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→1.Extract incubator data from the following sources
* low equity, high offer, high value
* high equity, low offer, low value
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*Regional Data
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! Source
! Directions
! How many?
! Region
! Data
! Benefits
! Limitations
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| [http://asbdc.org/start-ups/incubators-in-alabama/ 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
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| [http://www.fbiaonline.org/Incubators/incubators.htm 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.
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| [https://www.louisianaincubation.org/current-members 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
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* 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
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| [http://incubatemaryland.org/incubators/ 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.
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| [https://www.massincubators.org/ 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
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|[https://bostonstartupsguide.com/guide/every-boston-startup-accelerator-incubator/ Boston Startup Guide]
| Scrolled down to the section labeled "Startup incubators in Boston"
| 10
| Boston
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*Company Name and URL
* Capital Provided & equity taken
* Application Process
| reliable links
| 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]
| 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
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| [https://livefreeandstart.com/resources/incubators-makerspaces/ 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
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| [http://www.ncincubation.org/NCIncubators.aspx 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
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| [https://www.okbia.org/our-members 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
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| [https://dmped.dc.gov/page/incubators-accelerators-and-co-working-spaces 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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