Hey, I'm a TS grad from NYC and friendly with both founders from YC and other Techstars classes. One quick misconception: Only 5 TS cities, none international

Hey, I'm a TS grad from NYC and friendly with both founders from YC and other Techstars classes. One quick misconception: Only 5 TS cities, none international, and the "affiliate techstars network cities" shouldn't be lumped in here. Both YC and TS are different formulas. Here are the two main things I liked about Techstars: - the NYC program has a huge allure to anyone doing media or advertising focused startups. You're going to get that advantage from the mentors in the program and the speakers. We wouldn't have gotten where we were without all of the people in the media/ad industry hearing about us from TS. We're building for the longhaul in NYC and this helped us rocketboost our way into the media/ad landscape. - TS is very hands on and my guess is that's why it's been kept to 12 or so companies per class. YC is hands on too, but my guess is it's in a much different way (either one works, choose your preference). I spent multiple hours a day with Brad Feld, David Cohen, and Dave Tisch leading up until Demo Day along with our $5mm round we closed < 30 days after. Both are awesome programs and I think every entrepreneur should go through TS or YC if given the chance.