A new small-business accelerator is taking root in Davis with the goal of growing local firms and keeping them in the city. Davis Roots is a nonprofit developed by a University of California, Davis, professor and a former city official.
That's important, said Davis Roots co-founder Anthony Costello, an entrepreneur and former Davis business and economic development commissioner. Ideas and entrepreneurship have long been intertwined at UC Davis – its annual Big Bang competition and Entrepreneurship Academy are but two examples – but too often the ideas and the companies that sprout from them leave with the graduates, Costello said.
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