By guest authors Irina Patterson and Praveen Karoshi Irina: What sources do you use for angel financing? Art: We have a few fairly robust angel networks here. We have a couple of organized groups that are in effect almost the equivalent of an early-stage seed fund. One of them is called Smithfield Trust Company and
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Praveen Karoshi Irina: When did you launch the accelerator? Art: We launched last summer for the first time, and we are planning to run it again this summer. We will take probably three or four companies for a period of three months. Last summer we had six companies apply
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Praveen Karoshi Art: Our business accelerator is wrapped in the academic program. The people who participate in it are either spending three months in the program between the first and the second years of their MBA program, or they do it after they graduate with an MBA when they