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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. The first to spot the weakness were startup founders.

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Ycombinator - Where unicorns are born

Don Dodge

Why do startups join the Ycombinator program? It is like a 3 month boot camp for startups. Ycombinator brings in the most successful startup founders to share their experiences building startups. Back in 2005 no one anticipated the success of YCombinator, not even its founders.