Egypt’s Innovators Support Fund backs the awkward journey from a clever idea to a working business. Its starting line can be a school science club, a university workshop, or a researcher’s lab.
At the University of Maryland, entrepreneurship begins with a conversation, a market test and sometimes a very small check. The Dingman-Lamone Center has built a pathway between having an idea and finding out whether anybody wants it.
Free workshops, campus workspaces and small grants give academic ideas somewhere to grow. Helsinki Think Company’s real product is the chance to try entrepreneurship before betting a livelihood on it.