INCUBATORS
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Approach Incubators With Caution
A group of analysts from the Aberdeen Group is investigating 420 for-profit incubators to figure out what makes an incubator successful. (8/22/2000 at Red Herring)
Argentine, Brazil Firms Create Internet Incubator
Three Latin American companies are joining forces to create an incubator for Latin American startups. (2/3/2000 at Excite News)
Building Better Incubators
A look at the advantages and disadvantages of three development styles for incubators: organism, acquisition, and virtual. (10/2/2000 at The Chicago Tribune)
Creators of the Inter-Nest
Twelve Net company incubators have come to the Washington, DC area in the past twelve months. Some are funded by traditional/old-world companies; others by high-tech entrepreneurs. (5/22/2000 at The Washington Post)
Everybody Wants to Be An Incubator
Internet incubator eCompanies focuses on consumer-oriented web ventures, as its founders made their millions at consumer-oriented businesses. (2/16/2000 at Excite News)
Idealab: IPO Not a Good Idea Right Now
Bill Gross' multi-billion-dollar incubator, Idealab, is putting off an IPO due to market volatility; it plans to work on making its hatchlings more attractive to investors. (10/18/2000 at The Industry Standard)
The Incubator Is Dead; Long Live the Incubator!
Though famous incubators like Idealab and CMGI are doing poorly, corporate-related incubators - incubators that are funded by a large corporation, and focus on opportunities strategic to the corporation - are doing well. (3/2/2001 at Upside)
Incubators Feel the Heat As Dotcom Ardor Cools
European high-tech incubators are falling out of favor, as investment companies offer money directly to a select group of start-ups. (9/14/2000 at Excite News)
Incubators Hatching on the Web
A short list of startup incubators from around the U.S. (2/16/2000 at SF Gate)
Internet Incubators' Temperature Drops
In mid-2000, there are about 800 business "incubators" in North America, up from 12 in 1980; but because of recent dot-com stock market problems, investors aren't sure the incubators are a good bet. (7/31/2000 at ZDNet)
Nest Stop
Incubators are having as much trouble getting funding as the startups they're supposed to help launch. (10/5/2000 at The Washington Post)
Net Incubator Idealab Runs Out of Ideas
Bill Gross' business incubator, Idealab, will no longer launch companies from its Silicon Valley office, though it says it will keep supporting the three businesses it still has based there. (3/7/2001 at ZDNet)
Startup Hatcheries
Incubators try to give startups tools that will help bring the new companies to market in half the time they'd otherwise have to spend. They've had some magnificent successes (Vertical Net, EToys), but the incubator market is getting crowded... (12/21/1999 at Upside)
White Noise in the Huddle Room: A Day in an Incubator
There are approximately 100 high-tech incubators in the United States. Ernst & Young's New York-based incubator lends not only help, but a well-known partner, to fledgling companies. (3/29/2000 at The New York Times)
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