Baltimore Is Getting Its First Startup Incubator • Hacker News Board

Re: Baltimore Is Getting Its First Startup Incubator

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Post by subelsky » Tue, Mar 08, 2011, 3:49 PM UTC

asmithmd1 wrote: post #7

subelsky wrote: post #2

I know there are a lot of incubators starting up now, but there aren't so many on the east coast. I wrote in more detail about the vision of this project and why we're doing it in this Google Doc, if anyone is interested in starting something in their own city: https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AdPdQktVsPezZGp0bW1jNF8xN...

The article says July 1 to Aug 30 but later mentions 12 weeks and your doc says Sept 30 -- which is right? If you allow students who would have to go back to school in Sept. you might get a bigger response.

I know, I thought about that too. We're constrained by the availability of the space and the time needed to arrange all the financing. We're going to be doing this at least once a year though and next year I definitely want to do it that way.

Re: Baltimore Is Getting Its First Startup Incubator

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Post by Griever » Tue, Mar 08, 2011, 3:51 PM UTC

This is great news! As a Baltimorean I am extremely excited to see something this ambitious come to the East Coast, and better yet my neck of the woods.

I will most definitely be making an effort to participate in this. Great job, Mike.

Re: Baltimore Is Getting Its First Startup Incubator

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Post by subelsky » Tue, Mar 08, 2011, 3:51 PM UTC

kovar wrote: post #6

I grew up in Bethesda, MD and for personal reasons would like to get back there. Some of our early adopters are likely to be DC based lawyers and we were considering setting up shop near DC but we also want a supportive entrepreneurial environment. You may have solved that for us. Baltimore is a great city for this. Close to DC, access to NYC and Boston, lower cost of living, enjoyable place to live, some great schoo…

this is music to my ears! We actually have a very vibrant innovation/startup community in Baltimore. Check out our Facebook Group to get a quick firehose: https://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_160612380624897&#...

Also check out http://startupbaltimore.org/, http://www.baltimorehackathon.com/, and the http://baltimore.startupweekend.org/

Re: Baltimore Is Getting Its First Startup Incubator

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Post by subelsky » Tue, Mar 08, 2011, 3:52 PM UTC

Griever wrote: post #12

This is great news! As a Baltimorean I am extremely excited to see something this ambitious come to the East Coast, and better yet my neck of the woods. I will most definitely be making an effort to participate in this. Great job, Mike.

oh awesome! I'm really glad to hear it. See my comment to Kovar about all the other things you should check out if you like this :-)

Re: Baltimore Is Getting Its First Startup Incubator

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Post by thestoicattack » Tue, Mar 08, 2011, 3:55 PM UTC

Griever wrote: post #12

This is great news! As a Baltimorean I am extremely excited to see something this ambitious come to the East Coast, and better yet my neck of the woods. I will most definitely be making an effort to participate in this. Great job, Mike.

Right on. I have lived in Baltimore almost my entire life. I'm a PhD candidate at Hopkins now, but if I do a startup when I finish, I'd much rather stay here than move to California.

Re: Baltimore Is Getting Its First Startup Incubator

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Post by kovar » Tue, Mar 08, 2011, 4:00 PM UTC

subelsky wrote: post #13

kovar wrote: post #6

I grew up in Bethesda, MD and for personal reasons would like to get back there. Some of our early adopters are likely to be DC based lawyers and we were considering setting up shop near DC but we also want a supportive entrepreneurial environment. You may have solved that for us. Baltimore is a great city for this. Close to DC, access to NYC and Boston, lower cost of living, enjoyable place to live, some great schoo…

this is music to my ears! We actually have a very vibrant innovation/startup community in Baltimore. Check out our Facebook Group to get a quick firehose: https://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_160612380624897&#... Also check out http://startupbaltimore.org/ , http://www.baltimorehackathon.com/ , and the http://baltimore.startupweekend.org/

I shall definitely check out the last three links. I'll look at the FB group but I, unfortunately, use FB only for personal stuff and am very disinclined to mix my professional and personal life on FB. Just me, not a critique of you!

Re: Baltimore Is Getting Its First Startup Incubator

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Post by subelsky » Tue, Mar 08, 2011, 4:03 PM UTC

thestoicattack wrote: post #15

Griever wrote: post #12

This is great news! As a Baltimorean I am extremely excited to see something this ambitious come to the East Coast, and better yet my neck of the woods. I will most definitely be making an effort to participate in this. Great job, Mike.

Right on. I have lived in Baltimore almost my entire life. I'm a PhD candidate at Hopkins now, but if I do a startup when I finish, I'd much rather stay here than move to California.

you guys don't even know how motivating it is to read stuff like this. I am forwarding these comments to folks I know in the economic development community. Perhaps we can get a bit more institutional backing for things like this so we can provide more resources to people in your exact spot!

Re: Baltimore Is Getting Its First Startup Incubator

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Post by Griever » Tue, Mar 08, 2011, 4:03 PM UTC

thestoicattack wrote: post #15

Griever wrote: post #12

This is great news! As a Baltimorean I am extremely excited to see something this ambitious come to the East Coast, and better yet my neck of the woods. I will most definitely be making an effort to participate in this. Great job, Mike.

Right on. I have lived in Baltimore almost my entire life. I'm a PhD candidate at Hopkins now, but if I do a startup when I finish, I'd much rather stay here than move to California.

The Wire (while being an incredible show) definitely hurt Baltimore in terms of its reputation. There are some fantastic areas around, and the culture is very inspiring.

Re: Baltimore Is Getting Its First Startup Incubator

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Post by subelsky » Tue, Mar 08, 2011, 4:05 PM UTC

kovar wrote: post #16

subelsky wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

this is music to my ears! We actually have a very vibrant innovation/startup community in Baltimore. Check out our Facebook Group to get a quick firehose: https://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_160612380624897&#... Also check out http://startupbaltimore.org/ , http://www.baltimorehackathon.com/ , and the http://baltimore.startupweekend.org/

I shall definitely check out the last three links. I'll look at the FB group but I, unfortunately, use FB only for personal stuff and am very disinclined to mix my professional and personal life on FB. Just me, not a critique of you!

it's a fair critique and you aren't the first to mention it. But I will say it's vastly accelerated the exchange of ideas and feeling of community in Baltimore so overall it's a net win. There's also a network of twitter accounts to follow if that's more your taste (@startupbmore @ignitebaltimore @bmorehackathon @startupdigestmd @bootstrapmd @innovatebmore etc etc)

Re: Baltimore Is Getting Its First Startup Incubator

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Post by dlevine » Tue, Mar 08, 2011, 4:28 PM UTC

This is great. I grew up in Baltimore, but headed to the Bay Area after college because that's where all of the action is in the high-tech space. My mom always tries to convince me that Baltimore is becoming a high-tech hub, and maybe it actually is.