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What went wrong at Techstars

Founders Coop

From the beginning, we were deeply committed to Techstars’ “give first” ethos and mentorship-driven approach to startup investing. By making corporate funders, and not startup founders, their primary customer, Techstars built a centrally-controlled sales- and operations-driven culture that made startups the product, not the customer.

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12 ‘flexible VCs’ who operate where equity meets revenue share

TechCrunch

David Teten is founder of Versatile VC and writes periodically at teten.com and @dteten. Flexible VC: A new model for startups targeting profitability. Jamie Finney is a founding partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund , where he blogs about his work on VC and small communities. More posts by this contributor. Jamie Finney.

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Startup Fundraising that Meets Investor Expectations

American Entrepreneurship

That includes angel investors, venture capitalists, and institutional funders associated with various stages of a startup’s growth. Venture capitalists (VC) typically seek businesses experiencing rapid growth and that meet their specific investment profile. A funded venture’s success is tied to the people running it.

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Free money for your impact tech startup

David Teten VC

Fortunately, there are a wide range of organizations that specifically want to support you, not just the VC community. “The PeaceTech Accelerator provides the mentorship and training needed to scale both for and not-for-profit peacetech initiatives rapidly, securely, and cost-effectively. Peacetech Accelerator.

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