Incubators: A Realist's Guide to the World's New Business Accelerators

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Incubation is all about providing fertile conditions in order to foster new business ideas and encourage entrepreneurial spirit.

Within the field of incubation there are a number of different operators, offering a choice of services, at different levels, with varying degrees of success. The question is how to make an informed choice about whether or not to go for an incubation service and its likely fit with your venture's strategic ...
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Overview

Incubation is all about providing fertile conditions in order to foster new business ideas and encourage entrepreneurial spirit.

Within the field of incubation there are a number of different operators, offering a choice of services, at different levels, with varying degrees of success. The question is how to make an informed choice about whether or not to go for an incubation service and its likely fit with your venture's strategic objectives. As well as pulling together all the available research on the current incubator space, Colin Barrow takes a critical look at the likely outcomes of undertaking each type of incubation.

This is not a book for the faint-hearted. It is for the open-minded. Make sure you benefit from this excellent resource before you mortgage the future of your business...

This is the first book ever to include a world directory of the key 500 enterprises offering incubation services. The directory provides an excellent starting point in identifying some of the players who can help you realize your aspirations for your fledgling business.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780470842928
  • Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
  • Publication date: 11/1/2001
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 364
  • Product dimensions: 6.34 (w) x 9.69 (h) x 1.02 (d)

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COLIN BARROW brings all his academic credibility, forthright style, keen insight, and business knowledge to bear on this new work. He is one of a rare breed of authors who successfully combines rigour with first-hand knowledge, whilst maintaining a global view. He holds senior positions in both industry and academia, and has more than once committed his expert knowledge to books, at a number of different levels. He is a thoroughly entertaining and engaging public speaker, and draws admiration and envy in equal measure for his honesty and principles. Colin maintains a full working schedule in his roles as academic, consultant, author and non-executive director. In the little spare time he has left, he is taking snowboarding lessons from his fifteen-year-old elder son, learning the butterfly stroke from his nine-year-old, and discovering the therapeutic effect of gardening courtesy of his wife.
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Table of Contents

Introduction
Pt. 1 A Brief History of Business Incubation 1
Ch. 1 How business incubators work 5
Ch. 2 How it all began 11
Ch. 3 Who goes in for incubation? 21
Pt. 2 Who are the Players? 27
Ch. 4 The property developers 33
Ch. 5 Government and local government 37
Ch. 6 The academics 43
Ch. 7 The corporate venturers 55
Ch. 8 The entrepreneurs 71
Ch. 9 The venture capitalists 83
Ch. 10 The business angels 101
Ch. 11 The consultants 111
Ch. 12 Variations on a theme 125
Ch. 13 Incubator associations 153
Pt. 3 What Do Incubators Really have to Offer? 155
Ch. 14 Premises 159
Ch. 15 Business services 167
Ch. 16 Management and business strategy services 179
Ch. 17 Financing and financial consulting 195
Pt. 4 Could Incubation Work for you? 201
Ch. 18 What are the real benefits to be gained from locating in an incubator 205
Ch. 19 Is incubation right for you? 213
Ch. 20 Getting into an incubator 217
Ch. 21 Getting out of an incubator 231
Pt. 5 World Directory of Incubators 241
References 337
Index 345
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