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<p>Jdice1400: </p> <hr /> <div>= Overview&lt;br/&gt; =<br /> <br /> [[File:William Jewell College Logo 1.jpg|thumb]] William Jewell College is a small liberal arts institution established in 1849. The college has called Liberty, Missouri its home for over 165 years. Today the campus is about 200 acres in size, and sits on a hill overlooking the Kansas City skyline. &amp;nbsp;The average enrollment is around 1,100 students, making the student to faculty ratio eleven to one. The college places a strict emphasis on service, leadership, and spiritual growth with a motto, “Deo Fisus Labora,” meaning, “Trust in God, Work.”<br /> <br /> William Jewell advertises their four-year degree as being “a journey rich with opportunities.” With over 40 majors to choose from, the college provides students with opportunities to collaborate in a state of the art technology based learning commons, utilize a Journey Grant ($2,000.00) to pursue a passion of their own design, be a Division II athlete, research with a professor in their major field of study, launch an entrepreneurial venture through the college's Idea Exchange, and much more. The school's motto is &quot;Live what you learn.&quot;<br /> <br /> The college focuses on achievement, experiential learning and leadership, and critical thinking. Consistently ranked among America’s best colleges, William Jewell College is cited for small class sizes, low student debt, high graduation rates, commitment to service, and overall value.&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> = Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship&lt;br/&gt; =<br /> <br /> Presently, Jewell students from physics and business are the most engaged in entrepreneurship. This is because of the focus on engineering and entrepreneurial courses, respectively. A goal of the 2016-2017 Leadership Circle is to engage interdisciplinary students and help market our existing resources to students across campus. There are several student organizations dedicated to entrepreneurship and innovation, detailed below. Additionally, students leverage resources in the Kansas City entrepreneurial ecosystem, such as Lean Startup Machine workshops. There are also many makerspaces that encourage collaboration among students and students have many resources through on-campus faculty. Students also have the Adobe Suite at their disposal on specific computers in the Pryor Learning Commons along with a 3D printer, production studio, and audio recording studio. There are a great number resources that students could be using in their entrepreneurial endeavors.<br /> <br /> = Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship&lt;br/&gt; =<br /> <br /> Faculty have two primary avenues for innovation: inside the class and outside the class. Innovation in the classroom requires student interaction in place of a purely lecture-based course. Jewell's mission to create critical thinkers through its core curriculum is served by this end: a liberal arts education is furthered by enabling students to voice their thoughts, hear criticism, and increase the rigor of their intellectual engagement. Some courses already embody this ideal, but others have room to grow. There are, however, opportunities in the business and marketing classes to do real, hands-on marketing and product research through projects. This could be a great jumping off point. There are many project-based classes that could expand more into entrepreneurialship. Transitioning towards a curriculum that supports innovation and an entrepreneurial mindset is a gradual process that the current Leadership Circle aims to begin.<br /> <br /> = Innovation and Entrepreneurship On Campus&lt;br/&gt; =<br /> <br /> At William Jewell, students have many available resources to use when it comes to I&amp;E. The school offers various clubs, events, and maker spaces that are for student use.<br /> <br /> == Clubs and Organizations&lt;br/&gt; ==<br /> <br /> The clubs and organizations that we have on campus are the TECH Club, E-Society, InScape Digital Magazine, the Jewellverse Student Advisory&amp;nbsp;Board, and the Jewell Communication and Theatre Society. The TECH Club, also known as Teach Everyone Coding and Hardware, is a club that reaches out to campus to educate and create awareness of technology and coding. The E-Society is the Jewell Entrepreneur Society that does events throughout the year as well as creates an interest for entrepreneurship and innovation in the student body. Students a part of the Jewellverse Advisory Board are able to help influence tech and I&amp;E policy. The Jewell Communication and Theatre Society helps assist students with networking with professionals and teaches about the possible careers in this subject matter.<br /> <br /> == Events&lt;br/&gt; ==<br /> <br /> &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;William Jewell College offers an extensive list of events for students to go to which include an extensive lecture series, Big Omaha, Big Kansas City, the Kansas City Maker Faire, KC Tech Week, and One Million Cups. Organizations around campus also contribute to events that help inspire innovation and entrepreneurship such as visiting lecture series sponsored by the chemistry and biology departments, a professor sponsored weekly networking meeting called BizTime Coffee, Lean Startup Machine in Kansas City that is sponsored by the Business Department, and Think Big Pitch Camp that is also sponsored by the Business Department.&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;The fall 2014 UIF cohort started an annual event called #OnedayKC. Through partnerships with the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Think Big Partners, the Kaufmann Foundation, and other local businesses and organizations #OnedayKC became the collegiate entrepreneurial event of the year for the Kansas City area by bringing together students from multiple institutions for a day of innovation and entrepreneurship. The 2015 cohort is looking forward to expanding and improving upon the already excellent model for this amazing event.&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> William Jewell College also puts on a Duke Colloquium Day every April for students to both showcase their unique project and get a look at what their peers have been working on. Classes are canceled for the day to show the students they have the colleges full backing and admiration for their work. In addition, alumni are invited as well as local professional leaders.&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> == Spaces&lt;br/&gt; ==<br /> <br /> The College built a new building called the Pryor Learning Commons just two years ago that consists of spaces dedicated to I&amp;E. These spaces are open to the whole campus and are able to be reserved 24/7. These spaces include a graphics suite, an audio suite, a 3D printing suite, an editing suite for graphics, production studio, and multiple collaboration spaces.<br /> <br /> On Jewell’s campus, there are two shops in the Physics Department that are the machine shop and the electronics shop. These spaces, however, are mostly used by students in the Physics Department. These shops require special training to use which makes them less accessible to the larger student body. A private shop is located about thirty-five minutes away called the Design Shop and it is available for student use. It is a business professor initiative at bringing design and creativity to campus and to the community.<br /> <br /> There is also the IdeaX room available&amp;nbsp;to students and professor at all hours. This non-traditional classroom&amp;nbsp;features a whiteboard wall, couch, tv, coffee maker, and is organized in a way so that there is no standard front of the room. This space is frequently used for guest of the Business Department to talk to students on many different post-graduation career fields.&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> == Opportunities&lt;br/&gt; ==<br /> <br /> The college offers numerous opportunities to engage in unique innovative experiences. These opportunities include the Career Mentor Program, the Journey Grant, and the Kauffman Grant.<br /> <br /> The Career Mentor program matches students from any discipline on campus to a professional mentor in the Kansas City area to do a job shadowing experience of 10 hours minimum. This program allows students to gain a better understanding of a career field and it connects professionals to the college through a professional relationship with a Jewell student.<br /> <br /> The Journey Grant is a $2,000 minimum grant that allows Jewell students to study abroad, attend a conference, to start a business with these funds, or anything to aid the experiential&amp;nbsp;learning process. To use the Journey Grant, a student must apply for it to use during their Junior or Senior year. The school offers pre-planned trips that include learning about business on a ranch, learning about third world communities and economies in Honduras, the British Teacher Education Program, among others.<br /> <br /> Students at William Jewell College have the opportunity to apply for funding for a start-up or business venture through the Kauffman Grant. The students can apply through the Director of Creativity and Innovation to have access to these funds that allow students to gain real world experiences with real money to start up.<br /> <br /> = Evaluation of Innovation and Entrepreneurship&lt;br/&gt; =<br /> <br /> &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;William Jewell is rapidly growing its Creativity and Innovation program and other campus-wide efforts, to the degree that the word &quot;entrepreneurship,&quot; &quot;innovation,&quot; and &quot;creativity&quot; find themselves at the center of nearly every new project and initative. The University Innovation fellows welcome this environment, but currently find ourselves grounding campus projects and initiatives into doable, process based creativity. While we encourage &quot;thinking big,&quot; we consider it equally important to consider the multi-stepped, process-based origin of true creative work. Projects that include faculty recognition, centralized data regarding campus activities, and better communications mechanisms for campus leaders all include big goals--yet we continue to seek first iterations of these projects to use as prototypes to better evaluate the underlying need of the initiatives at hand. From there, we intend to garner the immediate success of various initiatives into the energy and support needed to reach their fullest conceptions.<br /> <br /> &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;In line with this goal, Jewell has collected data from faculty and student interviews about innovation, entrepreneurship, and engagement over the last year, and this content area will eventually summarize those data along with that collected by the Leadership Circle. Some of the ways Jewell has utilized the collected data is the creation of the college's first ever engineering program, which it is in the midst of now. In the fall of 2016 William Jewell College will be welcoming its first ever class of civil engineers. The program will have an environmental emphasis and focus on four technical areas: environmental, geotechnical, hydraulic and structural. The addition of this department will certainly add to the innovation and entrepreneruship on Jewell's campus.&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> = Landscape Canvas =<br /> <br /> [https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B844vlWIDJatU0dNa0Z2THNVRHc&amp;usp=sharing_eid&amp;tid=0B9GRsz4i6ggafmRUOFlyWXNCWVVUbzI2U1ptbXJma0JNWTZvcHlHdzJEMlR0N2o3ZTZPYlE Fall 2015 Landscape Canvas]<br /> <br /> [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fueIItc8e6c3BE1Kz2jnWG21U5L8Vc_670y6ktAXZ8o/edit#gid=0 Spring 2017 Landscape Canvas]<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> === &lt;br/&gt; ===<br /> <br /> = Related Resources&lt;br/&gt; =<br /> <br /> '''William Jewell College'''<br /> <br /> [[William Jewell College Strategic Priorities|William Jewell College Strategic Priorities]]<br /> <br /> '''Current Fellows'''<br /> <br /> [[Macy Tush|Macy Tush]]<br /> <br /> [[Meg Anderson|Meg Anderson]]<br /> <br /> [http://universityinnovation.org/Sofia%20Arthurs-Schoppe Sofia Arthurs-Schoppe]<br /> <br /> [[Conner Foote|Conner Foote]]<br /> <br /> [[William Hyde|William Hyde]]<br /> <br /> [[Jesse Lundervold|Jesse Lundervold]]<br /> <br /> [[Dalton Nelson|Dalton Nelson]]<br /> <br /> [[Erika storvick|Erika Storvick]]<br /> <br /> [[Denver Strong|Denver Strong]]<br /> <br /> [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jacob_Dice Jacob Dice]<br /> <br /> [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Sam_Fulte Sam Fulte]<br /> <br /> Savannah Hawley<br /> <br /> 2017-2018 Leadership Circle: Savannah Hawley, [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Sam_Fulte Sam Fulte], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jacob_Dice Jacob Dice]<br /> <br /> 2016-2017 Leadership Circle:&amp;nbsp;[[Meg Anderson|Meg Anderson]],&amp;nbsp;[[Sofia Arthurs-Schoppe|Sofia Arthurs-Schoppe]],&amp;nbsp;[http://universityinnovation.org/Conner%20Foote Conner Foote],&amp;nbsp;[[William Hyde|William Hyde]],&amp;nbsp;[[Jesse Lundervold|Jesse Lundervold]],&amp;nbsp;[[Dalton Nelson|Dalton Nelson]],&amp;nbsp;[[Erika storvick|Erika Storvick]],&amp;nbsp;[[Denver Strong|Denver Strong]]<br /> <br /> 2015-2016 Leadership Circle:&amp;nbsp;[[Bradley Dice|Bradley Dice]],&amp;nbsp;[[Trevor Nicks|Trevor Nicks]],&amp;nbsp;[[Ben Shinogle|Ben Shinogle]],&amp;nbsp;[[Alex Holden|Alex Holden]],&amp;nbsp;[[Macy Tush|Macy Tush]],&amp;nbsp;[[Gretchen Mayes|Gretchen Mayes]]<br /> <br /> 2014-2015 Leadership Circle:&amp;nbsp;[[Bradley Dice|Bradley Dice]],&amp;nbsp;[[James Milam|James Milam]],&amp;nbsp;[[Kate McFerren|Kate McFerren]],&amp;nbsp;[[Amelia Hanzlick|Amelia Hanzlick]],&amp;nbsp;[[Conner Hazelrigg|Conner Hazelrigg]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Universities]]</div>

