Incubator allows local business to take root

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"An entrepreneur may have all the qualities required to run a successful business, but it could all be for naught if he or she lacks a fleshed-out business model, convincing sales pitch or a network of experts to call upon.

But with Davis Roots in town, such things should daunt those with incentive no longer.

Davis Roots is a local start-up business accelerator created by Anthony Costello and Andy Hargadon, who launched the program last May. So far, two businesses and local leaders have nothing but good things to say about their presence.

'The community response — from locals, the city and the university — has been great. People really get it,' Costello said. 'If we take small companies coming out of the university and keep them here — there’s all sorts of tangent, trickle-down benefits for Davis.' Read more...