Inside business incubators & corporate ventures /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Richards, Sally
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : [Chichester] : Wiley, [2002]
Subjects:	Entrepreneurship. Venture capital. Business incubators. High technology industries > California > Santa Clara County > Finance > Case studies.

Table of Contents:

Part 1. The incubator model. Once upon a startup ...
A brief history of our world: the incubation of an era
Innovation and reality: when incubation was new again
Focusing on good incubation practices
Notes on creating wealth
Incubation, acceleration, incineration: the necessity of partnerships. Part 2. The hybrid. Panasonic Digital Concepts Center: warrior tool. Part 3. Incubation: the mother of invention. The Women's Technology Cluster
San Jose: Software Business Cluster. Part 4. Enterprise Network. The Enterprise Network: the AMES Technology Commercialization Center - rolling up its sleeves
The NIDUS Center for Scientific Enterprise: seeding dreams
campsix: no regrets
Enterprise Development, Inc.: state-driven technology. Part 5. Accelerators: turbo ramp up. Grey Heron: venture accelerator
LaunchPower accelerator: growing companies
Scient accelerator. Part 6. Corporate venture funds. Philips: mighty muscle
E*Trade: a different animal
Autodesk ventures: building a future.