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<p>Jdice1400: </p> <hr /> <div>= =<br /> <br /> Jacob Dice is a University Innovation Fellow and student at William Jewell College in Liberty, MO. He majoring in physics and economics, with a minor in mathematics. After graduating from William Jewell, he hopes to pursue an MBA/MS-BIA dual degree program at Rockhurst University to further his breadth of knowledge&amp;nbsp;in business and data science. Jacob is particularly interested in the application of data science at the intersection of finance and economics. At William Jewell he is Treasurer of Student Senate, president of Economics club, and an active member of DECA. In his free time, he enjoys riding dirt bikes and tinkering with hardware electronics, circuit design, and programming microcontrollers.<br /> <br /> Feel free to reach out!<br /> <br /> [[Jacobdice.com|Website]] | [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-dice/ LinkedIn ]| [https://twitter.com/jacobdice Twitter] | [mailto:jdice@jacobdice.com Email]</div>

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<p>Jdice1400: </p> <hr /> <div>= =<br /> <br /> Jacob Dice is a University Innovation Fellow and student at William Jewell College in Liberty, MO. He majoring in Physics and Economics, with a minor in Mathematics. After graduating from William Jewell, he hopes to pursue an MBA/MS-BIA dual degree program at Rockhurst University to further his breadth of knowledge&amp;nbsp;in business and data science. Jacob is particularly interested in the application of data science at the intersection of finance and economics. At William Jewell he is Treasurer of Student Senate, president of Economics club, and an active member of DECA. In his free time, he enjoys riding dirt bikes and tinkering with hardware electronics, circuit design, and programming microcontrollers.<br /> <br /> Feel free to reach out!<br /> <br /> [[Jacobdice.com|Website]] | [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-dice/ LinkedIn ]| [https://twitter.com/jacobdice Twitter] | [mailto:jdice@jacobdice.com Email]</div>

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<p>Jdice1400: </p> <hr /> <div>= =<br /> <br /> +Jacob Dice is a University Innovation Fellow and student at William Jewell College in Liberty, MO. He majoring in Physics and Economics, with a minor in Mathematics. After graduating from William Jewell, he hopes to pursue an MBA/MS-BIA dual degree program at Rockhurst University to further his breadth of knowledge&amp;nbsp;in business and data science. Jacob is particularly interested in the application of data science at the intersection of finance and economics. At William Jewell he is Treasurer of Student Senate, president of Economics club, and an active member of DECA. In his free time, he enjoys riding dirt bikes and tinkering with hardware electronics, circuit design, and programming microcontrollers.<br /> <br /> Feel free to reach out!<br /> <br /> [[Jacobdice.com|Website]] | [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-dice/ LinkedIn ]| [https://twitter.com/jacobdice Twitter] | [mailto:jdice@jacobdice.com Email]</div>

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<p>Jdice1400: </p> <hr /> <div>= Jacob&amp;nbsp; =<br /> <br /> ----<br /> <br /> Jacob Dice is a University Innovation Fellow and student at William Jewell College in Liberty, MO. He majoring in Physics and Economics, with a minor in Mathematics. After graduating from William Jewell, he hopes to pursue an MBA/MS-BIA dual degree program at Rockhurst University to further his breadth of knowledge&amp;nbsp;in business and data science. Jacob is particularly interested in the application of data science at the intersection of finance and economics. At William Jewell he is Treasurer of Student Senate, president of Economics club, and an active member of DECA. In his free time, he enjoys riding dirt bikes and tinkering with hardware electronics, circuit design, and programming microcontrollers.<br /> <br /> Feel free to reach out!<br /> <br /> [[Jacobdice.com|Website]] | [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-dice/ LinkedIn ]| [https://twitter.com/jacobdice Twitter] | [mailto:jdice@jacobdice.com Email]</div>

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<p>Jdice1400: </p> <hr /> <div>= Jacob Dice =<br /> <br /> ----<br /> <br /> Jacob Dice is a University Innovation Fellow and student at William Jewell College in Liberty, MO. He majoring in Physics and Economics, with a minor in Mathematics. After graduating from William Jewell, he hopes to pursue an MBA/MS-BIA dual degree program at Rockhurst University to further his breadth of knowledge&amp;nbsp;in business and data science. Jacob is particularly interested in the application of data science at the intersection of finance and economics. At William Jewell he is Treasurer of Student Senate, president of Economics club, and an active member of DECA. In his free time, he enjoys riding dirt bikes and tinkering with hardware electronics, circuit design, and programming microcontrollers.<br /> <br /> Feel free to reach out! <br /> <br /> [[jacobdice.com|Website]] | [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-dice/ LinkedIn ]| [https://twitter.com/jacobdice Twitter] | [mailto:jdice@jacobdice.com Email]</div>

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<p>Jdice1400: </p> <hr /> <div>= Overview =<br /> <br /> '''[[Techstars.com|Techstars]]'''&amp;nbsp;is a global network that is designed to help entrepreneurs succeed, following the motto &quot;Do More Faster&quot;. Their primary tool to help entrepreneurs succeed is their startup accelerator where they choose 300 companies per year, invest $120k, and connect each startup with mentors and a powerful network of resources to help them reach their goals. Their accelerator success rates are incredible. According to their website (as of 1/9/2017), they have supported 1274 companies, with 90% of them either active or acquired. Through their accelerator, they have raised over $4.4B, creating a market capitalization of the companies of over $11.4B. Business Insider analyzed the success rates of Techstars and found their failure rate to be only 6.15%, meaning that Techstars has been a tremendous success. Techstars has grown so much in the last couple of years that Business Insider claims that it is harder to be accepted into Techstars than it is to get into an ivy league school!&amp;nbsp;<br /> &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center&quot;&gt;[[File:Techstars Logo.png]]&lt;/p&gt;<br /> In addition to their accelerator program, Techstars supports a wide variety of outlets to become involved in the startup community. Techstars&amp;nbsp;hosts startup weekends across the United States and abroad where the participants experience first-hand the success, failures, and strain a startup goes through. They interact with a number of mentors, potential cofounders, and investors that help ideate problems and generate business from the ground-up.&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Finally, Techstars has corporate and network sponsorships that help connect the startup community to companies and influential mentors across the world. Techstars allows for companies to cultivate new startup accelerators. They highlight that this program can also help source fresh ideas through mergers and acquisitions&amp;nbsp;(M&amp;A).<br /> <br /> = Purpose/Background&lt;br/&gt; =<br /> <br /> Techstars was started in 2006 with the plan to start a worldwide network of startups, mentors, corporations, entrepreneurs, and venture funds. By November of 2006, they had a team of top mentors including David Cohen, David Brown, Brad Feld, and Jared Polis. These individuals are some of the top investors and startup entrepreneurs. Today, the team has expanded to&amp;nbsp;a number of board members and regional contacts- you can read about them [https://www.techstars.com/team/ here].&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Additionally, here is a video of Brad Feld at Stanford, giving a talk titled, &quot;Great Entrepreneurs Go Out and Do&quot;<br /> &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center&quot;&gt;{{#Widget:Youtube|id=xf9k379a4Jo;}}&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;<br /> = How It Works&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt; =<br /> <br /> Techstars is a three month, highly selective program to make startups succeed quickly. The main goal is to connect startups with a network of professionals and resources so that their business can be a success.&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Step 1: the startup chooses 3-5 mentors to work with whose experience aligns with their goals. The startup works with these mentors and their managing director to accomplish specific goals designed to get the startup off the ground.&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Step 2: the startup creates a fundraising plan and prepares to meet with investors to aquire funding<br /> <br /> Step 3: During Demo Day, the startup presents their work and hopefully launches their startup<br /> <br /> Although the offical program ends at step 3, Techstars is a lifelong program. Startups continue to have access to the vast array of resources that Techstars offers for as long as they want.&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> If the three month program does not appeal to you, Techstars also has 3 other programs to help entrepreneurs succeed. Startup digest is a magazine designed for entrepreneurs. Startup week is an entrepreneur led week to celebrate entrepreneurship in the community. Lastly, startup weekend is two days dedicated to learning how to start a business.&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> = Integrating Techstars with UIF =<br /> <br /> Techstars&amp;nbsp;has a multitude of outlets to blend the best of UIF and entrepreneurship into one nugget. One avenue is for students to participate in a startup weekend event. Techstars&amp;nbsp;hosts them across the United States, and you can find out specific locations and times [https://www.techstars.com/startup-weekend/ here]. On the first day, the participants meet, pitch ideas, and form teams - typically on a Friday night. The following day consists of ideating through the problem, meeting with mentors, and working on the project. The final day is presentation day! All of the groups pitch their startup to a panel of judges. To prep for the weekend, it might be good to have students think of problems in their daily lives to have ideas to pitch on the first day. In addition to attending an event, Techstars may be interested in having a university host a startup weekend. Contact one of the managing directors or regional Techstars team members to find out if this would be possible.&amp;nbsp; Another route to integrating Techstars with UIF is to host a Techstars Startup week. Here is a brief summary from the Techstars website:<br /> &lt;blockquote&gt;'''''&quot;Startup Week celebrates the achievements of entrepreneurial communities in cities across the globe. Our mission is to develop and support thriving communities wherever they may exist. The best way to do this is to bring entrepreneurs together in a way that they can connect, share and bond.&quot;'''''&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;text-align: center&quot;&gt;'''''[[File:Techstars StartupWeek.PNG]]'''''&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;<br /> Techstars insists that a community of any size can host a Startup week and provides a webpage to&amp;nbsp;[https://startupweek.co/apply/ apply online].&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> = Contact Information =<br /> <br /> &lt;span id=&quot;docs-internal-guid-cbb3092c-e097-6803-3295-f292bb6b8ba5&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre; word-spacing: 0px&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Go to &lt;/span&gt;[https://www.techstars.com/contact/ &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;&quot;&gt;https://www.techstars.com/contact/&lt;/span&gt;]&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre; word-spacing: 0px&quot;&gt;to submit any requests or questions&lt;/span&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> = Student Contributors&lt;br/&gt; =<br /> <br /> [[Sara Fitzpatrick|Sara Fitzpatrick]]<br /> <br /> [[Nicholas Kratovil|Nicholas Kratovil]]<br /> <br /> [[Jacob_Dice|Jacob Dice]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Resources]]</div>

