TechStars is doing something similar to what YCombinator has done – they're funding 10 teams with up to $15,000 in seed capital and providing office space, operational support, and mentors from business leaders (and potential follow-on investors) in Boulder, CO.
By providing office space and administrative support, marketing and public relations in return for an equity stake in each of its wards, Idealab was offering much more than venture capital firms -- which typically dispense only money and advice.
These reflect the costs of providing office space, utilities, and administrative support for the development project.
The objective is plainly to maximise party funding and support, through donations, providing offices and campaign support, and seconding staff to replace civil servants.
Digital River's CommerceBridge is supply chain management for the Internet providing back office support in sales, order fulfillment and order processing.
Liam McDowell, commercial director at MagenTys, explains why he nominated finance manager Samantha Nixon in the Rising Star category of the Small Business Showcase competition: Samantha joined MagenTys in late 2014 to provide office and operation support after helping run the operations of a family-run business for 20 years.
The restoration of the adjoining Page Building, itself a Chicago and National Register lanmark, provided office space to support the theatre.
His father is the chief executive of Canyon View Clinic, a company based in Santa Ana, Calif., that provides offices and support for doctors in Southern California.
Jan den Dulk, Manager of Saba National Marine Park, provided office space and logistical support to the survey team.
Country coordinators are usually epidemiologists based in the health ministry departments responsible for disease surveillance; the MBDS Secretariat is hosted by the Thai Ministry of Public Health, which provides office space and other support.
We used to need firms -- vertical, centralized, collective entities -- because of the transaction costs of trying to get business, pay benefits, provide back office support, supplies and workspaces themselves.
