Startup Accelerators

A startup accelerator can be a big distraction. Creating a tech company is invariably an around-the-clock endeavor that leaves room for little beyo... (2019)

When the now-defunct Austin accelerator Newchip filed for bankruptcy, founders learned that warrants into their startups were being sold off. (2024)

The first accelerator, YC, was founded in 2005. The second, Techstars, was founded in 2006. Wikipedia has a good summary of the history of accelera... (2018)

Harvard Business Review, 2017: "The effects of acceleration are remarkably similar for entrepreneurs across countries and even continents (2017)

WSJ, Wall Street Journal, 2017: “A new generation of accelerator programs designed to help entrepreneurs get their products and services off the g... (2017)

Published on Feb 9, 2015 Hear Sam Altman speak about how to get funded by Y Combinator, the danger of some incubators, and other great startup adv... (2017)

Dropbox on Feb. 23 announced plans to raise $500 million through an initial public offering (pdf), making the 11-year-old file-storage startup the ... (2018)

I’ve been working on my next book, #GiveFirst, again. There’s a lot in it about the Techstars Mentor Manifesto and how to be an effective mentor. Y... (2018)

The famed startup factory is launching a program designed for the tiny fraction of CEOs whose companies really take off. (2018)

Five years ago, no startups from Latin America were participating in prestigious U.S. accelerators. It seemed that Latin America was not yet on any... (2018)

On my laptop I have a folder with over a thousand downloaded articles that I have collected over the years on various work-related topics. In the “... (2018)

Before 2011, three of the top accelerators in the US, Y Combinator, 500 Startups, and Techstars, didn’t accept a single Latin American startup. 500... (2019)