METAMORPH
MetaMorph will be an environment where:
- New entrepreneurs are encouraged and supported to develop their ideas
- Existing startups are encouraged and supported to grow their business
- Investors can readily identify opportunities to back emerging and growing startups
- Successful entrepreneurs can mentor and guide new entrepreneurs
- Events and programs are run to inspire, educate, share with and connect members of the entrepreneurial community.
A startup incubator is a collaborative program designed to help new startups succeed. Incubators help entrepreneurs solve some of the problems commonly associated with running a startup by providing workspace, seed funding, mentoring, and training (see list below for a more extensive list of common incubator services). The sole purpose of a startup incubator is to help entrepreneurs grow their business Incubator Services ?
Here is a list of the most common services provided by business incubators:
- Help with business basics
- Networking opportunities
- Marketing assistance
- High-speed Internet access
- Accounting/financial management assistance
- Access to bank loans, loan funds and guarantee programs
- Help with presentation skills
- Connections to higher education resources
- Connections to strategic partners
- Access to angel investors or venture capital
- Comprehensive business training programs
- Advisory boards and mentors
- Management team identification
- Help with business etiquette
- Technology commercialization assistance
- Help with regulatory compliance
- Intellectual property management and legal counsel