Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2011

I hold true to form and follow my own advice. I didn’t sit through any panels (other than the day where I was the emcee and judge for the BizSpark Accelerator program). I had to be on stage at 7.30am for the Startup Accelerator event. If you didn’t read it, it’s here. About 15 in total.

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

tl;dr + Techstars was once one of the world’s leading accelerator programs, but has steadily been eclipsed by Y combinator. What did we owe our sponsors, and did that put us in conflict with our commitments to give founders the best possible advice, and to never waste their time?

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2023

The investor previously worked as a partner at 500 , previously known as 500 Startups, where he raised and ran a dedicated fintech fund as well as helped build an accelerator. There he met his eventual founding partner at BTV – Jake Gibson – and backed a cadre of fintech startups, including Chipper and Albert, each at $2.5

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500

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Under no circumstances should any of the below content be construed as legal, tax or investment advice from 500 Startups or any of its affiliates. Alluva at 500 Startups: What it was really like being a part of Batch 25 In March of 2019, Alluva was accepted into Batch 25 of 500 Startups.

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StartupNation

JUNE 1, 2021

Oftentimes, I read articles offering tips for entrepreneurs that revolve around generic advice on getting started. However, what is often direly needed is how to appeal to investors and raise smart money — knowledge that is essential for fundraising and a master key to building, accelerating and scaling your new venture. Franklin D.

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Y Combinator

APRIL 12, 2023

Apply Now About Y Combinator: Y Combinator is a startup accelerator based in the Bay Area that provides funding, advice, and a powerful, tight-knit community for early-stage startups. YC has funded over 4,000 startups, including Airbnb, Dropbox, Twitch, Reddit, DoorDash, and Coinbase. Apply to join us!

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Silicon Valley’s undisputed leading startup accelerator is Y Combinator. This acts as the signal needed for accelerators like Y Combinator to quickly sort candidates into how promising they may be. The best advice is followed by those who give it — only then do you know it is battle-tested.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

406 Ventures 11:30 – 12:00pm PT Hear from two local investors who will talk through actionable advice on fundraising and company building. Cait Brumme runs MassChallenge, the long-running, zero-equity startup accelerator based in Boston. In Conversation with MassChallenge and.406 Greg Darcon, a Partner at.406

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Founder Bounty

JANUARY 1, 2023

So that you know we are legit our author of this article has his biography to show he has build and raised capital and been through top tier accelerators and is trying to help show steps from years of trying failing and building businesses and finally building europes first ondemand fuel business and lot of capital for it. Learn new skills.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

500 Global, formerly branded under 500 Startups , has an accelerator that competes with YC. Both outfits look to back early-stage founders with money and advice in exchange for equity. His advice these days is that startups should be preparing for at least 18 months of runway. The moonshots.

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NZ Entrepreneur

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

This decline has also become evident in startup accelerator programs shifting their focus on later-stage scale-ups that provide higher returns. While capital to large tech companies is increasing, smaller rounds for early-stage companies is drying up.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

Y Combinator says it has intentionally shrunk the number of startups within its accelerator for the Summer 2022 batch. In May, the accelerator advised its portfolio founders to “plan for the worst.” In May, the accelerator advised its portfolio founders to “plan for the worst.”

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2023

In the rest of this newsletter, we’ll talk about chief inspiration officers, growing startup accelerators and a rare buzz we’re hearing about one tech company and its public market wishes. My big question is if VCs are taking the same advice that they’re dishing. As always, you can follow me on Twitter or Instagram.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MAY 17, 2023

We have had a lot of help from organisations such as Vodafone NZ Xone startup accelerator, XStart and our NZ based investors providing advice and guidance. My most important piece of advice to founders is that you need to develop a thick skin and be resilient and flexible in dealing with the problems all startups face.

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Hunter Walk

JANUARY 6, 2023

That’s not how early stage venture is done IMO — each company has its own reality and as investors we should service founders to their needs, not some overgeneralized advice. There are many startups accelerating their growth right now, and founding teams working on ideas that will become the next generation’s defining platforms.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 24, 2021

Advice for non-technical founders for finding a serious CTO for your startup Finding a co-founder is hard work. A quick glance into founder dating sites or startup accelerator applicant pools you will see that in most cases the tech founders are outweighed by at least 10 to 1.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

. “If you can’t generate demand locally, it is usually even more difficult to generate demand overseas,” Lim said, adding that many good Series B/C startups he has come across already have significant traction at home before they embarked on overseas expansion. What types of companies/sectors do you look to invest in?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2021

Predictably, they’re mostly focused on the how and why: How do I get into an accelerator? TechCrunch reporter Natasha Mascarenhas interviewed Kleiner Perkins partner Bucky Moore to get sector-agnostic advice for founders who are ready to raise a Series A. How to get into a startup accelerator.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2021

Typically, you hear advice focused on ways to improve your YC application so it gets accepted. I’ve also put down some advice about what else to anticipate and take into consideration as you navigate the application process. Here are some tips on what not to do and why so many YC applications get rejected.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2022

Early-stage startups and investors, from ClearCo to SignalFire, have spent years building up advice atop algorithms atop assumed returns. Advice and other bits: 500 Global’s Christine Tsai shares her 2022 VC predictions. When will VCs hit the brakes? Cuffing season: Microsoft to buy Activision Blizzard for $68.7

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Demo days at startup accelerators are a pretty big deal around here. For more actionable advice regarding SaaS pricing and sales, see these previously published Extra Crunch stories: Should your SaaS startup embrace a bottom-up GTM strategy? How should SaaS companies deliver and price professional services?

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2021

That list of past backers includes Zeev Ventures, Foundation Capital and the Google for Startups accelerator.) The funding is being led by Group 11, a VC with a strong focus on fintech , with Target Global, AltaIR and previous investors also participating. The company has now raised $80 million and is not disclosing its valuation yet.

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Startup Catalyst

AUGUST 15, 2018

He specialises in information technology, telecommunications, intellectual property and competition law, and provides advice on privacy and other regulatory compliance issues. He attended 2 of our Startup Catalyst missions to Europe. The Startup Catalyst effect. Will has been on two Startup Catalyst missions to London.

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TechCrunch

MAY 21, 2022

You can often pick up significant market share in an economic downturn by just staying alive,” top startup accelerator Y Combinator wrote in an internal e-mail to its founders this week. The advice was one of ten bullet points in a memo meant to help companies navigate the economic downturn crushing tech. Seen on TechCrunch.

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