http://www.skmurphy.com/blog/2007/10/10/first-office-silicon-valley-business-incubators/ Startups, Entrepreneurs, and Consultants Thu, 8 Jan 2009 17:35:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 http://www.skmurphy.com/blog/2007/10/10/first-office-silicon-valley-business-incubators/#comment-34566 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:49:37 +0000 http://www.skmurphy.com/blog/2007/10/10/first-office-silicon-valley-business-incubators/#comment-34566 [...] Following up on my “Silicon Vally Incubators” post in the “First Office” series I wanted to get a tenant’s perspective on the the advantages and drawbacks of locating in a business incubator. Symphony Consulting is a manufacturing outsourcing, procurement, and supply chain consulting firm that helps original equipment manufacturers and their supply chain partners in three key areas: revenue, assets, profitability. I talked with  John Holton, co founder of Symphony Consulting, about his experience of finding his first office. Below are the questions and answers from our short discussion. [...] […] Following up on my “Silicon Vally Incubators” post in the “First Office” series I wanted to get a tenant’s perspective on the the advantages and drawbacks of locating in a business incubator. Symphony Consulting is a manufacturing outsourcing, procurement, and supply chain consulting firm that helps original equipment manufacturers and their supply chain partners in three key areas: revenue, assets, profitability. I talked with  John Holton, co founder of Symphony Consulting, about his experience of finding his first office. Below are the questions and answers from our short discussion. […]

]]> http://www.skmurphy.com/blog/2007/10/10/first-office-silicon-valley-business-incubators/#comment-29569 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 05:35:51 +0000 http://www.skmurphy.com/blog/2007/10/10/first-office-silicon-valley-business-incubators/#comment-29569 Depending upon who they can offer for your advisory board and how much equity they want, this may be a very good deal. It's normally not (at least in these post-bubble times, or perhaps more accurately intra-bubble times) just equity for space, it's equity for expertise and connections. Depending upon who they can offer for your advisory board and how much equity they want, this may be a very good deal. It’s normally not (at least in these post-bubble times, or perhaps more accurately intra-bubble times) just equity for space, it’s equity for expertise and connections.

]]> http://www.skmurphy.com/blog/2007/10/10/first-office-silicon-valley-business-incubators/#comment-29565 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:38:58 +0000 http://www.skmurphy.com/blog/2007/10/10/first-office-silicon-valley-business-incubators/#comment-29565 My startup has been extended an invitation to join an incubator. They're in the process of sending me a lease agreement, but I'm not convinced. You mention that many incubators ask for equity, this one hasn't (yet). I'm definitely going to read the fine print, but are there other things to look out for other than not giving up any equity? My startup has been extended an invitation to join an incubator. They’re in the process of sending me a lease agreement, but I’m not convinced. You mention that many incubators ask for equity, this one hasn’t (yet). I’m definitely going to read the fine print, but are there other things to look out for other than not giving up any equity?

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