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| [http://asbdc.org/start-ups/incubators-in-alabama/ Alabama Business Incubation Network]
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| Opened source link and counted incubators listed on the home page
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| 12
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| Alabama
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| Incubator Name, Brief Description, and a link to the home page
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| Reliable links that are filtered to include only incubators
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| only contains information on incubators in Alabama that are associated with NBIA
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| [http://www.fbiaonline.org/Incubators/incubators.htm Florida Business Incubation Association]
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| Opened source link and then opened links for each of the four regions in Florida
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| 66
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| Florida
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| source link contains 4 links to the regions in Florida, each region contains incubator name, address, and a link to the home page
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| Provides reliable links. Filtered to include only information on incubators
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| May be challenging for a web crawler to navigate because it is separated by region. Only provides information about Florida incubators.
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| [https://www.louisianaincubation.org/current-members Louisiana Business Incubation Association]
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| Opened source link. Copied the data on incubators into a text editor and search for how many times the word "E-Mail" appeared
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| 28
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| Louisiana
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* incubator name
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* contact name
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* address and phone number
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* link to website
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| data is filtered to include only incubators, links are reliable
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| only incubators in state of Louisiana, limited data set
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| [http://incubatemaryland.org/incubators/ Maryland Business Incubation Association]
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| Opened source link and counted number of incubators listed on the page
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| 35
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| Maryland
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| Main site contains incubator name, short description, and link to another page within main site with contains a link to the incubator home page
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| Reliable links, filtered to include only incubators
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| It would be challenging for a web crawler to navigate, as the main page contains links internal to the site which then link to the home pages of incubators. Limited dataset with only incubators in Maryland.
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| [https://www.massincubators.org/ Massachusetts Association of Business Incubators]
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| Open source link and count number of incubators listed on the page
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| 20
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| Massachusetts
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| incubator name, short description, and link to incubator home page
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| reliable links, only data on incubators
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| limited dataset
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|[https://bostonstartupsguide.com/guide/every-boston-startup-accelerator-incubator/ Boston Startup Guide]
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| Scrolled down to the section labeled "Startup incubators in Boston"
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| 10
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| Boston
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*Company Name and URL
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* Capital Provided & equity taken
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* Application Process
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| reliable links
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| relatively unformatted data that would be challenging to use. Limited in scope
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| [https://www.viethconsulting.com/members/googlemaps/google_maps.php?mode=normal&orgcode=MBIA Michigan Business Innovation Association]
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| Open source link and count number of incubators listed in the column next to the map
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| 15
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| Michigan
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| incubator name, address, link to location on map, and link to incubator home page
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| reliable links, only data on incubators
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| limited dataset
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| [https://livefreeandstart.com/resources/incubators-makerspaces/ NH Tech Alliance ]
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| Open source link and count organizations listed under "NHBIN Member Locations"
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| 8
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| New Hampshire
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| incubator name, town within NH, brief description, and link to home page
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| reliable links only data on incubators
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| limited dataset, not very structured organization on website
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| [http://www.ncincubation.org/NCIncubators.aspx NC Business Incubation Association]
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| Open source link, click on each county and count the number of business incubators
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| 32
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| North Carolina
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| Incubator name, address, program directors, and link
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| only data on incubators
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| limited dataset, hard to navigate site with web crawler, some of the incubators do not have links
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| [https://www.okbia.org/our-members Oklahoma Business Incubator Association]
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| Open source link and count the number of incubators
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| 29
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| Oklahoma
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| Incubator name and link to it
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| reliable links, only data on incubators
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| limited dataset
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| [https://dmped.dc.gov/page/incubators-accelerators-and-co-working-spaces Incubators/Accelerators In DC]
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| Open source link and count the number of incubators, I did not include co-working spaces
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| 15
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| DC
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| Incubator name and link to it and brief description
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| reliable links, helpful description
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| limited dataset, mix of incubators and other organizations
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Revision as of 13:37, 23 April 2019


Project
US Incubators
Project logo 02.png
Project Information
Has title US Incubators
Has owner Yi Ma
Has start date
Has deadline date
Has project status Active
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Objective

The objective of this project is to assemble a near-population dataset on U.S. incubators! This project uses the Incubator Seed Data.

Progress

1.Extract incubator data from the following sources

  • National Data
Source Progress How many? Data
Whartoneclub Incubators Done 21
  • URL, Company Name, City, State
InterNational Business Incubation Association or see our INBIA page Done 415
  • Company Name and address
Clustermapping Not Done 292
  • Company name with link to a separate page within cluster mapping
  • on that page there is a link to the incubator's website
The MBA Is Dead Not Done 186 Results
  • City and Country
  • low equity, high offer, high value
  • high equity, low offer, low value
  • Regional Data
Source Directions How many? Region Data Benefits Limitations
Alabama Business Incubation Network Opened source link and counted incubators listed on the home page 12 Alabama Incubator Name, Brief Description, and a link to the home page Reliable links that are filtered to include only incubators only contains information on incubators in Alabama that are associated with NBIA
Florida Business Incubation Association Opened source link and then opened links for each of the four regions in Florida 66 Florida source link contains 4 links to the regions in Florida, each region contains incubator name, address, and a link to the home page Provides reliable links. Filtered to include only information on incubators May be challenging for a web crawler to navigate because it is separated by region. Only provides information about Florida incubators.
Louisiana Business Incubation Association Opened source link. Copied the data on incubators into a text editor and search for how many times the word "E-Mail" appeared 28 Louisiana
  • incubator name
  • contact name
  • address and phone number
  • link to website
 data is filtered to include only incubators, links are reliable only incubators in state of Louisiana, limited data set
Maryland Business Incubation Association Opened source link and counted number of incubators listed on the page 35 Maryland Main site contains incubator name, short description, and link to another page within main site with contains a link to the incubator home page Reliable links, filtered to include only incubators It would be challenging for a web crawler to navigate, as the main page contains links internal to the site which then link to the home pages of incubators. Limited dataset with only incubators in Maryland.
Massachusetts Association of Business Incubators Open source link and count number of incubators listed on the page 20 Massachusetts incubator name, short description, and link to incubator home page reliable links, only data on incubators limited dataset
Boston Startup Guide Scrolled down to the section labeled "Startup incubators in Boston" 10 Boston
  • Company Name and URL
  • Capital Provided & equity taken
  • Application Process
 reliable links relatively unformatted data that would be challenging to use. Limited in scope
Michigan Business Innovation Association Open source link and count number of incubators listed in the column next to the map 15 Michigan incubator name, address, link to location on map, and link to incubator home page reliable links, only data on incubators limited dataset
NH Tech Alliance Open source link and count organizations listed under "NHBIN Member Locations" 8 New Hampshire incubator name, town within NH, brief description, and link to home page reliable links only data on incubators limited dataset, not very structured organization on website
NC Business Incubation Association Open source link, click on each county and count the number of business incubators 32 North Carolina Incubator name, address, program directors, and link only data on incubators limited dataset, hard to navigate site with web crawler, some of the incubators do not have links
Oklahoma Business Incubator Association Open source link and count the number of incubators 29 Oklahoma Incubator name and link to it reliable links, only data on incubators limited dataset
Incubators/Accelerators In DC Open source link and count the number of incubators, I did not include co-working spaces 15 DC Incubator name and link to it and brief description reliable links, helpful description limited dataset, mix of incubators and other organizations
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