TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

Amazon’s first foray into the world of accelerator programs, designed to help early-stage startups build and launch, was focused on conversational AI back in 2016. Now, seven years later, Amazon has another AI accelerator – this time led by Amazon Web Services with a focus on the newest zeitgeist: generative artificial intelligence.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 9, 2022

Register South Korea’s largest accelerator program for foreign startups, K-Startup Grand Challenge (KSGC) , is accepting applications for its 2022 edition. The top 10 teams got monetary awards worth $10,000 to $120,000 on the demo day of KSGC 2021. One of the most important benefits was our accelerator, CNT Tech.

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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. The outcome was that it was both – and when you’re at Demo Day, you’re going to be grateful to the part that’s ‘too challenging’. What Alluva is.

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Y Combinator

MARCH 15, 2024

After 8 years as the Managing Director/CEO of the YC accelerator, I’ve decided now is the right time to hand over my leadership responsibilities.  Effective Earlier today Michael shared an update with the YC community, outlining a shift to his role within YC moving forward.

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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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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. The Microsoft Student Accelerator , though it has the word “accelerator” in its name, is a free, 4-month boot camp teaching students advanced analytics and AI, Azure and cloud fundamentals, and web apps and APIs.

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Y Combinator

MAY 10, 2023

It is really good advice to do this ahead of time. Really, ALL the advice is right there in front of you in Startup School. This was really helpful to accelerate a lot of the early-day information sharing that is so important. We’ve just tried to follow all of YC’s advice perfectly.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2023

As a result, he says the accelerator model must evolve, as “nearly every early-stage VC will have a ‘platform’ component to support early-stage founders.” ” Thanks for reading TC+ this week! Unless, of course, someone can explain exactly how to do it.

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Jason Malki

JULY 26, 2022

I had the pleasure of interviewing Haydar Al-Saad, the founder and CEO of RevSetter , a modern Customer Platform built to help companies elevate the way their teams work with customers to improve retention, fuel expansion and accelerate business growth. The company also offers?—?as as the only company in the Customer Success space?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

The startup also recently graduated from the Pear accelerator , a program put together by the 2013-founded seed-stage venture firm. Check out these startups from Pear’s Demo Day (there’s usually a breakout or two in the bunch).

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Meet Ventures is a consultancy firm that specialises in running startup accelerators and market access programs. Currently, I run an innovation consultancy firm called Meet Ventures that helps corporates to run their accelerators and government agencies to run their market access programs.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

You’ll receive the best practical startup advice straight to your inbox every week. This can be a person (advisor) or an organization, for example, an accelerator. ?? Welcome to another edition of our new newsletter! Get help from someone who can keep you on the right track. And then everything fell apart.”

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David Teten VC

MARCH 21, 2024

My Partner Winter Mead, Founder & CEO of Coolwater Capital , the accelerator for emerging VC fund managers, said: “Fewer than 5 of the 180 emerging managers we’ve worked with are raising via 506c, in order to get in front of more retail LPs, who are generally already following the GP, e.g., through the GP’s newsletter or community.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

The idea is simple enough: several female VC partners at top funds will hold 1-hour meetings with 40 promising female entrepreneurs looking to get advice on their business and pitch in a friendly, non-judgmental, safe environment. I think these deals are less exciting than the ones you proactive seek out.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

Today we’re in a world where 10 accelerators are bombarding you with emails to meet their 10-15 companies. Don’t even get me started on Demo Days. You could spent 20 days / year at Demo Days now. If an accelerator is writing you they’re also writing 25 other VCs. Pay attention. Probably more.

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Y Combinator

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

The companies collectively raised over 7M dollars at Demo Day, and now have the funding and support to build their startup right out of school vs. working desk jobs at big companies. We have a group chat with our partners where we can get quick advice, and YC’s office hours framework makes it easy to find time to dive deep when we need it.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2021

Last week, though, the outside world got a look at how Y Combinator, one of Silicon Valley’s most famed and feared accelerators, deals with the intricacies of a scaled, yet still ultra-exclusive, community after the accelerator kicked out two founders from its internal messaging board, Bookface. Privacy first.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 9, 2021

Preqin (free demo). Grey House (free demo). NACD (National Association of Corporate Directors)’s Accelerate program provides participants with “ the tools, resources, and exposure that are essential to launching a successful career as a director”. Private Equity. Venture Capital. S&P Global Market Intelligence . Thomson One.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

The frantic pace of technology cycles, the amount of tech news, the blogs, the conferences, the demo days, the announcements, the fundings, the IPOs. It got me thinking about the advice that I often give to new VCs. ” And then there are incubators and accelerators. They want you to attend demo days. Lines, Not Dots.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 20, 2019

The Boston Consulting Group and MassChallenge , a US-based global network of accelerators, partnered to study why “ women-owned startups are a better bet ”. Note that none of the lawyers quoted or I are rendering legal advice in this article, and you should not rely on our counsel herein for your own decisions. I am not a lawyer.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 30, 2012

Given the proliferation of accelerators and incubators that pre-vet entrepreneurs, roll up their sleeves to help companies, and dress them up for demo days, the best and brightest are being showcased to look better than ever. Pick what you want off the menu and someone will provide that service for you.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

I refuse to go to demo days. Not just TechStars but any demo day, really. So I promised the guys that I would come and hang out with companies well before their demo days. I can’t really change it because we had a super long lease. But that expires soon and I hope to get back to the right side of the Haimish line.

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Angel Capital Association

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

For the early stage community, the amendments include a very useful provision that excludes “Demo Days” from being considered general solicitations provided certain conditions are met. The amendments retain the same “menu” of exemptions but make incremental improvements.

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Andreessen Horowitz

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

So my advice to you is, put everybody through product training.” Or how do I accelerate time to value? But on another team, the salespeople do the demo themselves. Because when we were small, we could put every single salesperson through product training And then they just went out and sold. Whether you exist or not.

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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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Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 24, 2021

I imagine everyone at this point has used a Zoom Webinar, so we don’t need a full demo, but just so you know, please use the chat to connect with your fellow attendees. It was good to get a little bit of an accelerant to knowing each other because everything was happening so quickly. We had so much change happening.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

4:03] Jambot demo [7:02] Human vs. AI creativity [13:37] Applying AI to design [14:31] Startups vs. incumbents Will AI replace designers? I have a demo and I can show off some stuff. Jambot demo Dylan: If you haven’t seen FigJam, this is our whiteboarding and brainstorming product. The demo is a good example of that.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 14, 2021

Afore Capital runs Zt1 and Human Capital runs Humans in the Wild , both accelerator programs with no equity or cash component. Go to startup Demo Days , a convenient opportunity to learn about firms in your space that are actively hiring. . Offer career advice. NFX has a formal group for Second Time Founders. Work as a VC Scout.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2021

“Most of the startups I give advice to about how to raise venture capital shouldn’t be raising venture capital,” an investor recently told me. The disconnect between Y Combinator Demo Day and due diligence. I ran into one such startup when covering Plaid’s inaugural cohort of startups in its accelerator program.

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