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In this next part of our CableLabs Innovation Ecosystem Series—which we began with“Transforming Ideas into Solutions”— we continue our discussion on CableLabs’ subsidiary UpRamp® and the startup ecosystem. You can read more about UpRamp in my blog “How UpRamp is on a Mission to Fix the Innovation Economy for the Connectivity Industry.” Every organization needs a raison […]

In this next part of our CableLabs Innovation Ecosystem Series—which we began with “Transforming Ideas into Solutions”—let’s talk about CableLabs’ subsidiary UpRamp and how they foster innovation. In 2016, CableLabs took the steps to connect two of the most powerful networks in the world: the global entrepreneurial community and the powerful connectivity network, run by […]

The UpRamp team is currently at Keystone Resort for CableLabs Summer Conference 2018, where Innovation Showcase is bringing together eight of the top young startups in connectivity to give live demos to decision-makers in the connectivity industry. At the end of the event, the audience will vote on the Best New Product. Since Innovation Showcase began, over 300 […]

The Innovation Showcase presents live demos from some of the most exciting new products and technologies emerging today.  Many of these companies leave the conference with contacts and potential partnerships that would have been difficult to secure on their own.  Some of these introductions have led to contracts and acquisition. From Nomorobo (who entered into […]

UpRamp’s Fiterator launched earlier this year to offer startups an accelerator that offers actual deals, not just demo days. There are many programs out there that bring advice and introductions to the table… and sometimes even investment capital. But not always. Fiterator is different – it is more of a graduate program for later stage […]

Phil McKinney, CEO & President of CableLabs, often says that “idea without execution is just a hobby.” Unfortunately, in the startup world, this outcome plays out over and over again.  The list of startups that find a clever idea, build a minimum viable product and then slowly fade away after demo day is tragically long.  […]

For decades, CableLabs and our member cable operators have been at the forefront of the broadband revolution: connecting hundreds of millions of businesses and households to the Internet, connecting the many internet devices in the home, connecting families and the world to each other. CableLabs has taken the next step to connect two of the […]