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<p>Jdice1400: </p> <hr /> <div>= Overview =<br /> <br /> '''[[Techstars.com|Techstars]]'''&amp;nbsp;is a global network that is designed to help entrepreneurs succeed. Their primary tool to help entrepreneurs succeed is their startup accelerator - they choose 300 companies per year, invest $120k, and connect them with mentors to support their startups. Their accelerator success rates are incredible. According to their website (as of 1/9/2017), they have supported 1274 companies, with 90% of them either active or acquired. Through their accelerator, they have raised over $4.4B, creating a market capitalization of the companies of over $11.4B.<br /> &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;[[File:Techstars Logo.png]]&lt;/p&gt;<br /> In addition to their accelerator program, Techstars supports a wide variety of outlets to become involved in the startup community. Techstars&amp;nbsp;hosts startup weekends across the United States and abroad where the participants experience first-hand the success, failures, and strain a startup goes through. They interact with a number of mentors, potential cofounders, and investors that help ideate problems and generate business from the ground-up.&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Finally, Techstars has corporate and network sponsorships that help connect the startup community to companies and influential mentors across the world. Techstars allows for companies to cultivate new startup accelerators. They highlight that this program can also help source fresh ideas through mergers and acquisitions&amp;nbsp;(M&amp;A).<br /> <br /> = Purpose/Background&lt;br/&gt; =<br /> <br /> Techstars was started in 2006 with the plan to start a worldwide network of startups, mentors, corporations, entrepreneurs, and venture funds. By November of 2006, they had a team of top mentors including David Cohen, David Brown, Brad Feld, and Jared Polis. These individuals are some of the top investors and startup entrepreneurs. Today, the team has expanded to&amp;nbsp;a number of board members and regional contacts- you can read about them [https://www.techstars.com/team/ here].&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Additionally, here is a video of Brad Feld at Stanford, giving a talk titled, &quot;Great Entrepreneurs Go Out and Do&quot;<br /> &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;{{#Widget:Youtube|id=xf9k379a4Jo;}}&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;<br /> = &lt;br/&gt; =<br /> <br /> = Integrating Techstars with UIF =<br /> <br /> Techstars&amp;nbsp;has a multitude of outlets to blend the best of UIF and entrepreneurship into one nugget. One avenue is for students to participate in a startup weekend event. Techstars&amp;nbsp;hosts them across the United States, and you can find out specific locations and times [https://www.techstars.com/startup-weekend/ here]. On the first day, the participants meet, pitch ideas, and form teams - typically on a Friday night. The following day consists of ideating through the problem, meeting with mentors, and working on the project. The final day is presentation day! All of the groups pitch their startup to a panel of judges. To prep for the weekend, it might be good to have students think of problems in their daily lives to have ideas to pitch on the first day. In addition to attending an event, Techstars may be interested in having a university host a startup weekend. Contact one of the managing directors or regional Techstars team members to find out if this would be possible.&amp;nbsp; Another route to integrating Techstars with UIF is to host a Techstars Startup week. Here is a brief summary from the Techstars website:<br /> &lt;blockquote&gt;'''''&quot;Startup Week celebrates the achievements of entrepreneurial communities in cities across the globe. Our mission is to develop and support thriving communities wherever they may exist. The best way to do this is to bring entrepreneurs together in a way that they can connect, share and bond.&quot;'''''&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;'''''[[File:Techstars StartupWeek.PNG]]'''''&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;<br /> Techstars insists that a community of any size can host a Startup week and provides a webpage to&amp;nbsp;[https://startupweek.co/apply/ apply online].&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> = &lt;br/&gt; =<br /> <br /> = Contact Information =<br /> <br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> [[Category:Resources]]</div>

Jdice1400 https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Organization:Techstars&diff=58964 2018-01-09T21:35:20Z

<p>Jdice1400: </p> <hr /> <div>= Overview =<br /> <br /> '''[[Techstars.com|Techstars]]'''&amp;nbsp;is a global network that is designed to help entrepreneurs succeed. Their primary tool to help entrepreneurs succeed is their startup accelerator - they choose 300 companies per year, invest $120k, and connect them with mentors to support their startups. Their accelerator success rates are incredible. According to their website (as of 1/9/2017), they have supported 1274 companies, with 90% of them either active or acquired. Through their accelerator, they have raised over $4.4B, creating a market capitalization of the companies of over $11.4B.<br /> &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;[[File:Techstars Logo.png]]&lt;/p&gt;<br /> In addition to their accelerator program, Techstars supports a wide variety of outlets to become involved in the startup community. Techstars&amp;nbsp;hosts startup weekends across the United States and abroad where the participants experience first-hand the success, failures, and strain a startup goes through. They interact with a number of mentors, potential cofounders, and investors that help ideate problems and generate business from the ground-up.&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Finally, Techstars has corporate and network sponsorships that help connect the startup community to companies and influential mentors across the world. Techstars allows for companies to cultivate new startup accelerators. They highlight that this program can also help source fresh ideas through mergers and acquisitions&amp;nbsp;(M&amp;A).<br /> <br /> = Purpose/Background&lt;br/&gt; =<br /> <br /> Techstars was started in 2006 with the plan to start a worldwide network of startups, mentors, corporations, entrepreneurs, and venture funds. By November of 2006, they had a team of top mentors including David Cohen, David Brown, Brad Feld, and Jared Polis. These individuals are some of the top investors and startup entrepreneurs. Today, the team has expanded to&amp;nbsp;a number of board members and regional contacts- you can read about them [https://www.techstars.com/team/ here].&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Additionally, here is a video of Brad Feld at Stanford, giving a talk titled, &quot;Great Entrepreneurs Go Out and Do&quot;<br /> &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;{{#Widget:Youtube|id=xf9k379a4Jo;}}&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;<br /> = &lt;br/&gt; =<br /> <br /> = Integrating Techstars with UIF =<br /> <br /> Techstars&amp;nbsp;has a multitude of outlets to blend the best of UIF and entrepreneurship into one nugget. One avenue is for students to participate in a startup weekend event. Techstars&amp;nbsp;hosts them across the United States, and you can find out specific locations and times [https://www.techstars.com/startup-weekend/ here]. On the first day, the participants meet, pitch ideas, and form teams - typically on a Friday night. The following day consists of ideating through the problem, meeting with mentors, and working on the project. The final day is presentation day! All of the groups pitch their startup to a panel of judges. To prep for the weekend, it might be good to have students think of problems in their daily lives to have ideas to pitch on the first day. In addition to attending an event, Techstars may be interested in having a university host a startup weekend. Contact one of the managing directors or regional Techstars team members to find out if this would be possible.&amp;nbsp; Another route to integrating Techstars with UIF is to host a Techstars Startup week. Here is a brief summary from the Techstars website:<br /> &lt;blockquote&gt;'''''&quot;Startup Week celebrates the achievements of entrepreneurial communities in cities across the globe. Our mission is to develop and support thriving communities wherever they may exist. The best way to do this is to bring entrepreneurs together in a way that they can connect, share and bond.&quot;'''''&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;'''''[[File:Techstars StartupWeek.PNG]]'''''&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;<br /> Techstars insists that a community of any size can host a Startup week and provides a webpage to&amp;nbsp;[https://startupweek.co/apply/ apply online].&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> = Steps Required To Bring Resource to Campus =<br /> <br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Contact Information =<br /> <br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> [[Category:Resources]]</div>

Jdice1400 https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Organization:Techstars&diff=58963 2018-01-09T21:35:06Z

<p>Jdice1400: </p> <hr /> <div>= Overview =<br /> <br /> '''[[Techstars.com|Techstars]]'''&amp;nbsp;is a global network that is designed to help entrepreneurs succeed. Their primary tool to help entrepreneurs succeed is their startup accelerator - they choose 300 companies per year, invest $120k, and connect them with mentors to support their startups. Their accelerator success rates are incredible. According to their website (as of 1/9/2017), they have supported 1274 companies, with 90% of them either active or acquired. Through their accelerator, they have raised over $4.4B, creating a market capitalization of the companies of over $11.4B.<br /> &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;[[File:Techstars Logo.png]]&lt;/p&gt;<br /> In addition to their accelerator program, Techstars supports a wide variety of outlets to become involved in the startup community. Techstars&amp;nbsp;hosts startup weekends across the United States and abroad where the participants experience first-hand the success, failures, and strain a startup goes through. They interact with a number of mentors, potential cofounders, and investors that help ideate problems and generate business from the ground-up.&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Finally, Techstars has corporate and network sponsorships that help connect the startup community to companies and influential mentors across the world. Techstars allows for companies to cultivate new startup accelerators. They highlight that this program can also help source fresh ideas through mergers and acquisitions&amp;nbsp;(M&amp;A).<br /> <br /> = Purpose/Background&lt;br/&gt; =<br /> <br /> Techstars was started in 2006 with the plan to start a worldwide network of startups, mentors, corporations, entrepreneurs, and venture funds. By November of 2006, they had a team of top mentors including David Cohen, David Brown, Brad Feld, and Jared Polis. These individuals are some of the top investors and startup entrepreneurs. Today, the team has expanded to&amp;nbsp;a number of board members and regional contacts- you can read about them [https://www.techstars.com/team/ here].&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Additionally, here is a video of Brad Feld at Stanford, giving a talk titled, &quot;Great Entrepreneurs Go Out and Do&quot;<br /> &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;{{#Widget:Youtube|id=xf9k379a4Jo;}}&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;<br /> = &lt;br/&gt; =<br /> <br /> = Integrating Techstars with UIF =<br /> <br /> Techstars&amp;nbsp;has a multitude of outlets to blend the best of UIF and entrepreneurship into one nugget. One avenue is for students to participate in a startup weekend event. Techstars&amp;nbsp;hosts them across the United States, and you can find out specific locations and times [https://www.techstars.com/startup-weekend/ here]. On the first day, the participants meet, pitch ideas, and form teams - typically on a Friday night. The following day consists of ideating through the problem, meeting with mentors, and working on the project. The final day is presentation day! All of the groups pitch their startup to a panel of judges. To prep for the weekend, it might be good to have students think of problems in their daily lives to have ideas to pitch on the first day. In addition to attending an event, Techstars may be interested in having a university host a startup weekend. Contact one of the managing directors or regional Techstars team members to find out if this would be possible.&amp;nbsp; Another route to integrating Techstars with UIF is to host a Techstars Startup week. Here is a brief summary from the Techstars website:<br /> &lt;blockquote&gt;'''''&quot;Startup Week celebrates the achievements of entrepreneurial communities in cities across the globe. Our mission is to develop and support thriving communities wherever they may exist. The best way to do this is to bring entrepreneurs together in a way that they can connect, share and bond.&quot;'''''&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;'''''[[File:Techstars StartupWeek.PNG]]'''''&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;<br /> Techstars insists that a community of any size can host a Startup week and provides a webpage to&amp;nbsp;[https://startupweek.co/apply/ apply online].&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> = Steps Required To Bring Resource to Campus =<br /> <br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Contact Information =<br /> <br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> [[Category:Resources]]</div>

