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Google Launches Network of U.S. Tech Hub Partners

October 03, 2013

Google recently designated seven local entrepreneurial support organizations as the inaugural members of its new Tech Hub network. These organizations will receive financial support, technical content, business tools, and infrastructure upgrades, to support increasing demand from software developers and startups. Google’s announcement notes that these specific organizations were chosen because of their innovative approaches to launching businesses and their success in creating jobs in their respective communities. The first seven partners include Chicago’s 1871, Durham’s American Underground, Minneapolis’ Coco, Waterloo’s (ON) Communitech, Denver’s Galvanize, Detroit’s Grand Circus and the Nashville Entrepreneur Center. Read the announcement...

private initiatives, incubators