TechStars Model Seed Funding Documents

Re:TechStars Model Seed Funding Documents by ivankirigin on Sunday February 08, 2009 @09:58PM (#472867)

More early stage venture firms is a good things. Copying good things, like open legal docs, is a good thing. The only thing I've heard I didn't like was setting deadlines to exclude YC, and I haven't heard definitive specifics on that.

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Re:TechStars Model Seed Funding Documents by rustartup on Monday February 09, 2009 @07:54AM (#473369)

== setting deadlines to exclude YC ==

How they can achieve that having only one session per year - summer, and YC has two?

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Re:TechStars Model Seed Funding Documents by ivankirigin on Monday February 09, 2009 @09:23AM (#473465)

Hypothetically, you need to respond for their summer session before you hear about YC's

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Re:TechStars Model Seed Funding Documents by mattmaroon on Sunday February 08, 2009 @10:42PM (#472904)

Well, ask around and you'll hear some other things.

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Re:TechStars Model Seed Funding Documents by alabut on Monday February 09, 2009 @12:23AM (#473011)

I've met a couple of techstars companies in the last year and haven't heard any negatives yet - are you being intentionally vague to cover up for a friend or can you get more specific with your complaints?

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Re:TechStars Model Seed Funding Documents by andrewhyde on Tuesday February 10, 2009 @11:42PM (#476529)

I would love to hear more, if there are actual complaints. We have been very open.

Matt, anything we can address? We have been hearing a very constant and vague 2 year record of your thoughts (appreciated).

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Re:TechStars Model Seed Funding Documents by rms on Tuesday February 10, 2009 @11:51PM (#476541)

The biggest complaint is that they interview and accept companies before YC and like YC, require an immediate decision. So if you get accepted into Techstars you have to tell them yes or no before your YC interivew.

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Re:TechStars Model Seed Funding Documents by andrewhyde on Monday February 16, 2009 @12:03AM (#482691)

I see.

The date for the TechStars program is set by the summer session for the local universities. The rental market revolves around this, and our program is set up to make it easy to find a sublet/ not conflict with the University scheduling etc (and not to block candidates from applying or attending any other program).

Also, we don't require an immediate decision. We encourage our teams to check in with their friends and families to make sure it is a great fit.

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Re:TechStars Model Seed Funding Documents by rustartup on Monday February 09, 2009 @07:59AM (#473372)

I've had experience of beign rejected by both, and have got better feelings with TechStar :) Well, the ideas were different too, so it triggered different reactions.

But overall, techstars do good job offering more opportunities for the startups.

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Re:TechStars Model Seed Funding Documents by ivankirigin on Monday February 09, 2009 @09:24AM (#473467)

Consider this asking around. Has anyone written anything I can read online?

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