Jdice1400 https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=File:Techstars_StartupWeek.PNG&diff=58962 2018-01-09T21:34:29Z

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Jdice1400 https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Organization:Techstars&diff=58961 2018-01-09T21:32:53Z

<p>Jdice1400: </p> <hr /> <div>= Overview =<br /> <br /> '''[[Techstars.com|Techstars]]'''&amp;nbsp;is a global network that is designed to help entrepreneurs succeed. Their primary tool to help entrepreneurs succeed is their startup accelerator - they choose 300 companies per year, invest $120k, and connect them with mentors to support their startups. Their accelerator success rates are incredible. According to their website (as of 1/9/2017), they have supported 1274 companies, with 90% of them either active or acquired. Through their accelerator, they have raised over $4.4B, creating a market capitalization of the companies of over $11.4B.<br /> &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;[[File:Techstars Logo.png]]&lt;/p&gt;<br /> In addition to their accelerator program, Techstars supports a wide variety of outlets to become involved in the startup community. Techstars&amp;nbsp;hosts startup weekends across the United States and abroad where the participants experience first-hand the success, failures, and strain a startup goes through. They interact with a number of mentors, potential cofounders, and investors that help ideate problems and generate business from the ground-up.&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Finally, Techstars has corporate and network sponsorships that help connect the startup community to companies and influential mentors across the world. Techstars allows for companies to cultivate new startup accelerators. They highlight that this program can also help source fresh ideas through mergers and acquisitions&amp;nbsp;(M&amp;A).<br /> <br /> = Purpose/Background&lt;br/&gt; =<br /> <br /> Techstars was started in 2006 with the plan to start a worldwide network of startups, mentors, corporations, entrepreneurs, and venture funds. By November of 2006, they had a team of top mentors including David Cohen, David Brown, Brad Feld, and Jared Polis. These individuals are some of the top investors and startup entrepreneurs. Today, the team has expanded to&amp;nbsp;a number of board members and regional contacts- you can read about them [https://www.techstars.com/team/ here].&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Additionally, here is a video of Brad Feld at Stanford, giving a talk titled, &quot;Great Entrepreneurs Go Out and Do&quot;<br /> &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;{{#Widget:Youtube|id=xf9k379a4Jo;}}&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;<br /> = &lt;br/&gt; =<br /> <br /> = Integrating Techstars with UIF =<br /> <br /> Techstars&amp;nbsp;has a multitude of outlets to blend the best of UIF and entrepreneurship into one nugget. One avenue is for students to participate in a startup weekend event. Techstars&amp;nbsp;hosts them across the United States, and you can find out specific locations and times [https://www.techstars.com/startup-weekend/ here]. On the first day, the participants meet, pitch ideas, and form teams - typically on a Friday night. The following day consists of ideating through the problem, meeting with mentors, and working on the project. The final day is presentation day! All of the groups pitch their startup to a panel of judges. To prep for the weekend, it might be good to have students think of problems in their daily lives to have ideas to pitch on the first day. In addition to attending an event, Techstars may be interested in having a university host a startup weekend. Contact one of the managing directors or regional Techstars team members to find out if this would be possible.&amp;nbsp; Another route to integrating Techstars with UIF is to host a Techstars Startup week. Here is a brief summary from the Techstars website:<br /> &lt;blockquote&gt;'''''&quot;Startup Week celebrates the achievements of entrepreneurial communities in cities across the globe. Our mission is to develop and support thriving communities wherever they may exist. The best way to do this is to bring entrepreneurs together in a way that they can connect, share and bond.&quot;'''''&lt;/blockquote&gt;<br /> Techstars insists that a community of any size can host a Startup week and provides a webpage to&amp;nbsp;[https://startupweek.co/apply/ apply online].&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> = Steps Required To Bring Resource to Campus =<br /> <br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Contact Information =<br /> <br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> [[Category:Resources]]</div>

Jdice1400 https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Organization:Techstars&diff=58960 2018-01-09T21:32:25Z

<p>Jdice1400: </p> <hr /> <div>= Overview =<br /> <br /> '''[[Techstars.com|Techstars]]'''&amp;nbsp;is a global network that is designed to help entrepreneurs succeed. Their primary tool to help entrepreneurs succeed is their startup accelerator - they choose 300 companies per year, invest $120k, and connect them with mentors to support their startups. Their accelerator success rates are incredible. According to their website (as of 1/9/2017), they have supported 1274 companies, with 90% of them either active or acquired. Through their accelerator, they have raised over $4.4B, creating a market capitalization of the companies of over $11.4B.<br /> &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;[[File:Techstars Logo.png]]&lt;/p&gt;<br /> In addition to their accelerator program, Techstars supports a wide variety of outlets to become involved in the startup community. Techstars&amp;nbsp;hosts startup weekends across the United States and abroad where the participants experience first-hand the success, failures, and strain a startup goes through. They interact with a number of mentors, potential cofounders, and investors that help ideate problems and generate business from the ground-up.&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Finally, Techstars has corporate and network sponsorships that help connect the startup community to companies and influential mentors across the world. Techstars allows for companies to cultivate new startup accelerators. They highlight that this program can also help source fresh ideas through mergers and acquisitions&amp;nbsp;(M&amp;A).<br /> <br /> = Purpose/Background&lt;br/&gt; =<br /> <br /> Techstars was started in 2006 with the plan to start a worldwide network of startups, mentors, corporations, entrepreneurs, and venture funds. By November of 2006, they had a team of top mentors including David Cohen, David Brown, Brad Feld, and Jared Polis. These individuals are some of the top investors and startup entrepreneurs. Today, the team has expanded to&amp;nbsp;a number of board members and regional contacts- you can read about them [https://www.techstars.com/team/ here].&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Additionally, here is a video of Brad Feld at Stanford, giving a talk titled, &quot;Great Entrepreneurs Go Out and Do&quot;<br /> &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;{{#Widget:Youtube|id=xf9k379a4Jo;}}&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;<br /> = &lt;br/&gt; =<br /> <br /> = Integrating Techstars with UIF =<br /> <br /> Techstars&amp;nbsp;has a multitude of outlets to blend the best of UIF and entrepreneurship into one nugget. One avenue is for students to participate in a startup weekend event. Techstars&amp;nbsp;hosts them across the United States, and you can find out specific locations and times [https://www.techstars.com/startup-weekend/ here]. On the first day, the participants meet, pitch ideas, and form teams - typically on a Friday night. The following day consists of ideating through the problem, meeting with mentors, and working on the project. The final day is presentation day! All of the groups pitch their startup to a panel of judges. To prep for the weekend, it might be good to have students think of problems in their daily lives to have ideas to pitch on the first day. In addition to attending an event, Techstars may be interested in having a university host a startup weekend. Contact one of the managing directors or regional Techstars team members to find out if this would be possible.&amp;nbsp; Another route to integrating Techstars with UIF is to host a Techstars Startup week. Here is a brief summary from the Techstars website:<br /> &lt;blockquote&gt;'''''&quot;St''''''artup Week celebrates the achievements of entrepreneurial communities in cities across the globe. Our mission is to develop and support thriving communities wherever they may exist. The best way to do this is to bring entrepreneurs together in a way that they can connect, share and bond.&quot;'''''&lt;/blockquote&gt;<br /> Techstars insists that a community of any size can host a Startup week and provides a webpage to&amp;nbsp;[https://startupweek.co/apply/ apply online].&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> = Steps Required To Bring Resource to Campus =<br /> <br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Contact Information =<br /> <br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> [[Category:Resources]]</div>

Jdice1400 https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Organization:Techstars&diff=58959 2018-01-09T21:32:04Z

