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Incubator Networks
Incubators often aggregate themselves into networks in order to share good practices and new methodologies. Europe's European Business and Innovation Centre Network ("EBN") association federates more than 250 European Business and Innovation Centres (EU|BICs) throughout Europe. France has its own national network of technopoles, pre-incubators, and EU|BICs, called RETIS Innovation. This network focuses on internationalizing startups.

Of 1000 incubators across Europe, 500 are situated in Germany. Many of them are organized federally within the ADT (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Innovations-, Technologie-, und Gründerzentren e.V.).

Silicon Valley Founder Houses
Additionally, San Francisco and Silicon Valley are notorious for 'founder houses.' These involve a collective of founders sharing an apartment or house while working to get their companies off the ground. Similar to tech/hacker houses in the same area, the founders collaborate to one another's success while enjoying the financial benefits of co-living in one of the most affluent regions of the country.[Tech Housing] These collectives are typically located in San Francisco or near to Stanford University's campus. Many of the founders have dropped out of Stanford University to pursue their careers– in fact, there is a more than a 1 in 10 chance that billion-dollar startups have one or more founders who attended Stanford. In addition to the financial incentives of co-living, founders share investor recommendations, funding strategies, VC contacts, and other elements critical to a startup company's success in its early days.[Founders] These set-ups allow for largely virtual work, eliminating the burden on new founders to find a physical space for their company.[Founders] Due to the collaborative nature of these spaces, residents who have failed companies often pivot to taking a high-ranking position at a roommate's company. Collectives such as these build on a legacy set forth by Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook. The infamous "Social Network" house was a hacker's den rented by Zuckerberg that ultimately gave rise to a tech supergiant.[Inside] This house and the fortune it gave rise to was well-documented in the 2010 film The Social Network[ The Social Network].