Definitely self-serving move, and certainly won't make any difference in the end... articles like the USAToday one always need to find that contrarian view in order to seem unbiased. I'm sure Seth Levine was all to happy to provide them the material. But how would you feel if you were a Techstars startup group and you see him making comments like that - blasting the model of his partner's program!?

Good catch Paul! Surprise, surprise Seth Levine is a "mentor" at Techstars: http://www.techstars.org/site/page/pg5883.html

What a shame!