A Fertile Place to Breed Businesses

Campus-based incubators try to help entrepreneurs bring brainstorms to market

The recent dot-com bust has given business incubators a bad name. But the concept of bringing nascent companies together and nurturing them with advice, services -- and access to potential investors -- is booming on college campuses.

Investors got into incubators in the last two years hoping purely for profits.


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