Comments on: Training for Next-Generation Tech Entrepreneurs

By: Bill McNeely

Bill McNeely — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 14:10:04 +0000

Tech Wildcatters is a great program and is located in Dallas. Applications are open until January 15, 2010.

For a more extensive list of incubators go to this May 2010 Inc magazine article on the subject.

http://www.inc.com/magazine/20100501/the-best-business-incubators.html

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 20:55:45 +0000

Having participated in the Women 2.0 labs previously, I want to emphasize how valuable programs like these are. It was here that I learned it’s ok to fail among other things. Fail and fail again we did, but by doing so we learned how and why to pivot from people like Eric Ries and Dave McClure.

By: Jennie

Jennie — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:50:03 +0000

David – I’ve seen at least one “entrepreneurship” b-school degree (at Cambridge, I think) that did include running a company. The thing is that the more successful you are at running a company, the less time you have for the rest of it…

I also have no idea how well you would do in a framework like that when you inevitably realise what you’re doing has flaws, and pivot. Such things aren’t rewarded in academia or certain business cultures!

Having done Founder Labs earlier this year, being able to change what we were doing with constant feedback was super valuable. In a way the other incubators offer this too, though since an incubator like YC is predicated on having a fantastic set of people to begin with, doing something like Founder Labs to meet like-minded and extremely crazy, capable people is a good first step (in my opinion).

By: Ashwin Navin

Ashwin Navin — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 06:04:04 +0000

Nice piece Shaherose, thanks for writing it!

I/O is accepting applications for our 2011 class right now. We are very pleased with how the first class (of 6 companies) went this year and we will grow our class size in the coming year.

By: Nasim

Nasim — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 23:42:23 +0000

I Wish there would be more programs like these in Europe… Or is it just that They’re not that talked about? The key thing is to Find à mentor that understand your market. Business schools often talks generally. 2 years ago, during à business course, my teacher simply Find it difficult to understand My business plan about a community website. Web start-ups are only recently being understood by government and in education system…and still not enough.

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Mon, 06 Dec 2010 18:04:04 +0000

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By: Baat Enosh

Baat Enosh — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 17:18:31 +0000

For those interested in stats and information about the companies that come out all of these accelerators, take a look at this amazing spreadsheet created by Jed Christiansen

https://spreadsheets0.google.com/ccc?key=t_toYuVyy6fci0MAiIaZ30A&hl=en#gid=20

By: Shaherose Charania

Shaherose Charania — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:27:13 +0000

One more incubator to mention, a friend, partner and advisor to Women 2.0′s Founder Labs is Dave McClure’s 500Startups — part of Phase 3 noted above. Teams with a functional prototype can be referred into the 500Startups incubator program which leans emphasis on design/UX, lean startup metrics, and customer acquisition via online distribution platforms. Investment is between $25-75k for 5-7% equity. The first session get’s kicked off in January http://www.500startups.com

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 06:30:42 +0000

Great advice for getting started. One step that wasn’t mentioned is how to find a compelling idea. Even though ideas are “a dime a dozen,” it helps not to start with a bad idea. Innovation and Entrepreneurship by Peter Drucker is a good read for this. The Blue Ocean Strategy is another.

By: Indu S Das

Indu S Das — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 04:03:32 +0000

Wondering if you could also share any data of their success rate of these incubator companies ?
They are staying in business, so I am guessing, whatever start-up they decide to mentor and invest in, is becoming successful..