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What other private companies are out there like IdeaLab.com that create startups?

Asked by AlexLavidge (37points) April 30th, 2008

Idealab, founded by Bill Gross in 1996, has spun off a variety of companies since its inception in-house. http://www.idealab.com/

How would you classify this company? It’s not quite a business incubator since companies don’t apply for space in their facility. And it’s not quite a startup investment firm like garage.com since they only invest in their own ventures based on their own “internally-generated ideas.”

My main question is, where are there other companies / organizations like it? Specifically, a firm that internally 1) conducts its own market research, 2) funds its own startups, 3) builds its own teams that implement the creation of the company, and 4) follows an exit-strategy approach towards creating businesses?

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