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Re:Ask HN: Are there any good university-affiliated incubators? by JoeAltmaier on Friday October 23, 2009 @07:27PM (#899808)
Spent two years in the basement of an old TB hospital, the local university "incubator", hitting my head on ancient steam pipes wrapped in "Danger: Asbestos!" tape. Other than cheap rent and a copier there wasn't anything to recommend the experience.
Re:Ask HN: Are there any good university-affiliated incubators? by kljensen on Friday October 23, 2009 @07:30PM (#899814)
There was no mentoring? Just physical resources? [If antiquated and cancer-causing...]
Re:Ask HN: Are there any good university-affiliated incubators? by JoeAltmaier on Friday October 23, 2009 @10:24PM (#900032)
Only ever saw the director thru his door at the end of the hall upstairs. He spent the day reading thru a stack of newspapers, went home early.
Re:Ask HN: Are there any good university-affiliated incubators? by cperciva on Friday October 23, 2009 @08:00PM (#899850)
cancer-causing

Asbestos insulation is not cancer-causing. Asbestos dust is cancer-causing.