Instead it offers desks (for a fee) and mentoring (free) from a potent mix of entrepreneurs, nonprofits, investors and founders Terry Howerton (see p. 46) and Fred Hoch, who also created the Illinois Tech Association, a nonprofit trade group for 700 businesses.
Its affiliates can also hook up startups with affordable apartments and office space, business networking and mentoring, free legal and accounting services, and collaboration with local universities, etc.
Teams get £20,000 for 8% of common stock, mentoring and free accommodation for 16 weeks.
The Different Engine, funded in part by One North East, is keen, however, to stress that there have been no cutbacks in the programme itself, which along with investment, offers mentoring and free accommodation for 16 weeks.
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MERLIN Mentors provides free mentoring services to new startups.
The program will start off small, offering two to five companies seed funding of $18,000, plus mentoring, support, and free office space in New York during the course of its three-month program.
Taking a page out of the TechStars and Y Combinator incubation texts, Imagine K12 launched in 2011 to offer support to education-focused founders in the form of a little seed capital — $14K to $20K in exchange for six percent equity — alongside mentoring, coaching and free workspace.
The faculty would look at art portfolios by nonstudents, and if the work showed promise the school would provide mentoring and free studio space for two years.
Like other incubators, WIM provides mentoring, support, free office space, and seed funding.
For many, opportunities included free workshops, mentoring from people within the industry, and even a graphic designer who would design logos and help people build a brand.
