Henry J. Chang's Canada - US Immigration Blog Start - Up Visa Program to
Include Business Incubator Stream As previously reported, on March 30, 2013, Citizenship and Immigration Canada («CIC») published Ministerial Instructions that established the Start - Up Visa Program («SUVP»).
However, on October 26, 2013, CIC published new Ministerial Instructions (the «New Instructions»), which expanded the SUVP to
include business incubators.
Not exact matches
Examples might
include banks participating in low - income housing projects or
business incubator programs.
While there are no official studies, Cambridge, Mass. - based consulting firm New Markets Advisors says that a «significant» portion of Fortune 500 companies —
including Procter & Gamble, IBM, Walgreens and The Hershey Company — likely have some sort of
incubator cooking in at least one
business unit.
Quintessential Resources is set to relist on the ASX tomorrow after morphing into technology
incubator Yonder and Beyond, but plans by three travel
businesses,
including George Michalczyk's Motive Travel, to undertake a backdoor listing through Red Gum Resources have fallen through.
For example, a pledge made at CGI America last year by Detroit
business incubator TechTown to help second - stage companies successfully transition from startups to sustainable
businesses has raised $ 278,750 in funds, pulled in five new partners (
including Kiva Detroit), and served more than 40 local entrepreneurs since June 2012.
Those
include Calico, Google's health and longevity effort; Nest its connected home
business; Fiber, its gigabit internet arm; and its investment divisions such as Google Ventures and Google Capital, and
incubator projects, such as Google X.
Don't overlook
business incubators, which are one - stop shops of space and services,
including technical assistance.
New
business owners in Memphis will find support in multiple city initiatives,
including both
incubators and accelerators.
ZeroFOX was founded in January of 2013 and has collected a number of industry awards
including being recognized as the CRN's Top 10 Security Companies, 2013 Maryland Cyber Company of the Year, Winner of Chesapeake Regional Technology Council 2014 Rising Star Award, Winner of the 2013 Mid-Atlantic Venture Association Capital Connection TechBuzz show in Washington D.C., «
Incubator Company of the Year» for the state of Maryland in June 2013, and Baltimore
Business Journal's «Top 5 Cyber Companies to Watch», «20 Most Promising Security Companies» by CIO Review, and Daily Record's «Innovator of the Year».
With a personal desire and eye for design and innovation, Shaul has focused his entrepreneurial energy into the emerging technology industry by founding various innovative startups and startup
incubators around the U.S. Initiating efforts
include being co-founder of OfficePort, a co-working
business center with two locations in Kansas City and one in Chicago.
The program would
include business classes,
incubators, etc. all in a movement to turn unemployment into entrepreneurship.
The workspace - as - a-service industry
includes office
business centers, coworking facilities,
incubators and other shared office environments and services.
University of Maryland Baltimore County is recognized nationally for its IT and cyber programs and
business partnerships,
including a cyber
incubator.
This will
include discussions between financial institutions, academia, technology start - ups and
business incubators about challenges and opportunities the sector faces and ways to address them.
A former president and CEO of Mid-Hudson Pattern for Progress and the Orange County Partnership, respectively, DiTullo has a substantial background in economic development
including his most recent position, managing director of the Orange County
Business Accelerator where he established a high - tech
incubator and attracted more than 22 early stage innovators focused in such industries as the life sciences, bio-medical and web - based software development, to name a few.
Cuomo, speaking at the downtown Strand Theatre on Wednesday, said the city contains all of the elements required to fuel economic growth,
including a strong core of small
businesses, a state school that acts as an idea
incubator and a low corporate tax rate.
Winning
incubators will receive financial support services from the state,
including legal, technical and
business support services.
The service
includes business advice and running a
business incubator, which provides newly started
businesses with office space and support for one year.
Clinton will visit a small
business incubator in Denver to showcase some of her proposals that
include:
The Design
Incubator supports the entrepreneurial talents of designers, artists, and architects —
including several Pratt alumni — by providing them with resources to launch
businesses.
It
includes workshops for environment - oriented
businesses and spin - offs (low - energy), an
incubator (nzeb) and office space (passive), plus an array of extra amenities open to the public
including exhibition space and café.
The Low Bono Program has three aspects — post-graduate mentoring, low bono - oriented legal education and practice support, and an
incubator program providing startup
business support,
including a stipend to cover initial
business expenses, for a limited number of attorneys dedicated to serving clients of moderate means.
Incubator participants receive many benefits
including employment opportunities, referrals of legal
business, counseling from mentors and a furnished office space in downtown Boston.
Since the age of 25, he has been a serial entrepreneur and has founded 10
businesses including the Polarchain blockchain, the Youcal PaaS tokenized platform service and SCALE X, a seed investment vehicle and startup
incubator.
An ideal settings
include a biopharma or biotech firm, university development department,
business incubator or private investment firm, and can have clinical research as a major component.
DTLA also has a growing tech sector, with nearly 100 tech and e-commerce companies located in the central
business district,
including green / clean - tech startups, thanks to the city establishing a green / clean - tech
incubator in the Arts District and pledging of $ 10 billion in funding over the next decade for R&D projects that promote sustainability.
For this reason,
incubators should invest heavily in small
business support services,
including business technical assistance, help with recipe scaling, cost - savings through bulk purchasing of ingredients, assistance with distribution, and assistance with obtaining sales venues.»
As a
business incubator, we specialize in creating, developing and supporting member companies that provide commercial real estate - related services and alternative investment funds,
including limited partnerships, institutional funds and non-listed and listed REITs, and real estate services for both Inland member companies and third parties.