November 2010
2 posts
The Pilot Report: 12 Mile Radius →
The Pilot Report is a blog series which details some of the stuff our pilot companies have been working on. This week our post is from the 12 Mile Radius blog. Click here or the title of this post to visit the 12 Mile Radius website.
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Many mobile game...
October 2010
2 posts
The Pilot Report: 12 Mile Radius →
The Pilot Report is a blog series which details some of the stuff our pilot companies have been working on. This week our post is from the 12 Mile Radius blog. Click here or the tile of this post to visit the 12 Mile Radius website.
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August 2010
3 posts
Investors Look to Fund Capital-Lite Businesses
More and more, entrepreneurs are turning to the web to start new businesses because of low startup costs—often less than $1 million. Investors are helping drive the trend, in part because they have less money to invest. The average venture fund has shrunk from $166 million in 2007 to just over $120 million at the end of last year, according to data from the National Venture Capital...
Study: Start-ups Create Lasting Job Growth
Though only a fifth of start-ups survive long-term, they replenish the employment market, Kauffman’s Robert Litan reports.
Most of the jobs start-ups create remain as the fledgling companies age, creating a lasting effect on the economy, says a new study.
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundationstudy – titled “After Inception: How Enduring is Job Creation by Start-ups?” – found that although only...
July 2010
2 posts
“…isn’t there more to life (and design) than comfort, efficiency, speed,...”
– Tucker Viemeister: Psychonomics (a name for the psychological relationships between the human mind and the stuff designers make)
June 2010
6 posts
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This is such a #classic lesson from an unlikely source:
Spongebob: how did the people in that magazine get all that money?
Squidward: they’re entrepreneurs, they sell things to people.
Spongbob: what kind of things?
Squidward: how should I know? things people want to buy.
Business and design theory 101 wrapped up into a few lines of dialogue. A lot of seasoned entrepreneurs have no idea...
The downturn - A perfect time to innovate →
thecoinloft:
…….you’ve got to start with Ernest Rutherford: Kiwi lore tells us that when native son Rutherford, known today as the father of nuclear physics, split the atom in 1917, an American journalist asked him how he — someone from a South Pacific backwater — did what so many European and American thinkers could not. He famously replied, “We didn’t have the money, so we had to think.”
The coIN Loft (.com): Coin 2.0: Provocations with... →
The overall mission of The coIN Loft is state wide revitalization through startups — any type will work. It doesn’t matter if you have an idea to keep the parks clean, save energy, make fresh produce more accessible to lower income parts of the city, help government better communicate with residents, or to build the next generation of cell phones. If you have an idea that will take Delaware to...
WatchLean Startups-What are they and do they work?
May 2010
5 posts
How Does BetaFish Works?
BetaFish is a 90-day startup accelerator program designed to help college students develop and launch web-based technologies. Our initial class will be available to 5 student teams. We plan to accept 10 applications at some point during Fall semester. The plan as of right now is to offer BetaFish during the Fall and Spring semesters. The 10 applicants will be split up between the two semesters....
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What is BetaFish?
By a raise of hands, how many people have ever been paid to develop a good idea? Kudo’s to those of you that have, but if you’ve not been given that special privilege and you have an idea worth money, BetaFish is here.
If you’ve ever wasted 3 months crafting an iron clad business plan, only to be smacked with the reality that no one cares about what you’re trying to sell them. BetaFish is...
Hello World!
BetaFish is a startup accelerator that is being hosted by The coIN Loft (a Coworking space). We’ll be launching this revolutionary venture on the second floor of The coIN Loft space in Wilmington, Delaware.
The program is a 90 day lean development program for up to 5 web based tech startups. We’re offering the lucky individuals that are invited to participate pre-venture capital to...