A global overview from an objective authority The first global incubators-environments that allow startup businesses to gather momentum and existing businesses to accelerate their growth-have let their fledglings fly solo. This fascinating new area of business is explored in Colin Barrow's Incubators, an in-depth analysis of the positive and negative aspects of the incubator phenomenon. Using his own hands-on experience at Cranfield Creates, an e-business incubator affiliated with Cranfield School of Management, the author provides a critical overview of the current global incubator space. Relying on real-life case studies, he provides insights on how entrepreneurs can get the best, and occasionally the worst, out of being in an incubator. He also provides authoritative guidance on what sort of options are available-like which type of incubator you should choose, or whether to incubate at all-along with coverage of less formal business incubators. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Introduction
Part One A Brief History of Business Incubation
How Business Incubators Work
How it All Began
Who Goes in for Incubation?
Part Two Who are the Players?
The Property Developers
Government and Local Government
The Academics
The Corporate Venturers
The Entrepreneurs
The Venture Capitalists
The Business Angels
The Consultants
Variations on a Theme

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