Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Business accelerators like YCombinator and TechStars are sometimes able to help startups looking for seed-stage funding. Most accelerators provide small seed investment in the range of $25,000, as well as mentoring, workspace and professional services, in exchange for an equity stake in the company.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2015

With top-ranked accelerators Lauchpad LA closing its doors and Y Combinator rebranding itself as a seed fund, it seems fair to ask the question, “Are Accelerators Dead?”. Good news: a quick review of TechCrunch’s March 2015 List of Top 20 U.S. Convert Graduate-Founders Into Mentors. Adopt A “Whatever It Takes” Mentality.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Mentoring and technical assistance from volunteer or paid experts. Direct seed funding, for a share of the equity, and introductions to investors. As evidence that it does work, VentureBeat calculated in 2015 that YCombinator startups had raised over $7 billion, with a $65 billion total valuation.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

We have some announcements set for 2015. For accelerators to proliferate you need access to capital to fund them and then you need a huge community of people to fund the graduates. We plan to continue working with our good friends Jim & Peter on this. It’s where their passions are, too. What have I learned?

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