incubators
Startup nurturing spaces
Incubators are devices that maintain controlled conditions for developing organisms or fragile life.
In medicine, incubators keep premature infants warm and protected: The baby spent three weeks in an incubator.
In biology, they provide regulated temperature and humidity for eggs, cell cultures, or bacterial growth.
Figuratively, business incubators are programs that nurture startups through their vulnerable early stages, providing workspace, mentorship, and resources: The tech incubator helped launch dozens of successful companies.
Reproductive cells in shells
- embryoOrganism before birth
- hatcheryEgg incubation facility
- poultryBirds raised for food
- temperature controlRegulating heat levels
humidity · hatching · chicks · turning · candling · brooding · avian · reptile eggs
Speed control mechanism
- seed fundingInitial startup capital infusion
- venture capitalStartup growth financing
- angel investorIndividual funding early-stage companies
- pitch deckStartup funding presentation
cofounder · mentorship · prototype · equity · exit strategy · lean startup · demo day · cohort
Of earliest infancy
- prematureOccurring before expected
- NICUIntensive care for newborns
- infantVery young child
- oxygenElement eight, colorless gas
humidity · isolette · preemie · pediatric · monitoring · thermoregulation · jaundice · phototherapy
Promoting development or growth
- mentorshipGuidance from experienced person
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- cultivationFostering growth through care
supportive · educational · growth · rearing · encouraging · tending · coaching · sponsorship
Collective social practices
- bacteriaNucleus-free single-celled organisms
- petri dishLidded laboratory culture container
- agarAlgae-derived gelling substance
- microorganismMicroscopic living entity
cell growth · sterile · CO2 · shaker · microbiology · fermentation · yeast · colony
eggs
Reproductive cells in shells
temperature control · humidity · hatching · chicks · turning · candling · brooding · avian · reptile eggs · neonatal
accelerator
Speed control mechanism
- seed fundingInitial startup capital infusion
- venture capitalStartup growth financing
- angel investorIndividual funding early-stage companies
pitch deck · cofounder · mentorship · prototype · equity · exit strategy · lean startup · demo day · cohort · founder
neonatal
Of earliest infancy
oxygen · humidity · isolette · preemie · pediatric · monitoring · thermoregulation · jaundice · phototherapy · hospital
fostering
Promoting development or growth
- mentorshipGuidance from experienced person
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- developmentProgress toward maturity
cultivation · supportive · educational · growth · rearing · encouraging · tending · coaching · sponsorship · protection
culture
Collective social practices
- bacteriaNucleus-free single-celled organisms
- petri dishLidded laboratory culture container
- agarAlgae-derived gelling substance
microorganism · cell growth · sterile · CO2 · shaker · microbiology · fermentation · yeast · colony · specimen
- Egg thingscracking, hatching, egg whites, egg yolks, scrambling
- farm suppliesanimal feed, fertilizer, seeds, cattle feed, insecticides
- Hospital Wardsnurses, doctors, patients, hospital beds, monitors
- tech culturedevelopers, coders, startup culture, programmers, computers
- lab equipmentmicroscope, microscopes, beaker, beakers, test tube
- lab suppliesbeakers, beaker, test tubes, test tube, pipettes
incubatorskillers
Those who cause death
destroyers · exterminators · death traps · stiflers · suppressors
incubatorsliquidators
Those who dissolve companies
corporate raiders · vulture capitalists · executioners · dismantlers
- startup incubatorNew business support program
- business incubatorsPrograms fostering new ventures
- tech incubatorProgram growing young companies
- egg incubatorDevice that hatches poultry