Today, my second day in the Valley I only have 2 meetings and 1 event to go to... So I also have time for driving around and looking at all those famous brands on buildings and houses...
My first meeting in the morning is with Chuck Erickson, CEO of U.S. Market Access (formerly known as the Internetional Business Incubator)... I'd already read his paper on incubation (check it here), so I had a lot of practical questions on how the US MAC really works... It seems one the best models for an incubator really is the hybrid between the real-estate model and consulting/services model - and focus helps (so does public money - US MAC was founded and is sponsored by the city of San Jose which still aims to attract highly potential tech companies from abroad to come over to San Jose)... There are currently over 60 clients with US MAC, most of them are present in the center, minority are virtual clients (pretty sweet service BTW)... And at the end of the meeting Chuck offered me an office to lend next time I'm in the Valley, just so I don't have to work from a hotel room - very sweet, I might actually take the offer...
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