startup ecosystem
Venture creation landscape
A startup ecosystem is the network of people, organizations, and resources that support new business ventures in a particular region or industry.
This includes entrepreneurs, investors, accelerators, universities, coworking spaces, and the cultural attitudes toward risk and innovation.
Silicon Valley has the world's most famous startup ecosystem.
The term emphasizes how these elements interact and depend on each other—funding flows to promising founders, experienced entrepreneurs mentor newcomers, and failed ventures feed talent back into the system.
- incubatorsControlled-environment growth chambers
- fundingSupplying monetary resources
- entrepreneursThose who launch ventures
- acceleratorsThings that speed up
- co-working spacesCommunal offices for independents
pivot · seed round · bootstrap · minimum viable product · intellectual property · angel investors · venture capitalists · knowledge sharing · mentors · unicorn · exit strategy · innovation · fundraising strategies · pitch deck · universities · risk tolerance · market research · coworking
- Innovation Hubsinnovation hub, innovation center, innovation lab, tech hub, research park
startup ecosystemFortune 500
Largest American companies ranking
corporate hierarchy · big business · government bureaucracy · multinational corporation · conglomerate