What To Do When Your Fundraising Is Not Going Well
One of the worst things that can happen to a CEO of an early-stage company is to be in the state of perpetual fundraising. Here is how you can tell that it may be happening to you: You have been...
View ArticleApplications Open Today for Techstars Global Programs
Applications are now open for the Techstars accelerator. Apply now to join the Techstars network with more than 10,000 mentors, investors and founders. Deadline to apply is April 9, 2017 for the next...
View ArticleThree Basic Principles Founders Can Follow to Achieve Quality Results
This post originally appeared on Thoughts on Tech Startups and Venture Capital. We are all in the rush these days. As founders, we want to literally do more faster all the time. As we rush, we may get...
View Article7 Tips for Raising Capital in a Slower Market
This post originally appeared on Thoughts on Tech Startups and Venture Capital. We’ve talked a lot here about raising seed capital. Even when capital is readily available, fundraising is still not...
View Article30 Questions Investors Ask During Fundraising
This post originally appeared on Thoughts on Tech Startups and Venture Capital. We’ve written a lot here about fundraising and how it is a complicated, and at times, confusing process. To fundraise...
View Article10 Reasons to Join (or NOT Join) an Accelerator
In a Techstars AMA, we were asked at what stage a startup would most benefit from an accelerator. Here is one perspective from Alex Iskold, MD of the Techstars NYC Accelerator. Accelerators are an...
View ArticleTechstars Alumni Plated Acquired by Albertsons
It was 2013, I was running the Techstars NYC program and was on the lookout for great founders to accept into the next class. I remember meeting Nick and Josh in an interview for the Techstars...
View ArticleSupercharge your Business: The Power of the Techstars Network
In April 2017 Halion Displays graduated from Techstars NYC. The experience was incredibly valuable on its own, and as founders we grew a lot personally and professionally. We knew from other founders...
View ArticleMeet 12 Startups from Techstars NYC Winter 2018 Program
I joined Techstars in 2013 and ran my first program in Spring of 2014. It has been an amazing journey, and I am so grateful to have the opportunity to work with incredible group of companies during my...
View ArticleFocus on Founders: Techstars NYC Demo Day
The Techstars NYC 2019 Class at Demo Day Demo day is a Techstars tradition—and the culmination of 12 intense weeks. It’s also a forcing function for the 10 amazing companies in the program to deploy...
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