(25 June 2018) Selected Readings on Incubation and Acceleration

On Venture Center’s site for the Incubation Practice School, I have collected a few reports/ readings for fellow and budding incubation managers: http://practiceschool.venturecenter.co.in/workbooks/

Selected books and reports on incubation for the benefit of other incubation managers:

INCUBATORS:

o  CIIE’s “Handbook for Not-for-Profit Incubation Managers”: http://niti.gov.in/writereaddata/files/Handbook%20for%20Incubator%20Managers.pdf

o  Nesta’s “Startup Support Programmes: What’s the difference?”: https://media.nesta.org.uk/documents/whats_the_diff_wv.pdf   (comparison of various startup promotion activities)

o  Nesta’s “Incubation for Growth” report: https://media.nesta.org.uk/documents/incubation_for_growth.pdf (Appendix C has some useful reference data)

o  iNBIA’s “Put it in Writing”: https://inbia.org/product/put-writing-ii-guide-incubator-policies-procedures-agreements/ (Available in Venture Center Library; http://www.vcenterlibrary.org/ )

ACCELERATORS

o  Nesta’s “A look inside accelerators”” https://media.nesta.org.uk/documents/a_look_inside_accelerators.pdf

o  Selected reports from GALI: https://www.galidata.org/publications/accelerating-startups-in-emerging-markets/ ; https://www.galidata.org/publications/accelerating-the-flow-of-funds-into-early-stage-ventures/  ; https://www.galidata.org/publications/landscape-study-of-accelerators-and-incubators-in-india/ (This landscape is OK for a high level overview but weak in details and perspective. It is a little tilted!)