What might have a Kentucky techstars-style model Looked like
April 2, 2009
In Greenville, South Carolina, a new mentor-driven venture model has been founded called Nextstart. This format and program is very similar to waht we would have had two years ago if we had created the program in Kentucky. The main players for Nextstart are Greenville’s chamber, University and goverment funded seed style programs. The counterparts to this organizations in Kentucky would have been partners in our program. My previous post talked about why I think this model is not the best idea for a Lexington and would stand by that in the case of Nextstart. Greenville is not going to attract the top level talent. They do not have founders like this, this and this, or mentors such as this and this.
