Chapter 11 Understanding the Basics of Startup Development Organizations

Allison Piper Kimball

Business School Lausanne, 281-788-8450.

Email: alirpiper@gmail.com

Startup companies often engage with startup development organizations (SDOs), a class of companies that provide critical support and building blocks to startups such as physical office and meeting space, access to mentoring and intellectual capital, and access to funding and investor capital. SDOs offer collaborative environments and community building in addition to physical, mentoring, and business services. The role and impact of each type of SDO individually and together within the broader startup incubation ecosystem (SUPIE) are not well understood. Do engagement with SDOs and ...

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