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Re:We Got Accepted into Techstars and Turned Them Down by wamatt on Thursday October 02, 2014 @11:48PM (#8404236)
Not that I have any affiliation, though was curious. So I reached out to Troy on Twitter. He claims he extends more time if needed/requested, and they move quickly to close deals.

Is it possible, that maybe what transpired here, wasn't in fact a calculated tactic, designed to screw the applicant?

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Re:We Got Accepted into Techstars and Turned Them Down by Danieru on Thursday October 02, 2014 @11:58PM (#8404255)
Extending the deadline is exactly what we would expect if it was a high pressure sales tactic without a legal purpose. Sending legal documents without giving the time for legal review is horrible. You should not be encouraging your startups to skip consulting lawyers.
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Re:We Got Accepted into Techstars and Turned Them Down by wamatt on Friday October 03, 2014 @12:17AM (#8404292)
Well, we both agree that high pressure tactics are not cool. Also encouraging startups to skip consulting with lawyers would be uncalled for. However on the second point, I can't see any mention of that. Do you have any evidence, or is this speculation?

In this specific case, I can see it going both ways.

So I guess where we perhaps differ, is that I would prefer to be certain of intent. Ideally, before reaching for the pitchforks to publicly shame someone.

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