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The startup landscape has shifted dramatically: Accelerators must adapt or fade away

TechCrunch

Amid these turbulent times, the VC accelerator industry has emerged as a stalwart player. Importantly, the traditional accelerator model has enjoyed the fruits of these potential paradigm shifts. The number of accelerators has more than doubled since 2014 , while the number of accelerator-backed startups in the U.S.

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What Future for Accelerators?

Both Sides of the Table

Accelerators have had quite a good run the past 5+ years. Not just Y Combinator and TechStars but a host of other accelerators across the country. There were a lot of requests for us to turn our mentorship program into a physical accelerator with a fund, office space and full-time staff. We have some announcements set for 2015.

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LexCheck raises $17M to automate common contracting processes

TechCrunch

“At a time of macroeconomic challenges, companies need a solution that accelerates key business processes,” Sangha told TechCrunch in an email interview. ” Sangha, a law lecturer at the University of Pennslyvania and a licensed attorney in the State of New York, founded LexCheck in 2015. .

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Why Convoy’s Dan Lewis expects digital freight to go mainstream within the year

TechCrunch

“I saw a massive opportunity and few people going after it,” Lewis told TechCrunch. Lewis and Grant Goodale co-founded Convoy in 2015 , and since then, have brought on a series of high-profile investors. Billions of dollars were going into trucking each year but fewer than 30 startups showed an interest in the field.

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Arrikto raises $10M for its MLOps platform

TechCrunch

At the core of Arrikto is Kubeflow, the Google -incubated open-source machine learning toolkit for Kubernetes — and in many ways, you can think of Arrikto as offering an enterprise-ready version of Kubeflow. Arrikto CEO Constantinos Venetsanopoulos. Image Credits: Arrikto.

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The Four Cities Every Startup Should Invest in Visiting

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Incubators such as the one Zappos’ CEO Tony Hsieh started a few years ago are also a great way to jump-start your innovative ideas, receive mentoring, network, etc. Zappos also offers opportunities to learn about its company culture, which you can apply to your business. Boulder, Colorado. Boulder, Colorado. Nashville, Tennessee.

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We Recast Our Business Expertise Into Valuable Incentives for Young Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Instead of creating advertisements and posters, we reached out directly to 600-some contacts at universities and local incubators, and this paid huge dividends. Luckily, Vancouver is home to HootSuite, and not only did this company provide us an amazing space for our 2015 finals; they covered all the costs! We also scoured newsfeeds.