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Dec 11 2012
Plug and Play adds Armenia to startup program
Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal by Cromwell Schubarth,
Senior Technology Reporter
Date: Tuesday, December 11, 2012, 1:56pm PST
Plug and Play Tech Center added Armenia to its international startup
pavilions this week, marked by a visit from Tigran Sargsyan, the prime
minister of the former Soviet republic.
This marks the fourth former USSR state to work with the Sunnyvale
incubator, joining Russia, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan.
"These countries that were part of the Soviet Union are seeing the
opportunity to foster a startup culture by working with us," said Plug
and Play CEO Saeed Amidi.
The Armenian program will bring a new startup from that country to
Sunnyvale every three months, similar to the programs with Kazakhstan
and Tajikistan.
The Russian program involves Plug and Play working with startups from
Moscow and St. Petersberg for three to six months and then those
companies coming here for three months. There are about 20 companies a
year involved there, Amidi says.
There are now 17 countries working with Plug and Play, Amidi says,
with 120 companies being coached from them this year.
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/blog/2012/12/plug-and-play-adds-armenia-to-startup.html
Dec 11 2012
Plug and Play adds Armenia to startup program
Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal by Cromwell Schubarth,
Senior Technology Reporter
Date: Tuesday, December 11, 2012, 1:56pm PST
Plug and Play Tech Center added Armenia to its international startup
pavilions this week, marked by a visit from Tigran Sargsyan, the prime
minister of the former Soviet republic.
This marks the fourth former USSR state to work with the Sunnyvale
incubator, joining Russia, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan.
"These countries that were part of the Soviet Union are seeing the
opportunity to foster a startup culture by working with us," said Plug
and Play CEO Saeed Amidi.
The Armenian program will bring a new startup from that country to
Sunnyvale every three months, similar to the programs with Kazakhstan
and Tajikistan.
The Russian program involves Plug and Play working with startups from
Moscow and St. Petersberg for three to six months and then those
companies coming here for three months. There are about 20 companies a
year involved there, Amidi says.
There are now 17 countries working with Plug and Play, Amidi says,
with 120 companies being coached from them this year.
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/blog/2012/12/plug-and-play-adds-armenia-to-startup.html