Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

This post is an attempt to unpack the changes we observed both during and after our time with Techstars, to draw out potentially useful lessons about how things might have gone differently. ——— In the Beginning: Champions of the Local Startup Ecosystem Techstars launched its first program in Boulder in 2007.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 6, 2020

We live in a world with a stereotypical representation of what a startup founder looks like, so it’s no wonder that a large portion of the population feels underrepresented. A Gender Gap Grader study shows that women represent 9 percent of developers in the startup ecosystem. Myth 4: Startup founders are white.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

Independent sponsors (groups seeking to acquire a company which do not have the equity financing needed in advance) earn nothing upfront, but earn 20% of the deals they facilitate. Similarly, certain Revenue-Based Finance investors (e.g., Our mission is to grow and diversify Western Canada’s technology startup ecosystem. . “If

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

” Europe’s startup ecosystem was still immature and what now seems like aloofness was probably nothing more than a crude way to deter cold pitches from non-venture type businesses. But it wasn’t really that technology driven,” he concedes. “That was our loss for being too arrogant,” says Zennström.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 6, 2020

We live in a world with a stereotypical representation of what a startup founder looks like, so it’s no wonder that a large portion of the population feels underrepresented. A Gender Gap Grader study shows that women represent 9 percent of developers in the startup ecosystem. Myth 4: Startup founders are white.

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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. Ycombinator brings in the most successful startup founders to share their experiences building startups.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

” Europe’s startup ecosystem was still immature and what now seems like aloofness was probably nothing more than a crude way to deter cold pitches from non-venture type businesses. But it wasn’t really that technology driven,” he concedes. “That was our loss for being too arrogant,” says Zennström.

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