Comments on: TheFunded Founder Institute tries to tempt investors with a new financing model http://venturebeat.com/2009/06/02/thefunded-founder-institute-tries-to-tempt-investors-with-a-new-financing-model/ News About Tech, Money and Innovation Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:47:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Anne Field http://venturebeat.com/2009/06/02/thefunded-founder-institute-tries-to-tempt-investors-with-a-new-financing-model/comment-page-1/#comment-858748 Anne Field Wed, 03 Jun 2009 06:34:12 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=108069#comment-858748 I've observed a wave of new types of business incubators; the Founders Institute is one such effort. But there's also Y Combinator and its ilk, a three-month long program for triple-bottom-line startups in Philadelphia called GoodCompany Ventures, another program for triple-bottom-line companies based at the University of North Carolina/Chapel Hill; something called the Hub, which is more of a "co-working" location, among others. <br><br>It's happening at a time when small businesses really need help and they're not getting it from traditional sources of funding. I've observed a wave of new types of business incubators; the Founders Institute is one such effort. But there's also Y Combinator and its ilk, a three-month long program for triple-bottom-line startups in Philadelphia called GoodCompany Ventures, another program for triple-bottom-line companies based at the University of North Carolina/Chapel Hill; something called the Hub, which is more of a “co-working” location, among others.

It's happening at a time when small businesses really need help and they're not getting it from traditional sources of funding.

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