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What went wrong at Techstars

Founders Coop

. + 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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PetHub’s Clemens is Leading Innovation in the Pet Tech Industry

Jason Malki

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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Ycombinator - Where unicorns are born

Don Dodge

Despite deep local roots in Boston and strong ties to Harvard and MIT, they decided to shut down Ycombinator Cambridge and moved everything to Silicon Valley in January of 2009. There are lots of startup accelerators to help get the company off the ground. But, there is also a lot more competition for attention.