<p>Jdice1400: </p> <hr /> <div>= Overview =<br /> <br /> '''[[Techstars.com|Techstars]]'''&amp;nbsp;is a global network that is designed to help entrepreneurs succeed. Their primary tool to help entrepreneurs succeed is their startup accelerator - they choose 300 companies per year, invest $120k, and connect them with mentors to support their startups. Their accelerator success rates are incredible. According to their website (as of 1/9/2017), they have supported 1274 companies, with 90% of them either active or acquired. Through their accelerator, they have raised over $4.4B, creating a market capitalization of the companies of over $11.4B.<br /> &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;[[File:Techstars Logo.png]]&lt;/p&gt;<br /> In addition to their accelerator program, Techstars supports a wide variety of outlets to become involved in the startup community. Techstars&amp;nbsp;hosts startup weekends across the United States and abroad where the participants experience first-hand the success, failures, and strain a startup goes through. They interact with a number of mentors, potential cofounders, and investors that help ideate problems and generate business from the ground-up.&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Finally, Techstars has corporate and network sponsorships that help connect the startup community to companies and influential mentors across the world. Techstars allows for companies to cultivate new startup accelerators. They highlight that this program can also help source fresh ideas through mergers and acquisitions&amp;nbsp;(M&amp;A).<br /> <br /> = Purpose/Background&lt;br/&gt; =<br /> <br /> Techstars was started in 2006 with the plan to start a worldwide network of startups, mentors, corporations, entrepreneurs, and venture funds. By November of 2006, they had a team of top mentors including David Cohen, David Brown, Brad Feld, and Jared Polis. These individuals are some of the top investors and startup entrepreneurs. Today, the team has expanded to&amp;nbsp;a number of board members and regional contacts- you can read about them [https://www.techstars.com/team/ here].&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Additionally, here is a video of Brad Feld at Stanford, giving a talk titled, &quot;Great Entrepreneurs Go Out and Do&quot;<br /> &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;{{#Widget:Youtube|id=xf9k379a4Jo;}}&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;<br /> = &lt;br/&gt; =<br /> <br /> = Integrating Techstars with UIF =<br /> <br /> Techstars&amp;nbsp;has a multitude of outlets to blend the best of UIF and entrepreneurship into one nugget. One avenue is for students to participate in a startup weekend event. Techstars&amp;nbsp;hosts them across the United States, and you can find out specific locations and times [https://www.techstars.com/startup-weekend/ here]. On the first day, the participants meet, pitch ideas, and form teams - typically on a Friday night. The following day consists of ideating through the problem, meeting with mentors, and working on the project. The final day is presentation day! All of the groups pitch their startup to a panel of judges. To prep for the weekend, it might be good to have students think of problems in their daily lives to have ideas to pitch on the first day. In addition to attending an event, Techstars may be interested in having a university host a startup weekend. Contact one of the managing directors or regional Techstars team members to find out if this would be possible.&amp;nbsp; Another route to integrating Techstars with UIF is to host a Techstars Startup week. Here is a brief summary from the Techstars website:<br /> &lt;blockquote&gt;''&quot;'''Startup Week celebrates the achievements of entrepreneurial communities in cities across the globe. Our mission is to develop and support thriving communities wherever they may exist. The best way to do this is to bring entrepreneurs together in a way that they can connect, share and bond.&quot;'''''&lt;/blockquote&gt;<br /> Techstars insists that a community of any size can host a Startup week and provides a webpage to&amp;nbsp;[https://startupweek.co/apply/ apply online].&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> = Steps Required To Bring Resource to Campus =<br /> <br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Contact Information =<br /> <br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> [[Category:Resources]]</div>

Jdice1400 https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Organization:Techstars&diff=58958 2018-01-09T21:31:51Z

<p>Jdice1400: </p> <hr /> <div>= Overview =<br /> <br /> '''[[Techstars.com|Techstars]]'''&amp;nbsp;is a global network that is designed to help entrepreneurs succeed. Their primary tool to help entrepreneurs succeed is their startup accelerator - they choose 300 companies per year, invest $120k, and connect them with mentors to support their startups. Their accelerator success rates are incredible. According to their website (as of 1/9/2017), they have supported 1274 companies, with 90% of them either active or acquired. Through their accelerator, they have raised over $4.4B, creating a market capitalization of the companies of over $11.4B.<br /> &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;[[File:Techstars Logo.png]]&lt;/p&gt;<br /> In addition to their accelerator program, Techstars supports a wide variety of outlets to become involved in the startup community. Techstars&amp;nbsp;hosts startup weekends across the United States and abroad where the participants experience first-hand the success, failures, and strain a startup goes through. They interact with a number of mentors, potential cofounders, and investors that help ideate problems and generate business from the ground-up.&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Finally, Techstars has corporate and network sponsorships that help connect the startup community to companies and influential mentors across the world. Techstars allows for companies to cultivate new startup accelerators. They highlight that this program can also help source fresh ideas through mergers and acquisitions&amp;nbsp;(M&amp;A).<br /> <br /> = Purpose/Background&lt;br/&gt; =<br /> <br /> Techstars was started in 2006 with the plan to start a worldwide network of startups, mentors, corporations, entrepreneurs, and venture funds. By November of 2006, they had a team of top mentors including David Cohen, David Brown, Brad Feld, and Jared Polis. These individuals are some of the top investors and startup entrepreneurs. Today, the team has expanded to&amp;nbsp;a number of board members and regional contacts- you can read about them [https://www.techstars.com/team/ here].&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Additionally, here is a video of Brad Feld at Stanford, giving a talk titled, &quot;Great Entrepreneurs Go Out and Do&quot;<br /> &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;{{#Widget:Youtube|id=xf9k379a4Jo;}}&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;<br /> = &lt;br/&gt; =<br /> <br /> = Integrating Techstars with UIF =<br /> <br /> Techstars&amp;nbsp;has a multitude of outlets to blend the best of UIF and entrepreneurship into one nugget. One avenue is for students to participate in a startup weekend event. Techstars&amp;nbsp;hosts them across the United States, and you can find out specific locations and times [https://www.techstars.com/startup-weekend/ here]. On the first day, the participants meet, pitch ideas, and form teams - typically on a Friday night. The following day consists of ideating through the problem, meeting with mentors, and working on the project. The final day is presentation day! All of the groups pitch their startup to a panel of judges. To prep for the weekend, it might be good to have students think of problems in their daily lives to have ideas to pitch on the first day. In addition to attending an event, Techstars may be interested in having a university host a startup weekend. Contact one of the managing directors or regional Techstars team members to find out if this would be possible.&amp;nbsp; Another route to integrating Techstars with UIF is to host a Techstars Startup week. Here is a brief summary from the Techstars website:<br /> &lt;blockquote&gt;''&quot;'''Startup Week celebrates the achievements of entrepreneurial communities in cities across the globe. Our mission is to develop and support thriving communities wherever they may exist. The best way to do this is to bring entrepreneurs together in a way that they can connect, share and bond.&quot;'''''&lt;/blockquote&gt;<br /> Techstars insists that a community of any size can host a Startup week and provides a webpage to[https://startupweek.co/apply/ apply online].&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> = Steps Required To Bring Resource to Campus =<br /> <br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Contact Information =<br /> <br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> [[Category:Resources]]</div>

Jdice1400 https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Organization:Techstars&diff=58957 2018-01-09T21:30:29Z

<p>Jdice1400: </p> <hr /> <div>= Overview =<br /> <br /> '''[[Techstars.com|Techstars]]'''&amp;nbsp;is a global network that is designed to help entrepreneurs succeed. Their primary tool to help entrepreneurs succeed is their startup accelerator - they choose 300 companies per year, invest $120k, and connect them with mentors to support their startups. Their accelerator success rates are incredible. According to their website (as of 1/9/2017), they have supported 1274 companies, with 90% of them either active or acquired. Through their accelerator, they have raised over $4.4B, creating a market capitalization of the companies of over $11.4B.<br /> &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;[[File:Techstars Logo.png]]&lt;/p&gt;<br /> In addition to their accelerator program, Techstars supports a wide variety of outlets to become involved in the startup community. Techstars&amp;nbsp;hosts startup weekends across the United States and abroad where the participants experience first-hand the success, failures, and strain a startup goes through. They interact with a number of mentors, potential cofounders, and investors that help ideate problems and generate business from the ground-up.&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Finally, Techstars has corporate and network sponsorships that help connect the startup community to companies and influential mentors across the world. Techstars allows for companies to cultivate new startup accelerators. They highlight that this program can also help source fresh ideas through mergers and acquisitions&amp;nbsp;(M&amp;A).<br /> <br /> = Purpose/Background&lt;br/&gt; =<br /> <br /> Techstars was started in 2006 with the plan to start a worldwide network of startups, mentors, corporations, entrepreneurs, and venture funds. By November of 2006, they had a team of top mentors including David Cohen, David Brown, Brad Feld, and Jared Polis. These individuals are some of the top investors and startup entrepreneurs. Today, the team has expanded to&amp;nbsp;a number of board members and regional contacts- you can read about them [https://www.techstars.com/team/ here].&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Additionally, here is a video of Brad Feld at Stanford, giving a talk titled, &quot;Great Entrepreneurs Go Out and Do&quot;<br /> &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;{{#Widget:Youtube|id=xf9k379a4Jo;}}&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;<br /> = &lt;br/&gt; =<br /> <br /> = Integrating Techstars with UIF =<br /> <br /> Techstars&amp;nbsp;has a multitude of outlets to blend the best of UIF and entrepreneurship into one nugget. One avenue is for students to participate in a startup weekend event. Techstars&amp;nbsp;hosts them across the United States, and you can find out specific locations and times [https://www.techstars.com/startup-weekend/ here]. On the first day, the participants meet, pitch ideas, and form teams - typically on a Friday night. The following day consists of ideating through the problem, meeting with mentors, and working on the project. The final day is presentation day! All of the groups pitch their startup to a panel of judges. To prep for the weekend, it might be good to have students think of problems in their daily lives to have ideas to pitch on the first day. In addition to attending an event, Techstars may be interested in having a university host a startup weekend. Contact one of the managing directors or regional Techstars team members to find out if this would be possible.&amp;nbsp; Another route to integrating Techstars with UIF is to host a Techstars Startup week. Here is a brief summary from the Techstars website:<br /> &lt;blockquote&gt;''&quot;'''Startup Week celebrates the achievements of entrepreneurial communities in cities across the globe. Our mission is to develop and support thriving communities wherever they may exist. The best way to do this is to bring entrepreneurs together in a way that they can connect, share and bond.&quot;'''''&lt;/blockquote&gt;<br /> Techstars insists that a community of any size can host a Startup week.&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> = Steps Required To Bring Resource to Campus =<br /> <br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Contact Information =<br /> <br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> [[Category:Resources]]</div>

Jdice1400 https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Organization:Techstars&diff=58956 2018-01-09T21:30:05Z

