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. It’s fair to say that the Seattle startup community would not be where it is today without Techstars.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Cait Brumme runs MassChallenge, the long-running, zero-equity startup accelerator based in Boston. 406 Ventures since 2007, is one of the leading VCs in the Boston area. In Conversation with MassChallenge and.406 Greg Darcon, a Partner at.406 Pitch-off!

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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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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. For emerging VC and private equity investors: accelerators, platforms, communities, and incubators.

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Jason Malki

JANUARY 6, 2023

He started working on it in 2007 and developed the business plan in 2009. Our team works with local animal services organizations and municipalities to build a custom identification tag program tailored to meet the needs of the community. Tom told me about his amazing idea to start a company in the pet technology space.

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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. Two years later in 2007 I interviewed Paul and asked him why he started Ycombinator.

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