Y Combinator/TechStars program in Milwaukee?

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Posted September 8th, 2007 by danvoell
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This would be a short session and more of an open discussion/brainstorming session as to whether Milwaukee could sustain a Y Combinator/TechStars program.

Items to think about:

1. Where does the capital come from (Angel Networks, VC, Economic Development, SBA)
2. What type of office space should be used? (Would it be more effective to have a single office incubator or companies find their own space?)
3. Could housing be provided?
4. What type of technology network could be put in place (Group to take companies to the next level, VCs, Management, Technology Professionals)
5. Which mentors would be willing to help out?

I'm just throwing this out to see if people would be interested in discussing the topic.


Lead Presenter:
danvoell
Second Presenter:
jdavid.net
Prefered Session Time:
Sunday - Afternoon (12-5)

we are applying to

On October 4th, 2007 jdavid.net says:

we are applying to ycombinator, and i have been trying to sell a version of it here in milwaukee called "startupMilwaukee"

i bought the domain name about a year ago, and have been talking to people religiously about it.

I passed it along to a few people at marquette, Dan, did you hear about it from charles? on your own, or others?


Perhaps discuss how this

On September 14th, 2007 matt.gauger says:

Perhaps discuss how this could tie into a coworking environment (coworking as an incubator / office space) in Milw?


Great!

On September 13th, 2007 rman666 says:

I've been following Paul Graham for years and I'm somewhat of a Lisp geek so I look forward to this discussion.