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Dissertation looks good. Question for you (and you can tell me to shove off if its not pertinent): Based on what I've read it seems that these seed incubators
by josejose50 17y ago
Dissertation looks good.
Question for you (and you can tell me to shove off if its not pertinent): Based on what I've read it seems that these seed incubators are mainly setup via angel or VC support and you mention that some are being started now with backing of a major firm instead. Two question on this point:
(1) As far as you know, do the setups that are backed by a large firm require entrepreneurs to make a first offer to the sponsoring firm as part of the exit process?
(2) It appears that the evolution of these incubators has gone from a few VC guys backing the incubator to consortiums backing them and now major corporations. Is there a point where government may step in and setup a similar program? Or is this what we are kind of already seeing when they do things like the DARPA challenge?
- jedc 17y ago(2) - There are already local governments that have funded these types of programs, but I haven't seen anything from the federal level. They're generally doing it to kick-start an ecosystem. (1) - That's a complicated question, and will try to address it in the paper...