Who started techstars?
David Cohen
Can you apply to Y Combinator with just an idea?
Q: Can you apply to YC with just an idea? Yes. We accept companies at a wide range of stages into the batch.
Where can I publish my personal essay?
Here are 22 places to submit your personal essay.
- Boston Globe.
- Extra Crispy.
- Dame Magazine.
- The Christian Science Monitor.
- Kveller.
- New Statesman.
- The New York Times.
- Creative Nonfiction Magazine.
How much equity do accelerators take?
Accelerators usually provide some level of pre-seed or seed investment for each startup within their cohort in return for an equity stake in the company. The amount of investment and equity varies but as a general figure, accelerators tend to take between 7% — 10% equity.
How competitive is techstars?
Techstars is only taking 1% of applicants, which is 10 startups. Unless Techstars is picking poorly, they are selecting companies that are positioned for success from day one. These startups would most likely succeed with or without Techstars.
How much equity should a cofounder get?
Your co-founder contributes considerable value, is doing half the work and is taking a great risk by co-founding. Though you came up with the idea, considering that your co-founder is doing so much for the business, it is only fair to give her a 50 percent share of the equity pie.
How much equity does YC?
The first would see the size of the standard deal for YC startups decline from $150,000 for 7% (roughly a $2.1 million post-money valuation) to $125,000 for the same equity (or roughly a $1.79 million post-money valuation).
Is Y Combinator an incubator or accelerator?
Y Combinator (YC) is an American seed money startup accelerator launched in March 2005. It has been used to launch over 2,000 companies, including Stripe, Airbnb, Cruise Automation, DoorDash, Coinbase, Instacart, Dropbox, Twitch, and Reddit.
How many YC startups fail?
Out of these, there are more than 400 who are officially inactive. A 20% failure rate sounds amazing for the industry, however: The majority of YC investments have happened in the last few years (over 1500 in the last 5).
How long is techstars?
Applications for each program are open for approximately three months. You are able to apply for a first choice and second choice program each time that Techstars opens a new application group. Theoretically, if there was a program you were interested in each cycle, you could apply at most six times a year.
What do investors look for in a startup?
First and foremost, investors want to see a solid, well thought out, convincing and complete business plan. They want to know they you’re not winging it, not overly optimistic, and at least mostly realistic about the future of your business.
How do I submit to the New York Times?
E-mail submissions for Lives to [email protected]. Because of the volume of e-mail, the magazine cannot respond to every submission.
What is a creative pitch?
A pitch is how an advertising agency proposes marketing ideas for a brand, product, or service to a prospective client. An ad agency pitch should present the agency’s marketing strategy in a creative way and express how their marketing efforts will accomplish the client’s goals and deliver the brand’s message.
How do you submit a personal essay to The New York Times?
Send submissions to: [email protected]. Please put the subject of your essay or a possible title in the email subject line. Limit your essay to 1,500-1,700 words. Attach your essay as a Microsoft Word-compatible doc and paste the text into the body of the email.
What questions do investors ask?
You should always plan to answer all of these questions with your pitch deck.
- What problem (or want) are you solving?
- What kinds of people, groups, or organizations have that problem?
- How are you different?
- Who will you compete with?
- How will you make money?
- How will you make money for your investors?
What does YC look for?
Y Combinator does look for huge market-sizes and potential billion-dollar businesses, but I think positioning how you have an unfair advantage and are uniquely positioned to solve a big problem is often left out of the application.