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KCSourceLink Built a Business Help Desk for an Entire City
Kansas City already had plenty of people willing to help entrepreneurs. The missing product was a map - and the trust to make the handoffs work.
ICON Gets Israeli Founders Into the Room. The Pitch Is Still Their Job.
The Israel Collaboration Network turns Silicon Valley relationships into practical help for Israeli startups. Free membership, selective programs and a $5,000 immersion reveal how the invitation works.
The DEC Network Is Betting $2.4 Million on the Founders Next Door
At a former Southern Dallas mall, The DEC Network puts desks, mentors and business training within reach. Its bigger experiment is whether a neighborhood address can widen the circle of people who get to build a business.
French Tech Méditerranée: €100 and a Better Address Book
In Gard and Hérault, an entrepreneur-run association turns national startup programs into local introductions. Its real test is what happens after the handshake.
Level39: The landlord that wants you to outgrow your desk
At Canary Wharf’s Level39, the business plan runs from a hot desk to a bigger lease. Revolut and Datatonic show how that can work; the membership bill shows what founders are buying.
Skolkovo built a startup city. The real test is the sale.
Russia’s Skolkovo Foundation bundles grants, laboratories and corporate introductions into a national technology project. Its history shows how much a state can build - and how much still depends on a customer saying yes.
CV Labs puts a price on getting in the room
A CHF 29 day pass opens the door to Crypto Valley. Behind it, CV Labs runs a more ambitious business: helping blockchain founders find the people, discipline and capital to build a company.
Maria 01 turned a hospital into a shortcut for startups
In Helsinki, an old hospital puts founders down the hall from venture capital. Maria 01’s real business is making the right people easier to find - with desks, introductions and a €2,000 accelerator among its tools.
Ubulu Africa and the work before the pitch
A Lagos venture builder is tackling the less glamorous side of African innovation: choosing startups, preparing founders and training the people who help them grow. Its InnoX platform puts that work into software.
The Dot puts Tunisia’s startup maze under one roof
In Tunis, The Dot brings founders, advisers and public institutions into the same building. Its next test is making that proximity useful to entrepreneurs far beyond the capital.
Logan Katz follows the client. The offices follow.
From Ottawa to Toronto to Seaforth, Logan Katz has built its accounting practice around relationships that travel. Its expansion tells one story; its tax-season paperwork tells another.
Elevate Rapid City Wants to Give Ambition a Local Address
A chamber, an accelerator and an economic development organization share one roof in the Black Hills. The bigger experiment is making room for businesses - and for the people they need to hire.
digihub’s €25,000 Push Toward a Paying Customer
Düsseldorf’s publicly backed startup matchmaker is sharpening its focus on GreenTech. Its offer combines eight months of support, zero equity taken and access to the companies founders need to win over.
Propelor BIC does the homework before the money arrives
From chocolate exports to call-testing software, this Waterford nonprofit helps founders turn ambition into an investment case. The advice is free for suitable startups. The homework is theirs.
La French Tech Lille puts the right people in the room
In northern France, a nonprofit turns startup networking into bookable appointments, industrial introductions and a route into public procurement. Its most useful promise is also its least glamorous: saving founders time.
Guelph’s small-business help desk has homework for you
Business Centre Guelph-Wellington pairs local entrepreneurs with advice, training and a chance at grant funding. The bargain is straightforward: bring a real problem, then do the work.
ASSEK backs the people behind Kenya’s startups
Kenya has incubators, accelerators and business coaches. ASSEK’s bet is that helping them work better together can reach further than another startup programme.
The Garage traded parking spaces for startup runway
Inside a former Riyadh car park, The Garage brings founders, laboratories and investors into the same orbit. Its most useful promise is practical: help a young technology business get from a working idea to a paying market.
Yarl IT Hub Wants a Silicon Valley. Its Work Starts in the Classroom.
In Northern Sri Lanka, Yarl IT Hub connects school projects, coding scholarships and startup mentoring. The revealing part is what happens between the programs.
The Foundry Circle Wants One Hour of Your Week
A free network for founders turns the lonely business of building into a weekly appointment. The price of admission is showing up with something to work on.
La French Tech La Réunion wants the next meeting to become a customer
France’s first overseas French Tech Capital is tackling a practical island problem: getting founders in front of the people who can buy, fund or unblock their work.
Plexal’s next race: turning startup introductions into contracts
Born on London’s Olympic campus, Plexal grew from workspace into a partner for government technology programmes. Its next test is helping the companies it supports win customers who keep buying.
Platform Calgary gives startup ambition a street address
Inside a downtown innovation centre, Calgary is putting founders, mentors and investors within walking distance. The harder job is turning those introductions into paying customers.
HOPin Academy Is Building a Reason to Stay in Northern Ghana
In Tamale, HOPin Academy puts business coaching, digital skills and a footballer’s Plan B within reach. Its bet: young people should be able to build a future without leaving home to find one.
Science & Startups wants your research to pay its own way
Berlin’s university startup service offers founders free advice, lab access and a route to equity-free funding. The harder assignment is teaching a good experiment to become a business.
Trentino Sviluppo Gives Old Factories a New Job
In northern Italy, a publicly owned company puts workshops, research and business coaching under one roof. Its bet: the next industrial chapter needs somewhere to build.
SBI Consulting runs the business behind the startup
From a restaurant app’s finances to the programs that help founders find customers, the Portuguese consultancy works on the practical side of innovation.
Las Rozas Innova gives startups a city to test in
A municipal company near Madrid connects founders with real users, turns public roofs into power plants and puts new technology through everyday tests. The useful part is what happens after the pitch.
ACE.SG opens doors for Singapore's startup hopefuls
The trade association runs an equity-free incubator, connects founders with investors and helps overseas startups find their feet. Its real proposition is access - with homework attached.
GİRVAK bets on the student before the startup
Türkiye’s Entrepreneurship Foundation starts with a young person, a scholarship and an introduction. Its expanding network shows how far that modest proposition can travel.