<p>Jdice1400: </p> <hr /> <div>= Overview =<br /> <br /> '''[[Techstars.com|Techstars]]'''&amp;nbsp;is a global network that is designed to help entrepreneurs succeed. Their primary tool to help entrepreneurs succeed is their startup accelerator - they choose 300 companies per year, invest $120k, and connect them with mentors to support their startups. Their accelerator success rates are incredible. According to their website (as of 1/9/2017), they have supported 1274 companies, with 90% of them either active or acquired. Through their accelerator, they have raised over $4.4B, creating a market capitalization of the companies of over $11.4B.<br /> &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;[[File:Techstars Logo.png]]&lt;/p&gt;<br /> In addition to their accelerator program, Techstars supports a wide variety of outlets to become involved in the startup community. Techstars&amp;nbsp;hosts startup weekends across the United States and abroad where the participants experience first-hand the success, failures, and strain a startup goes through. They interact with a number of mentors, potential cofounders, and investors that help ideate problems and generate business from the ground-up.&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Finally, Techstars has corporate and network sponsorships that help connect the startup community to companies and influential mentors across the world. Techstars allows for companies to cultivate new startup accelerators. They highlight that this program can also help source fresh ideas through mergers and acquisitions&amp;nbsp;(M&amp;A).<br /> <br /> = Purpose/Background&lt;br/&gt; =<br /> <br /> Techstars was started in 2006 with the plan to start a worldwide network of startups, mentors, corporations, entrepreneurs, and venture funds. By November of 2006, they had a team of top mentors including David Cohen, David Brown, Brad Feld, and Jared Polis. These individuals are some of the top investors and startup entrepreneurs. Today, the team has expanded to&amp;nbsp;a number of board members and regional contacts- you can read about them [https://www.techstars.com/team/ here].&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Additionally, here is a video of Brad Feld at Stanford, giving a talk titled, &quot;Great Entrepreneurs Go Out and Do&quot;<br /> &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;{{#Widget:Youtube|id=xf9k379a4Jo;}}&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;<br /> = &lt;br/&gt; =<br /> <br /> = Integrating Techstars with UIF =<br /> <br /> Techstars&amp;nbsp;has a multitude of outlets to blend the best of UIF and entrepreneurship into one nugget. One avenue is for students to participate in a startup weekend event. Techstars&amp;nbsp;hosts them across the United States, and you can find out specific locations and times [https://www.techstars.com/startup-weekend/ here]. On the first day, the participants meet, pitch ideas, and form teams - typically on a Friday night. The following day consists of ideating through the problem, meeting with mentors, and working on the project. The final day is presentation day! All of the groups pitch their startup to a panel of judges. To prep for the weekend, it might be good to have students think of problems in their daily lives to have ideas to pitch on the first day. In addition to attending an event, Techstars may be interested in having a university host a startup weekend. Contact one of the managing directors or regional Techstars team members to find out if this would be possible.&amp;nbsp; Another route to integrating Techstars with UIF is to host a Techstars Startup week. Here is a brief summary from the Techstars website:<br /> &lt;blockquote&gt;<br /> ''&quot;Techstars''''Startup Week celebrates the achievements of entrepreneurial communities in cities across the globe. Our mission is to develop and support thriving communities wherever they may exist. The best way to do this is to bring entrepreneurs together in a way that they can connect, share and bond.&quot;''<br /> &lt;/blockquote&gt;<br /> Techstars insists that a community of any size can host a Startup week.&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> = Steps Required To Bring Resource to Campus =<br /> <br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Contact Information =<br /> <br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> [[Category:Resources]]</div>

Jdice1400 https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Organization:Techstars&diff=58952 2018-01-09T21:24:13Z

<p>Jdice1400: </p> <hr /> <div>= Overview =<br /> <br /> '''[[Techstars.com|Techstars]]'''&amp;nbsp;is a global network that is designed to help entrepreneurs succeed. Their primary tool to help entrepreneurs succeed is their startup accelerator - they choose 300 companies per year, invest $120k, and connect them with mentors to support their startups. Their accelerator success rates are incredible. According to their website (as of 1/9/2017), they have supported 1274 companies, with 90% of them either active or acquired. Through their accelerator, they have raised over $4.4B, creating a market capitalization of the companies of over $11.4B.<br /> &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;[[File:Techstars Logo.png]]&lt;/p&gt;<br /> In addition to their accelerator program, Techstars supports a wide variety of outlets to become involved in the startup community. Techstars&amp;nbsp;hosts startup weekends across the United States and abroad where the participants experience first-hand the success, failures, and strain a startup goes through. They interact with a number of mentors, potential cofounders, and investors that help ideate problems and generate business from the ground-up.&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Finally, Techstars has corporate and network sponsorships that help connect the startup community to companies and influential mentors across the world. Techstars allows for companies to cultivate new startup accelerators. They highlight that this program can also help source fresh ideas through mergers and acquisitions&amp;nbsp;(M&amp;A).<br /> <br /> = Purpose/Background&lt;br/&gt; =<br /> <br /> Techstars was started in 2006 with the plan to start a worldwide network of startups, mentors, corporations, entrepreneurs, and venture funds. By November of 2006, they had a team of top mentors including David Cohen, David Brown, Brad Feld, and Jared Polis. These individuals are some of the top investors and startup entrepreneurs. Today, the team has expanded to&amp;nbsp;a number of board members and regional contacts- you can read about them [https://www.techstars.com/team/ here].&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Additionally, here is a video of Brad Feld at Stanford, giving a talk titled, &quot;Great Entrepreneurs Go Out and Do&quot;<br /> &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;{{#Widget:Youtube|id=xf9k379a4Jo;}}&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;<br /> = &lt;br/&gt; =<br /> <br /> = Integrating Techstars with UIF =<br /> <br /> Techstars&amp;nbsp;has a multitude of outlets to blend the best of UIF and entrepreneurship into one nugget. One avenue is for students to participate in a startup weekend event. Techstars&amp;nbsp;hosts them across the United States, and you can find out specific locations and times [https://www.techstars.com/startup-weekend/ here]. On the first day, the participants meet, pitch ideas, and form teams - typically on a Friday night. The following day consists of ideating through the problem, meeting with mentors, and working on the project. The final day is presentation day! All of the groups pitch their startup to a panel of judges. To prep for the weekend, it might be good to have students think of problems in their daily lives to have ideas to pitch on the first day. In addition to attending an event, Techstars may be interested in having a university host a startup weekend. Contact one of the managing directors or regional Techstars team members to find out if this would be possible.&amp;nbsp; Another route to integrating Techstars with UIF is to host a Techstars Startup week. Here is a brief summary from the Techstars website:<br /> <br /> Techstars Startup Week celebrates the achievements of entrepreneurial communities in cities across the globe. Our mission is to develop and support thriving communities wherever they may exist. The best way to do this is to bring entrepreneurs together in a way that they can connect, share and bond.<br /> <br /> Techstars insists that a community of any size can host a Startup week.&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> = Steps Required To Bring Resource to Campus =<br /> <br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Contact Information =<br /> <br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> [[Category:Resources]]</div>

Jdice1400 https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Organization:Techstars&diff=58951 2018-01-09T21:23:17Z

<p>Jdice1400: </p> <hr /> <div>= Overview =<br /> <br /> '''[[Techstars.com|Techstars]]'''&amp;nbsp;is a global network that is designed to help entrepreneurs succeed. Their primary tool to help entrepreneurs succeed is their startup accelerator - they choose 300 companies per year, invest $120k, and connect them with mentors to support their startups. Their accelerator success rates are incredible. According to their website (as of 1/9/2017), they have supported 1274 companies, with 90% of them either active or acquired. Through their accelerator, they have raised over $4.4B, creating a market capitalization of the companies of over $11.4B.<br /> &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;[[File:Techstars Logo.png]]&lt;/p&gt;<br /> In addition to their accelerator program, Techstars supports a wide variety of outlets to become involved in the startup community. Techstars&amp;nbsp;hosts startup weekends across the United States and abroad where the participants experience first-hand the success, failures, and strain a startup goes through. They interact with a number of mentors, potential cofounders, and investors that help ideate problems and generate business from the ground-up.&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Finally, Techstars has corporate and network sponsorships that help connect the startup community to companies and influential mentors across the world. Techstars allows for companies to cultivate new startup accelerators. They highlight that this program can also help source fresh ideas through mergers and acquisitions&amp;nbsp;(M&amp;A).<br /> <br /> = Purpose/Background&lt;br/&gt; =<br /> <br /> Techstars was started in 2006 with the plan to start a worldwide network of startups, mentors, corporations, entrepreneurs, and venture funds. By November of 2006, they had a team of top mentors including David Cohen, David Brown, Brad Feld, and Jared Polis. These individuals are some of the top investors and startup entrepreneurs. Today, the team has expanded to&amp;nbsp;a number of board members and regional contacts- you can read about them [https://www.techstars.com/team/ here].&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Additionally, here is a video of Brad Feld at Stanford, giving a talk titled, &quot;Great Entrepreneurs Go Out and Do&quot;<br /> &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;{{#Widget:Youtube|id=xf9k379a4Jo;}}&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;<br /> = &lt;br/&gt; =<br /> <br /> = Integrating Techstars with UIF =<br /> <br /> Techstars&amp;nbsp;has a multitude of outlets to blend the best of UIF and entrepreneurship into one nugget. One avenue is for students to participate in a startup weekend event. Techstars&amp;nbsp;hosts them across the United States, and you can find out specific locations and times [https://www.techstars.com/startup-weekend/ here]. On the first day, the participants meet, pitch ideas, and form teams - typically on a Friday night. The following day consists of ideating through the problem, meeting with mentors, and working on the project. The final day is presentation day! All of the groups pitch their startup to a panel of judges. To prep for the weekend, it might be good to have students think of problems in their daily lives to have ideas to pitch on the first day. In addition to attending an event, Techstars may be interested in having a university host a startup weekend. Contact one of the managing directors or regional Techstars team members to find out if this would be possible.&amp;nbsp; Another route to integrating Techstars with UIF is to host a Techstars Startup week. Here is a brief summary from the Techstars website:<br /> <br /> = Steps Required To Bring Resource to Campus =<br /> <br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Contact Information =<br /> <br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> [[Category:Resources]]</div>

Jdice1400 https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Organization:Techstars&diff=58950 2018-01-09T21:20:50Z

<p>Jdice1400: </p> <hr /> <div>= Overview =<br /> <br /> '''[[Techstars.com|Techstars]]'''&amp;nbsp;is a global network that is designed to help entrepreneurs succeed. Their primary tool to help entrepreneurs succeed is their startup accelerator - they choose 300 companies per year, invest $120k, and connect them with mentors to support their startups. Their accelerator success rates are incredible. According to their website (as of 1/9/2017), they have supported 1274 companies, with 90% of them either active or acquired. Through their accelerator, they have raised over $4.4B, creating a market capitalization of the companies of over $11.4B.<br /> &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;[[File:Techstars Logo.png]]&lt;/p&gt;<br /> In addition to their accelerator program, Techstars supports a wide variety of outlets to become involved in the startup community. Techstars&amp;nbsp;hosts startup weekends across the United States and abroad where the participants experience first-hand the success, failures, and strain a startup goes through. They interact with a number of mentors, potential cofounders, and investors that help ideate problems and generate business from the ground-up.&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Finally, Techstars has corporate and network sponsorships that help connect the startup community to companies and influential mentors across the world. Techstars allows for companies to cultivate new startup accelerators. They highlight that this program can also help source fresh ideas through mergers and acquisitions&amp;nbsp;(M&amp;A).<br /> <br /> = Purpose/Background&lt;br/&gt; =<br /> <br /> Techstars was started in 2006 with the plan to start a worldwide network of startups, mentors, corporations, entrepreneurs, and venture funds. By November of 2006, they had a team of top mentors including David Cohen, David Brown, Brad Feld, and Jared Polis. These individuals are some of the top investors and startup entrepreneurs. Today, the team has expanded to&amp;nbsp;a number of board members and regional contacts- you can read about them [https://www.techstars.com/team/ here].&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Additionally, here is a video of Brad Feld at Stanford, giving a talk titled, &quot;Great Entrepreneurs Go Out and Do&quot;<br /> &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;{{#Widget:Youtube|id=xf9k379a4Jo;}}&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;<br /> = &lt;br/&gt; =<br /> <br /> = Impact Achieved For Students and Campus =<br /> <br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Steps Required To Bring Resource to Campus =<br /> <br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Contact Information =<br /> <br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> [[Category:Resources]]</div>

