NYU-Poly Incubators Program
What I really like about incubators is that they are like playing a competitive game. If you play against someone who is just a little better than you it forces you to play at a higher level. When you get a bunch of super smart entrepreneurs in the room who all have very different assets…everybody ups their game.
NYU-Poly has a program that you can apply to here. They are looking for potential high-growth companies that will create job and change the economy with new products and services while leveraging the strength of the exisiting start-up community. Their focus is on adtech, fintech, gaming, mobile, social and digital media, and cleanweb.
Their program is a rolling admission. To date they have had 10 companies graduate, get funded and have created over 400 jobs. Really great mentors in this program too.
I am a huge fan of NYU-Poly and I love what they are doing over there to be leaders in ever-growing the tech community.
Comments (Archived):
It sounds like a great program. I know some-one who would be perfect and I’ll pass the info along. Too bad its tough for working moms–But it really is. Even with great child-care, supportive spouses, and passion, its tough. The good side is that working mom’s provide the “right stuff” for their children, in so many ways, and mom’s need to know this too. Sharon
it is tough for the young moms, no doubt. it gets easier as they get older.
agreed. It does get easier. Someone once said to me when my kids were young: “the days are very long, but the years are very short.” For some reason, I found it of comfort.
the years are seriously short. our daughter turned 21 this past week and it just seems like yesterday she was learning to walk.
Incubators are another door that men hold the key to. It would be nice if in some programs they had one woman in “admissions”. Maybe they do? My first job was a buyer for Club Monaco (Owned by Ralph Lauren). I was hired to work in menswear because it was an all male team and they realized that girlfriends and wives did most of the shopping for men. I was hired for the “girlfriend” perspective. I think that the “girlfriend” perspective would be very beneficial to incubators. I know that a lot of the mentors are women, but what do the ratios look like for the people making the selections on who gets in?
good question. i have no idea but i know a woman heads up this program.
Have you seen the What it takes to get on the Start Up Bus? Some clever writing…..http://blog.startupbus.com/…
very clever and spot on.
Great info–thanks! I have an idea I’m developing, but as discussed below, I also have a four-year-old daughter, so that gives me pause. The time already seems to be going so quickly.