Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Just two years later, in 2009, we worked out a deal to create the Techstars Seattle program, with our first program running in 2010. By making corporate funders, and not startup founders, their primary customer, Techstars built a centrally-controlled sales- and operations-driven culture that made startups the product, not the customer.

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startup ecosystem accelerator communities support 189

TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2021

In early 2010, almost a year after I left Google, I finally found the right opportunity and decided to join fashion technology startup Polyvore as its full-time CEO. I also knew Peter Fenton, one of Silicon Valley’s most successful investors and a leading funder of the company. Under these conditions, I was prepared to make the leap.

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board funders pitching opportunity 98

Angel Capital Association

MARCH 11, 2024

The great bull market of 2010 – 2021, fueled by cheap capital, caused a nearly unprecedented rise in the valuations of speculative assets, from real estate to angel and venture equity. Data from the recently published 2023 Angel Capital Association Angel Funders Report can provide answers to these questions.

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funders angel capital real estate capital 52