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George Watt and Howard AbramsLean Entrepreneurshiphttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3942-1_7

7. Bootstrapping an Incubation Program

Leveraging Existing Resources to Accelerate Your Accelerator
George Watt1  and Howard Abrams2
(1)
Kanata, ON, Canada
(2)
San Mateo, CA, USA
 

“Don’t loaf and invite inspiration; light out after it with a club.”

—Jack London, American novelist (1876–1916)

Before you can build an incubation program within your company, in addition to great ideas, you will need at least two things: Buy-in from stakeholders across the company and enough funding to be successful. Incubating new businesses is not something you can rush—there are no quick wins. This means the commitment you get must be sustained for a long enough period ...

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