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Incubators have become an increasingly important part of the tech startup scene in recent years. A number of hot startups have emerged from these programs, encouraging more new entrepreneurs to apply. They’ve become so popular that about one accelerator a day launches these days, says David Cohen, head of TechStars. Not only are they popping up in many cities, but also in specific verticals, such as education. These incubators have been called alternatives to MBAs. Emphasizing that concept, Y Combinator now even accepts applicants who don’t even have a startup idea.
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Meet Thomas Korte, the founder of AngelPad — a startup accelerator based in San Francisco.
AngelPad Gives Select Startups 10 Weeks to Shine
Thomas Korte, founder and managing partner of AngelPad, identifies the three step process a select few startups embark on during the 10 week program. Only 15 companies were chosen by AngelPad from a pool of 2000 applications.
AngelPad Looks Back: 37 Companies, 31 Funded, $25 Million Raised
AngelPad, the startup incubator launched by seven ex-Googlers in August 2010, is taking a look back at how far it’s come in the months since and the lessons they’ve learned along the way. So far, AngelPad has helped 37 companies get off the ground, but it wasn’t until this year that things really got going: 29 of those 37 startups emerged from AngelPad’s incubator in 2011 alone.
Accelerators Groom Technology Ventures for Success | PBS NewsHour
The Kauffman Foundation, which studies entrepreneurship, recently found that startups create about 3 million new jobs a year. Hari Sreenivasan reports on efforts to nurture promising companies and bring them to market faster.
