= Academic Permission =
When the collaboration with colleges and universities, some paperwork Paperwork may be required based on the type of collaborations that the incubator space providesbetween itself and the university. If the incubator space merely provides the space for extra-curriculum activities, obtaining the permission to collaborate with the school may be much easier. However, if the collaboration relates to student's credits or class work, this permission can be very restricted. Also this This permission process is very individually based, meaning it differs at every university. Depending on the type of school and the level of support towards entrepreneurship, the permission varies a lot.
In the case of Spark Boulder, one of the problem problems that Richman went into faced was getting gaining support from the University of Colorado, although even though students and low lower level faculty members are were in need and love to have supported having a student incubator space to work on their entrepreneurial projects. HoweverDespite this roadblock, Richman persisted and chose another route. Instead of getting gaining support and collaborate collaborating with the schoolUniversity, he leveraged the local highly entrepreneurial community to create and simply made provide the space available to the students. So In the end, he didn't need permission fromthe University to get permission from the schoolfulfill his vision, but at same time, still provides space for student entrepreneurial organizations will still come and use the space for their meetings and events.
= Support =