Founders Coop
APRIL 29, 2024
One of the questions I heard most often from commenters was: “if Techstars is an example of a failed accelerator, what does a good one look like?” This post is an effort to unpack what’s required of a startup accelerator to truly serve the needs of high-performing founders. This has not been our experience.
Gust
SEPTEMBER 30, 2012
Now they are coming back, and the best even provide networking, technical leadership, and seed funding, as well as investors waving money at graduates. Both provide excellent networking to investors, and on-site technical leadership, which I believe sets them apart.
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American Entrepreneurship
DECEMBER 4, 2024
In support of military Veteran-founded startups, the Fund focuses on space, AI, and cybersecurity leveraging a veteran’s leadership. Miliary veterans possess attributes, experience, and skills that can be well-applied to entrepreneurship through leadership and knowledge of technology.
Paul G. Silva
JANUARY 21, 2025
Check out the previous posts on leadership values and getting the right people. ” Six years later, we were named us one of America’s top 100 startup accelerators. The entrepreneurs we helped were making 100 times more money and impact than local startups did before VVM existed. Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0).
Paul G. Silva
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
” At the time, we were running a startup accelerator for 6 companies. Breaking the “Impossible” at VVM When I was at Valley Venture Mentors, we set this BHAG: “In ten years, catalyze entrepreneurs to change the economy of Western Massachusetts by generating $1 billion in cumulative revenue and investment.”
Paul G. Silva
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
Culture in Action: A Story from Valley Venture Mentors Let me share how this played out at Valley Venture Mentors (VVM), a nonprofit startup accelerator I helped lead. Your shared values and behaviors shape every decision, big and small, creating the foundation for lasting success.
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. The next important group to spot the weakness in Techstars’ strategy was the investment community.
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