Feb. 22: Grant to accelerate professor's startup study (Richmond BizSense)
February 22, 2016
An advocate of Richmond’s startup scene is getting a boost in her research of business accelerators.
University of Richmond professor Susan Cohen has been awarded a three-year grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation to aid her study of effective accelerator programs, such as Richmond’s own Lighthouse Labs.
The grant, which totals about $95,800, will be put toward Cohen’s research on what components of various programs correlate with higher startup success, such as the number of companies a program provides assistance to at a time, or services provided, such as one-on-one counseling.