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The idea that university degrees don’t matter is a Silicon Valley fantasy

TechCrunch

Silicon Valley’s undisputed leading startup accelerator is Y Combinator. Young aspiring entrepreneurs apply for Y Combinator in the hopes of receiving seed funding, mentorship and networking opportunities to help create the next unicorn. As a result, venture capitalists need to use short heuristics to figure out who to bet on.

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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 next important group to spot the weakness in Techstars’ strategy was the investment community.

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Free money for your impact tech startup

David Teten VC

Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation identifies entrepreneurs that display characteristics of “exceptional social leadership through discretion, influence, vision, ambition, intelligence, and follow-through.”. Google for Startups Accelerator. Peacetech Accelerator. Columbia Business School Tamer Fund for Social Ventures.

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