Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

. + This post unpacks offers an insiders’ view of some of the key strategic decisions that led to Techstars’ decline. ————– Techstars is – or was – one of the world’s best startup accelerator programs. But it also created two big problems for Techstars as a business: cash flow and brand identity.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Investors will speak on the best way to raise capital from local firms, and they’ll talk about what sort of startups are most likely to get funding. Agenda: TechCrunch Live 11:00 – 11:30am PT A conversation with a local established startup and early-stage investor to talk through running a startup and raising capital in Boston.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

This is part of a series on building your career in venture capital: Reading list for working in private equity/venture capital , including all of the major online communities, programs, and educational options for people studying VC. How to get a job in venture capital. Accel, Sequoia) give the Scout a small pool of capital.

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Founders Coop

APRIL 15, 2019

The long-running property bubble had popped in late 2007 and global markets were unraveling, eventually turning into what would become known as the Great Recession. Some friends in Boulder were experimenting with an idea for a “startup accelerator” they called Techstars. In retrospect, it’s hard to imagine what we were thinking.

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Jason Malki

JANUARY 6, 2023

He started working on it in 2007 and developed the business plan in 2009. What has been your biggest challenge when growing your startup? One of the challenges we’ve faced is fundraising for capital, which is a struggle that many start-ups deal with. PetHub continues to grow rapidly and we’re approaching 1-million pet profiles.

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Don Dodge

APRIL 6, 2015

They were part of the Ycombinator Cambridge class of 2007, after being rejected by YC in 2005 and 2006. I remember the Demo Day in 2007 where DropBox presented to about 30 Boston area Angels and Venture Capital investors. from Sequoia Capital and have gone on to raise over $1 Billion from VC investors.

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