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I'd be curious to hear what people think about TechStars in comparison to YC.
by babyshake 18y ago
I'd be curious to hear what people think about TechStars in comparison to YC.
- lallysingh 18y agoTough to compare unless you've been close to both. A friend of mine was in a TechStars startup. Just got funded (in this economy!). http://foodzie.com/ http://foodzie.com/ The advice & support he got was really helpful. Lots of successful people's brains to pick, and enough cash & supplies to build a basic v1.0. I'm not sure what else to tell you...
- sigh400 18y agoCould you kindly elaborate as to the details of being "funded" in this situation? I am very interested in real numbers. (Obviously you may not be able to provide specifics, but even meta info would be nice, considering the product and the economic climate etc.)
- sachinag 18y agoThey got $1 million: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/16/an-online-farmers-market/ http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/16/an-online-farmers-m... . Always nice to see another vertically-focused online marketplace get funded. (Interesting note: we started getting a lot more interest once we stopped talking about ourselves as a platform technology that just happened to start off in video games and gear and just kept it simple in calling ourselves a marketplace for video games, systems, and accessories with no upfront mention of the platform. Lesson: tell potential investors the same thing you tell your customers; you can answer follow up questions however you want.)
- tlrobinson 18y agoIf you're interested in the numbers: http://www.scribd.com/doc/9932346/Incubator-RoundUp-SeptDec-08 http://www.scribd.com/doc/9932346/Incubator-RoundUp-SeptDec-...