Tag Archives: TechStars

AlphaLab and TechStars

Congratulations to the team at AlphaLab for the announcement that they are one of 16 national accelerators to join the TechStars Network.  I have always believed that AlphaLab was a top-quartile accelerator, and their acceptance into this branded accelerator network gives some further proof.
The real question… what will this mean or really do for AlphaLab?  [...]

Ask The VC – How Will The Accelerator Trend Affect VC?

Jon Cavell, aka the famous @BurgherJon, follows up to a post I made yesterday about the difference between accelerators and incubators:
@aveeck a follow up to your post this morning, how does the rise of accelerators impact the VC process? #AskTheVC
I think the proliferation of accelerators is a great boon to the entire startup economy, and hence to [...]

Morbidly Obese Markets

Last week, I wrote about my experiences with two demo days at business accelerators:  LaunchBox Digital in Washington, DC and TechStars in Boulder, CO.  I tried to get an invitation to YCombinator in Boston as well, but somehow it slipped through the cracks.
One of the most impressive things I saw at both sites was “The [...]

Business Accelerators – Necessary, or Just Trendy?

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Last week I attended two “demo days” at two different startup incubators, and in the next few days I plan to write on what I saw at LaunchBox Digital in DC and TechStars in Boulder.
But before I dig in, a little background is in order – there was an excellent series of posts [...]