contingent on how many of our entrepreneurs are successful. I think that is probably because our investors agree with us that this model of succeed fast or fail fast is valuable. They understand that some of the companies

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Business Incubator Series: Interview With Julia Rosen, Associate Vice-President For Innovation And Entrepreneurship, Arizona State University, Venture Catalyst At ASU — Scottsdale, Arizona (Part 6)

Posted on Wednesday, Mar 30th

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: Do you engage with companies after they’ve completed the incubation program? Julia: Not as well as we should. This is a struggle that I think most accelerators have. Once you don’t see them quite as frequently, it’s harder to keep track.

Business Incubator Series: Interview With Kerry Rupp, Managing Partner, DreamIt Ventures – Philadelphia And New York City (Part 7)

Posted on Wednesday, Mar 30th

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Praveen Karoshi Irina: Do you have any special initiatives at this time? Kerry: I would say our expansion in New York City, which should be our first time operating in the city, this summer. We brought on a locally-based managing director, Mark Wachen, an entrepreneur who was the founder

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Business Incubator Series: Interview With Julia Rosen, Associate Vice-President For Innovation And Entrepreneurship, Arizona State University, Venture Catalyst At ASU — Scottsdale, Arizona (Part 5)

Posted on Tuesday, Mar 29th

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: Are there any tools that help you to accomplish your mission? Julia: We are, at present, the only U.S. university that is part of the TechStars Network. Being able to access and have a forum in which to talk to other accelerators from around the country

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Business Incubator Series: Interview With Kerry Rupp, Managing Partner, DreamIt Ventures – Philadelphia And New York City (Part 6)

Posted on Tuesday, Mar 29th

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Praveen Karoshi Kerry: Scvngr is our best-known company. They are a mobile game platform that is used both in the B2B space, in that museums and cities can host Scvngr hunts for residents who can explore a community, and also a consumer game, where users can check in at

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Business Incubator Series: Interview With Julia Rosen, Associate Vice-President For Innovation And Entrepreneurship, Arizona State University, Venture Catalyst At ASU — Scottsdale, Arizona (Part 4)

Posted on Monday, Mar 28th

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: What are the sources of your applications? Julia: They come from all over the world, from students to faculty in greater Phoenix, the nation, and the world. They really come from all over the place.

Business Incubator Series: Interview With Kerry Rupp, Managing Partner, DreamIt Ventures – Philadelphia And New York City (Part 5)

Posted on Monday, Mar 28th

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Praveen Karoshi Irina: What tools do you use to accomplish your mission? Kerry: Because we don’t specialize in a specific industry, protocol, or niche, and we don’t specialize in a particular stage – they are obviously all early-stage companies – we don’t think they need a curriculum or set

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Business Incubator Series: Interview With Julia Rosen, Associate Vice-President For Innovation And Entrepreneurship, Arizona State University, Venture Catalyst At ASU — Scottsdale, Arizona (Part 3)

Posted on Sunday, Mar 27th

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Julia: Many times, our early-stage entrepreneurs don’t have the resources to pay professional service providers. They’re much more interested in working with a group of bright graduate students. So, we connect entrepreneurs with students who might be able to perform certain services for them.