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=='''1. Difficult to Determine Information About Clients at DC locations Locations of Incubators'''==

-It is difficult to determine the revenue and funding offers offerings of DC incubators, partially as a result of: 1. the prevalence of government-backed incubators; and 2. many being a part of larger, national incubator groups. The prevalence of government-backed incubators complicates determining the revenue and funding offerings of DC incubators since these incubators often do not directly provide funding for incubators ,but, instead, connect clients to existing government funding resources (i.e.  It is difficult to determine information about clients at [http://www.mcinnovationnetwork.com/ Montgomery County Innovation Network]). The prevalence of incubators that are a part of larger, national incubator groups complicates determining the revenue and funding offerings of DC locations due to many incubators being since these incubator groups are located in multiple locations across the DC area, the U.S., and other countries. Moreover, many most of these incubators groups do not provide a list of clients revenue information for each locationof their locations, but, instead, list all of combine their clients revenue across locations on into one pagetotal revenue number.

- DC has a small presence of privately-owned DC incubators that are not a part of a larger, national incubator group. This small presence can partially be explained by Privately-owned incubators have difficulty succeeding in Washington DC due to a variety of factors, including: the complexity of arranging funding from public and private sector partners due to the metropolitan area spanning two states and the District; the difficulty of meeting target objectives for funding due to the complexity of determining metrics, such as job creation, in each state. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/why-the-dc-areas-tech-incubators-struggle/2017/10/21/bfabfc98-b5d8-11e7-9e58-e6288544af98_story.html?utm_term=.74782e1185a5/ More information.]

 -Information regarding incubators in Washington DC has largely been assessed as a low-performing ecosystem can be found on the Economic Development Council websites for entrepreneurship, each of the cities within the Washington DC metropolitan area: Information regarding incubators in particular Washington DC can be found on the Economic Development Council websites for each of the cities within the Washington DC metropolitan area: [httpshttp://wwwrockvilleredi.washingtonpost.com/businessorg/capitalbusinessabout/whyredi-theto-dc-areas-techhelp/business-incubators/ Rockville]; [http://incubatemaryland.org/incubators/ Bethesda-struggleMaryland]; [https:/2017/10dmped.dc.gov/21page/bfabfc98incubators-accelerators-b5d8and-11e7co-9e58working-e6288544af98_story.html?utm_term=.74782e1185a5spaces/ the success of privately-owned incubators]. Privately-owned incubators have difficulty succeeding in Washington DC due to a variety of factors, including: the complexity of arranging funding from public and private sector partners due to the metropolitan area spanning two states and the District]; the difficulty of meeting target objectives for funding due to the complexity of determining metrics, such as job creation, in each state. [https://www.washingtonpostideagist.com/business/capitalbusiness/whylist-theof-dcstartup-areasaccelerators-techand-incubators-struggle/2017/10/21/bfabfc98-b5d8-11e7in-9e58virginia-e6288544af98_story.html?utm_term=.74782e1185a5usa/ More informationArlington].]