80amps http://80amps.com Jump-starting companies. Wed, 09 Dec 2015 03:49:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 The renewed opportunity for incubators: It’s not all about accelerators. http://80amps.com/the-renewed-opportunity-for-incubators-its-not-all-about-accelerators/ http://80amps.com/the-renewed-opportunity-for-incubators-its-not-all-about-accelerators/#comments Wed, 18 Jun 2014 15:37:09 +0000 http://80amps.com/?p=2520 Post by Stefano Bernardi.  We live in the age of the accelerator. It seems like the 10-12 week “batch” model has completely taken over the pre-seed market. And it’s all Y Combinator’s “fault”. They launched their Summer Program in 2005 and immediately started spurring copycats. But was YC’s success attributable to the summer batch model or just... Read more »

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]]> http://80amps.com/innovation-disruption-and-the-sixth-force/feed/ 0 80amps’ Holding – Adrenalin Junkie – Launches with Robbie Lawler’s Third Round TKO in Las Vegas http://80amps.com/80amps-holding-adrenalin-junkie-launches-with-robbie-lawlers-third-round-tko-in-las-vegas/ http://80amps.com/80amps-holding-adrenalin-junkie-launches-with-robbie-lawlers-third-round-tko-in-las-vegas/#comments Thu, 29 May 2014 22:07:08 +0000 http://80amps.com/?p=2507 The post 80amps’ Holding – Adrenalin Junkie – Launches with Robbie Lawler’s Third Round TKO in Las Vegas appeared first on 80amps.

]]> http://80amps.com/80amps-holding-adrenalin-junkie-launches-with-robbie-lawlers-third-round-tko-in-las-vegas/feed/ 0 Coffitivity Named a Top 100 Website for 2013 by PC Mag http://80amps.com/coffitivity-named-a-top-100-website-for-2013-by-pc-mag/ http://80amps.com/coffitivity-named-a-top-100-website-for-2013-by-pc-mag/#comments Thu, 23 Jan 2014 00:32:57 +0000 http://80amps.com/?p=2440 Coffitivity  Do you seek peace and quiet to get work done? In this day and age, that’s doubtful. Some need white noise, some need music, some need gentle rain—but real workaholics need the thrum of life from a well-run and attended coffee shop full of customers. Coffitivity offers that sound on a loop, with different... Read more »

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]]> http://80amps.com/coffitivity-named-a-top-100-website-for-2013-by-pc-mag/feed/ 0 80amps Partner on Forbes’ Top 30 Under 30 List http://80amps.com/80amps-partner-on-forbes-top-30-under-30-list/ http://80amps.com/80amps-partner-on-forbes-top-30-under-30-list/#comments Mon, 06 Jan 2014 19:43:56 +0000 http://80amps.com/?p=2435 Our own Charles Merritt was included in Forbes magazine Top 30 under 30, a tally of the brightest stars in 15 different fields under the age of 30. Charles Merritt, 28, Partner, 80amps “Partner at 80amps, a company that assists startups by providing a combination of seed capital and professional services in exchange for a... Read more »

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]]> http://80amps.com/80-amps-jump-starting-new-businesses/feed/ 0 ERIC MARTIN CHOSEN AS RETAIL MERCHANTS EXPO SPEAKER http://80amps.com/eric-martin-chosen-as-retail-merchants-expo-speaker/ http://80amps.com/eric-martin-chosen-as-retail-merchants-expo-speaker/#comments Tue, 06 Aug 2013 14:40:51 +0000 http://80amps.com/?p=2355 Eric Martin, Founding Partner and CEO of 80amps Topic: Branding from the Outside In: It’s Not What You Say, It’s What THEY Think The Expo Luncheon speaker Eric Martin is co-founder of 80amps, the Richmond-based incubator he started with the Martin Agency, one of the country’s top advertising agencies. Eric provides new venture guidance the... Read more »

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]]> http://80amps.com/eric-martin-chosen-as-retail-merchants-expo-speaker/feed/ 0 Coffitivity Named to Time’s 50 Best Websites of 2013 http://80amps.com/coffitivity-named-to-times-50-best-websites-of-2013/ http://80amps.com/coffitivity-named-to-times-50-best-websites-of-2013/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 13:16:11 +0000 http://80amps.com/?p=2329   We at 80amps are proud to congratulate the team from Coffitivity, which was named one of Time Magazine’s 50 Best Websites of 2013. Ace, Justin, Nicole, and Tommy, you guys have changed the way hundreds of thousands of creators all over the world work. You’ve shown the beauty of a simple idea well-executed. We’re... Read more »

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]]> http://80amps.com/coffitivity-named-to-times-50-best-websites-of-2013/feed/ 0 Working on the Weekend http://80amps.com/working-on-the-weekend/ http://80amps.com/working-on-the-weekend/#comments Sat, 27 Apr 2013 20:37:53 +0000 http://80amps.com/?p=2321 There’s not really a nine-to-five day when you’re starting a company. From projects that take years of nights and weekends to teams racing against their funding clocks, things just have to get done.  From the outside, it is insane that anyone would live this way, but the feeling when you get your first visitor, user,... Read more »

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]]> http://80amps.com/working-on-the-weekend/feed/ 0 The 80amps Manifesto http://80amps.com/the-80amps-manifesto/ http://80amps.com/the-80amps-manifesto/#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2013 05:40:56 +0000 http://80amps.com/?p=2086 What we believe: 80amps is an optimistic place. Where others see challenges, we see opportunities. When others are frustrated, we are motivated. Presented with problems, we seek answers. In the last 20 years, a new age of entrepreneurial activity emerged. Fueled by technological advances in consumer electronics and the internet, everything digital has exploded with... Read more »

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