New Members: Connect Goa (India) and TechTown (USA)
Welcome to new Global CONNECT™ Members Connect Goa (India) and TechTown (USA).
Connect Goa will be officially launched in November this year. It has been set up by Connect London but will be an independent entity.
TechTown was founded in 2004 to help jump-start Detroit's flagging economy. Wayne State University, General Motors Corporation and Henry Ford Health System collaborated to create a business incubator that would provide startups
with the resources they need to be successful.

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Annual Conference
This year's Annual Conference will be held in Tokyo, Japan on December 2-4 in collaboration with Global CONNECT member EGG-Japan.
The Conference includes a Springboard opportunity for non-Japanese technology companies that are interested in entering the Japanese market. Click here for more information.
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News & Events
Entrepreneur Magazine, May 2009:
"In recent years, for-profit business "accelerators" have cropped up, though they make up less than 10 percent of incubators nationwide. The companies, which National Business Incubation Association CEO Dinah Adkins says are essentially incubators with fancier names, often focus on startups that have already opened their doors, helping with VC funding, CEO search assistance and hands-on growth guidance. . . . Greg Horowitt, co-founder of incubator consulting firm Global Connect, says accelerators "can help move some of these companies along” when there’s a gap in funding between startup grants and growth-sustaining capital. Some of the more noteworthy accelerators include. . . . . . "
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Last updated Sept 2, 09
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