The entrepreneurial ‘petri dish’ at General Assembly, and why one geek would love to see it in Seattle

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Let’s get one thing cleared up right away. TeachStreet founder Dave Schappell’s investment in General Assembly does not indicate that the New York City-based startup incubator, co-working space and technology education firm is planning a Seattle branch campus. At least, not anytime in the near future. But, would Schappell, who joined with the likes of… Read More…

Google tosses support behind the Portland Incubator Experiment

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We’ve talked before about how Google has Portland fever — using the Rose City to test new products like Google Offers and real-time transit information. Now, the search giant is tossing its weight behind the Portland Incubator Experiment  – the startup incubator better known as PIE. Rick Turoczy, who leads PIE, confirmed that Google is… Read More…

Startup incubator reheats in Portland with help from Coke, Nike and Target

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The Portland Incubator Experiment, also known as PIE, is looking to hatch a new batch of startups this fall with the help of some of the biggest corporate brands on the planet. The next class of the Portland Incubator Experiment — bankrolled in part by ad agency Wieden+Kennedy — will get the chance to work with… Read More…

Wired goes inside Y Combinator, Silicon Valley’s hottest tech incubator

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I just finished reading Wired’s in-depth piece on Y Combinator, the 6-year-old Silicon Valley incubator which in the words of author Steven Levy offers an “unmatchable entrée into the otherwise closed world of high-stakes Internet entrepreneurship.” It’s a great piece, partly because it describes how Paul Graham is shaking up the venture capital landscape through… Read More…

Welcome to TechDwellers: An inside look at Seattle’s newest tech incubator

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There’s a Les Schwab tire shop across the street. A flower distribution warehouse around the corner. And a distributor of hydraulic fittings and hose next door. Welcome to Georgetown, the hip neighborhood for tech startups? Located about 10 minutes south of downtown Seattle, the industrial neighborhood best known for the old Rainier brewery and Boeing… Read More…