Jdice1400 https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Organization:Techstars&diff=58918 2018-01-09T19:57:45Z

<p>Jdice1400: </p> <hr /> <div>= Overview =<br /> <br /> '''[[Techstars.com|Techstars]]'''&amp;nbsp;is a global network that is designed to help entrepreneurs succeed. Their primary tool to help entrepreneurs succeed is their startup accelerator - they choose 300 companies per year, invest $120k, and connect them with mentors to support their startups. Their accelerator success rates are incredible. According to their website (as of 1/9/2017), they have supported 1274 companies, with 90% of them either active or acquired. Through their accelerator, they have raised over $4.4B, creating a market capitalization of the companies of over $11.4B.<br /> &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;[[File:Techstars Logo.png]]&lt;/p&gt;<br /> In addition to their accelerator program, Techstars supports a wide variety of outlets to become involved in the startup community. Techstars&amp;nbsp;hosts startup weekends across the United States and abroad where the participants experience first-hand the success, failures, and strain a startup goes through. They interact with a number of mentors, potential cofounders, and investors that help ideate problems and generate business from the ground-up.&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Finally, Techstars has corporate and network sponsorships that help connect the startup community to companies and influential mentors across the world. Techstars allows for companies to cultivate new startup accelerators. They highlight that this program can also help source fresh ideas through mergers and acquisitions&amp;nbsp;(M&amp;A).<br /> <br /> = Purpose/Background&lt;br/&gt; =<br /> <br /> Techstars was started in 2006 with the plan to start a worldwide network of startups, mentors, corporations, entrepreneurs, and venture funds. By November of 2006, they had a team of top mentors including David Cohen, David Brown, Brad Feld, and Jared Polis. These individuals are some of the top investors and startup entrepreneurs. Today, the team has expanded to&amp;nbsp;a number of board members and regional contacts- you can read about them [https://www.techstars.com/team/ here].&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Additionally, here is a video of Brad Feld at Stanford, giving a talk titled, &quot;Great Entrepreneurs Go Out and Do&quot;<br /> &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;{{#Widget:Youtube|id=xf9k379a4Jo;}}&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;<br /> <br /> = &lt;br/&gt; =<br /> <br /> = Impact Achieved For Students and Campus =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Steps Required To Bring Resource to Campus =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Contact Information =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> [[Category:Resources]]</div>

Jdice1400 https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Organization:Techstars&diff=58917 2018-01-09T19:56:39Z

<p>Jdice1400: </p> <hr /> <div>= Overview =<br /> <br /> '''[[Techstars.com|Techstars]]'''&amp;nbsp;is a global network that is designed to help entrepreneurs succeed. Their primary tool to help entrepreneurs succeed is their startup accelerator. They choose 300 companies per year, invest $120k, and connect them with mentors to support their startups. Their accelerator success rates are incredible. According to their website (as of 1/9/2017), they have supported 1274 companies, with 90% of them either active or acquired. Through their accelerator, they have raised over $4.4B, creating a market capitalization of the companies of over $11.4B.<br /> &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;[[File:Techstars Logo.png]]&lt;/p&gt;<br /> In addition to their accelerator program, Techstars supports a wide variety of outlets to become involved in the startup community. Techstars&amp;nbsp;hosts startup weekends across the United States and abroad where the participants experience first-hand the success, failures, and strain a startup goes through. They interact with a number of mentors, potential cofounders, and investors that help ideate problems and generate business from the ground-up.&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Finally, Techstars has corporate and network sponsorships that help connect the startup community to companies and influential mentors across the world. Techstars allows for companies to cultivate new startup accelerators. They highlight that this program can also help source fresh ideas through mergers and acquisitions&amp;nbsp;(M&amp;A).<br /> <br /> = Purpose/Background&lt;br/&gt; =<br /> <br /> Techstars was started in 2006 with the plan to start a worldwide network of startups, mentors, corporations, entrepreneurs, and venture funds. By November of 2006, they had a team of top mentors including David Cohen, David Brown, Brad Feld, and Jared Polis. These individuals are some of the top investors and startup entrepreneurs. Today, the team has expanded to&amp;nbsp;a number of board members and regional contacts- you can read about them [https://www.techstars.com/team/ here].&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Additionally, here is a video of Brad Feld at Stanford, giving a talk titled, &quot;Great Entrepreneurs Go Out and Do&quot;<br /> &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;{{#Widget:Youtube|id=xf9k379a4Jo;}}&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;<br /> <br /> = &lt;br/&gt; =<br /> <br /> = Impact Achieved For Students and Campus =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Steps Required To Bring Resource to Campus =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Contact Information =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> [[Category:Resources]]</div>

Jdice1400 https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Organization:Techstars&diff=58904 2018-01-09T19:19:13Z

<p>Jdice1400: </p> <hr /> <div>= Overview =<br /> <br /> '''[[Techstars.com|Techstars]]'''&amp;nbsp;is a global network that is designed to help entrepreneurs succeed. Their primary tool to help entrepreneurs succeed is their startup accelerator. They choose 300 companies per year, invest $120k, and connect them with mentors to support their startups. Their accelerator success rates are incredible. According to their website (as of 1/9/2017), they have supported 1274 companies, with 90% of them either active or acquired. Through their accelerator, they have raised over $4.4B, creating a market capitalization of the companies of over $11.4B.<br /> &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;[[File:Techstars Logo.png]]&lt;/p&gt;<br /> In addition to their accelerator program, Techstars supports a wide variety of outlets to become involved in the startup community. Techstars&amp;nbsp;hosts startup weekends across the United States and abroad where the participants experience first-hand the success, failures, and strain a startup goes through. They interact with a number of mentors, potential cofounders, and investors that help ideate problems and generate business from the ground-up.&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Finally, Techstars has corporate and network sponsorships that help connect the startup community to companies and influential mentors across the world. Techstars allows for companies to cultivate new startup accelerators. They highlight that this program can also help source fresh ideas through mergers and acquisitions&amp;nbsp;(M&amp;A).<br /> <br /> = Purpose/Background&lt;br/&gt; =<br /> <br /> Techstars was started in 2006 with the plan to start a worldwide network of startups, mentors, corporations, entrepreneurs, and venture funds. By November of 2006, they had a team of top mentors including David Cohen, David Brown, Brad Feld, and Jared Polis. These individuals are some of the top investors and startup entrepreneurs. Today, the team has expanded to&amp;nbsp;a number of board members and regional contacts- you can read about them [https://www.techstars.com/team/ here].&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Additionally, here is a video of Brad Feld at Stanford, giving a talk titled, &quot;Great Entrepreneurs Go Out and Do&quot;<br /> &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;{{#Widget:Youtube|id=xf9k379a4Jo;}}&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;<br /> <br /> = Distinct Differences From Other Offerings =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Impact Achieved For Students and Campus =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Steps Required To Bring Resource to Campus =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Contact Information =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> [[Category:Resources]]</div>

Jdice1400 https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Organization:Techstars&diff=58902 2018-01-09T19:18:12Z

<p>Jdice1400: </p> <hr /> <div>= Overview =<br /> <br /> '''[[Techstars.com|Techstars]]'''&amp;nbsp;is a global network that is designed to help entrepreneurs succeed. Their primary tool to help entrepreneurs succeed is their startup accelerator. They choose 300 companies per year, invest $120k, and connect them with mentors to support their startups. Their accelerator success rates are incredible. According to their website (as of 1/9/2017), they have supported 1274 companies, with 90% of them either active or acquired. Through their accelerator, they have raised over $4.4B, creating a market capitalization of the companies of over $11.4B.<br /> &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;[[File:Techstars Logo.png]]&lt;/p&gt;<br /> In addition to their accelerator program, Techstars supports a wide variety of outlets to become involved in the startup community. Techstars&amp;nbsp;hosts startup weekends across the United States and abroad where the participants experience first-hand the success, failures, and strain a startup goes through. They interact with a number of mentors, potential cofounders, and investors that help ideate problems and generate business from the ground-up.&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Finally, Techstars has corporate and network sponsorships that help connect the startup community to companies and influential mentors across the world. Techstars allows for companies to cultivate new startup accelerators. They highlight that this program can also help source fresh ideas through mergers and acquisitions&amp;nbsp;(M&amp;A).<br /> <br /> = Purpose/Background&lt;br/&gt; =<br /> <br /> Techstars was started in 2006 with the plan to start a worldwide network of startups, mentors, corporations, entrepreneurs, and venture funds. By November of 2006, they had a team of top mentors including David Cohen, David Brown, Brad Feld, and Jared Polis. These individuals are some of the top investors and startup entrepreneurs. Today, the team has expanded to&amp;nbsp;a number of board members and regional contacts- you can read about them [https://www.techstars.com/team/ here].&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Additionally, here is a video of Brad Feld at Stanford, giving a talk titled, &quot;Great Entrepreneurs Go Out and Do&quot;<br /> &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;#Widget:Youtube|id=xf9k379a4Jo;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;<br /> <br /> = Distinct Differences From Other Offerings =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Impact Achieved For Students and Campus =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Steps Required To Bring Resource to Campus =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Contact Information =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> [[Category:Resources]]</div>

Jdice1400 https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Organization:Techstars&diff=58901 2018-01-09T19:17:39Z

