It S All About Acceleration
Business incubators have been around for decades, helping new entrepreneurs learn the ropes. But a new kind of incubator has become hot, focused on dot-com start-ups. More than 100 Internet incubators have launched in the United States in recent months, and dozens more in Europe, seeking to rush new Web companies toward maturity–and stock-market rewards. London’s Antfactory has incubators in Milan, Madrid and Amsterdam, while Frankfurt’s VentureLab is setting up shop in Shanghai and Singapore....