<p>Jdice1400: </p> <hr /> <div>= Overview =<br /> <br /> '''[[Techstars.com|Techstars]]'''&amp;nbsp;is a global network that is designed to help entrepreneurs succeed. Their primary tool to help entrepreneurs succeed is their startup accelerator. They choose 300 companies per year, invest $120k, and connect them with mentors to support their startups. Their accelerator success rates are incredible. According to their website (as of 1/9/2017), they have supported 1274 companies, with 90% of them either active or acquired. Through their accelerator, they have raised over $4.4B, creating a market capitalization of the companies of over $11.4B.<br /> &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;[[File:Techstars Logo.png]]&lt;/p&gt;<br /> In addition to their accelerator program, Techstars supports a wide variety of outlets to become involved in the startup community. Techstars&amp;nbsp;hosts startup weekends across the United States and abroad where the participants experience first-hand the success, failures, and strain a startup goes through. They interact with a number of mentors, potential cofounders, and investors that help ideate problems and generate business from the ground-up.&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Finally, Techstars has corporate and network sponsorships that help connect the startup community to companies and influential mentors across the world. Techstars allows for companies to cultivate new startup accelerators. They highlight that this program can also help source fresh ideas through mergers and acquisitions&amp;nbsp;(M&amp;A).<br /> <br /> = Purpose/Background&lt;br/&gt; =<br /> <br /> Techstars was started in 2006 with the plan to start a worldwide network of startups, mentors, corporations, entrepreneurs, and venture funds. By November of 2006, they had a team of top mentors including David Cohen, David Brown, Brad Feld, and Jared Polis. These individuals are some of the top investors and startup entrepreneurs. Today, the team has expanded to&amp;nbsp;a number of board members and regional contacts- you can read about them [https://www.techstars.com/team/ here].&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Additionally, here is a video of Brad Feld at Stanford, giving a talk titled, &quot;Great Entrepreneurs Go Out and Do&quot;<br /> &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;#x7B;&amp;#x7B;#Widget:Youtube|id=xf9k379a4Jo;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;<br /> <br /> = Distinct Differences From Other Offerings =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Impact Achieved For Students and Campus =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Steps Required To Bring Resource to Campus =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Contact Information =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> [[Category:Resources]]</div>

Jdice1400 https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Organization:Techstars&diff=58898 2018-01-09T19:15:40Z

<p>Jdice1400: </p> <hr /> <div>= Overview =<br /> <br /> '''[[Techstars.com|Techstars]]'''&amp;nbsp;is a global network that is designed to help entrepreneurs succeed. Their primary tool to help entrepreneurs succeed is their startup accelerator. They choose 300 companies per year, invest $120k, and connect them with mentors to support their startups. Their accelerator success rates are incredible. According to their website (as of 1/9/2017), they have supported 1274 companies, with 90% of them either active or acquired. Through their accelerator, they have raised over $4.4B, creating a market capitalization of the companies of over $11.4B.<br /> &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;[[File:Techstars Logo.png]]&lt;/p&gt;<br /> In addition to their accelerator program, Techstars supports a wide variety of outlets to become involved in the startup community. Techstars&amp;nbsp;hosts startup weekends across the United States and abroad where the participants experience first-hand the success, failures, and strain a startup goes through. They interact with a number of mentors, potential cofounders, and investors that help ideate problems and generate business from the ground-up.&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Finally, Techstars has corporate and network sponsorships that help connect the startup community to companies and influential mentors across the world. Techstars allows for companies to cultivate new startup accelerators. They highlight that this program can also help source fresh ideas through mergers and acquisitions&amp;nbsp;(M&amp;A).<br /> <br /> = Purpose/Background&lt;br/&gt; =<br /> <br /> Techstars was started in 2006 with the plan to start a worldwide network of startups, mentors, corporations, entrepreneurs, and venture funds. By November of 2006, they had a team of top mentors including David Cohen, David Brown, Brad Feld, and Jared Polis. These individuals are some of the top investors and startup entrepreneurs. Today, the team has expanded to&amp;nbsp;a number of board members and regional contacts- you can read about them [https://www.techstars.com/team/ here].&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Additionally, here is a video of Brad Feld at Stanford, giving a talk titled, &quot;Great Entrepreneurs Go Out and Do&quot;<br /> &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;#x7B;&amp;#x7B;#Widget:Youtube|id=xf9k379a4Jo&amp;#x7D;&amp;#x7D;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;<br /> <br /> = Distinct Differences From Other Offerings =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Impact Achieved For Students and Campus =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Steps Required To Bring Resource to Campus =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Contact Information =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> [[Category:Resources]]</div>

Jdice1400 https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Organization:Techstars&diff=58884 2018-01-09T19:06:16Z

<p>Jdice1400: </p> <hr /> <div>= Overview =<br /> <br /> '''[[Techstars.com|Techstars]]'''&amp;nbsp;is a global network that is designed to help entrepreneurs succeed. Their primary tool to help entrepreneurs succeed is their startup accelerator. They choose 300 companies per year, invest $120k, and connect them with mentors to support their startups. Their accelerator success rates are incredible. According to their website (as of 1/9/2017), they have supported 1274 companies, with 90% of them either active or acquired. Through their accelerator, they have raised over $4.4B, creating a market capitalization of the companies of over $11.4B.<br /> &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;[[File:Techstars Logo.png]]&lt;/p&gt;<br /> In addition to their accelerator program, Techstars supports a wide variety of outlets to become involved in the startup community. Techstars&amp;nbsp;hosts startup weekends across the United States and abroad where the participants experience first-hand the success, failures, and strain a startup goes through. They interact with a number of mentors, potential cofounders, and investors that help ideate problems and generate business from the ground-up.&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Finally, Techstars has corporate and network sponsorships that help connect the startup community to companies and influential mentors across the world. Techstars allows for companies to cultivate new startup accelerators. They highlight that this program can also help source fresh ideas through mergers and acquisitions&amp;nbsp;(M&amp;A).<br /> <br /> = Purpose/Background = Techstars was started in 2006 with the plan to start a worldwide network of startups, mentors, corporations, entrepreneurs, and venture funds. By November of 2006, they had a team of top mentors including David Cohen, David Brown, Brad Feld, and Jared Polis. These individuals are some of the top investors and startup entrepreneurs. Today, the team has expanded to&amp;nbsp;a number of board members and regional contacts- you can read about them [https://www.techstars.com/team/ here].&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Additionally, here is a video of Brad Feld at Stanford, giving a talk titled, &quot;Great Entrepreneurs Go Out and Do&quot;<br /> &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;#x7B;&amp;#x7B;#Widget:Youtube|id=xf9k379a4Jo&amp;#x7D;&amp;#x7D;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;<br /> <br /> = Distinct Differences From Other Offerings =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Impact Achieved For Students and Campus =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Steps Required To Bring Resource to Campus =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Contact Information =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> [[Category:Resources]]</div>

Jdice1400 https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Organization:Techstars&diff=58864 2018-01-09T18:51:31Z

<p>Jdice1400: </p> <hr /> <div>= Overview =<br /> <br /> '''[[Techstars.com|Techstars]]'''&amp;nbsp;is a global network that is designed to help entrepreneurs succeed. Their primary tool to help entrepreneurs succeed is their startup accelerator. They choose 300 companies per year, invest $120k, and connect them with mentors to support their startups. Their accelerator success rates are incredible. According to their website (as of 1/9/2017), they have supported 1274 companies, with 90% of them either active or acquired. Through their accelerator, they have raised over $4.4B, creating a market capitalization of the companies of over $11.4B.<br /> &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;[[File:Techstars Logo.png]]&lt;/p&gt;<br /> In addition to their accelerator program, Techstars supports a wide variety of outlets to become involved in the startup community. Techstars&amp;nbsp;hosts startup weekends across the United States and abroad where the participants experience first-hand the success, failures, and strain a startup goes through. They interact with a number of mentors, potential cofounders, and investors that help ideate problems and generate business from the ground-up.&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Finally, Techstars has corporate and network sponsorships that help connect the startup community to companies and influential mentors across the world. Techstars allows for companies to cultivate new startup accelerators. They highlight that this program can also help source fresh ideas through mergers and acquisitions&amp;nbsp;(M&amp;A).<br /> <br /> = Purpose/Background =<br /> <br /> Techstars was started in 2006 with the plan to start a worldwide network of startups, mentors, corporations, entrepreneurs, and venture funds. By November of 2006, they had a team of top mentors including David Cohen, David Brown, Brad Feld, and Jared Polis. These individuals are some of the top investors and startup entrepreneurs. Today, the team has expanded to&amp;nbsp;a number of board members and regional contacts- you can read about them [https://www.techstars.com/team/ here].&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> = Distinct Differences From Other Offerings =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Impact Achieved For Students and Campus =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Steps Required To Bring Resource to Campus =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Contact Information =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> [[Category:Resources]]</div>

Jdice1400 https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Organization:Techstars&diff=58863 2018-01-09T18:51:02Z

<p>Jdice1400: </p> <hr /> <div>= Overview =<br /> <br /> '''[[Techstars.com|TechStars]]'''&amp;nbsp;is a global network that is designed to help entrepreneurs succeed. Their primary tool to help entrepreneurs succeed is their startup accelerator. They choose 300 companies per year, invest $120k, and connect them with mentors to support their startups. Their accelerator success rates are incredible. According to their website (as of 1/9/2017), they have supported 1274 companies, with 90% of them either active or acquired. Through their accelerator, they have raised over $4.4B, creating a market capitalization of the companies of over $11.4B.<br /> <br /> <br /> &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;[[File:Techstars Logo.png]]&lt;/p&gt;<br /> In addition to their accelerator program, Techstars supports a wide variety of outlets to become involved in the startup community. Techstars&amp;nbsp;hosts startup weekends across the United States and abroad where the participants experience first-hand the success, failures, and strain a startup goes through. They interact with a number of mentors, potential cofounders, and investors that help ideate problems and generate business from the ground-up.&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Finally, Techstars has corporate and network sponsorships that help connect the startup community to companies and influential mentors across the world. Techstars allows for companies to cultivate new startup accelerators. They highlight that this program can also help source fresh ideas through mergers and acquisitions&amp;nbsp;(M&amp;A).<br /> <br /> = Purpose/Background =<br /> <br /> Techstars was started in 2006 with the plan to start a worldwide network of startups, mentors, corporations, entrepreneurs, and venture funds. By November of 2006, they had a team of top mentors including David Cohen, David Brown, Brad Feld, and Jared Polis. These individuals are some of the top investors and startup entrepreneurs. Today, the team has expanded to&amp;nbsp;a number of board members and regional contacts- you can read about them [https://www.techstars.com/team/ here].&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> = Distinct Differences From Other Offerings =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Impact Achieved For Students and Campus =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Steps Required To Bring Resource to Campus =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Contact Information =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> [[Category:Resources]]</div>

Jdice1400 https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Organization:Techstars&diff=58859 2018-01-09T18:37:17Z

<p>Jdice1400: </p> <hr /> <div>= Overview =<br /> <br /> '''[[Techstars.com|TechStars]]'''&amp;nbsp;is a global network that is designed to help entrepreneurs succeed. Their primary tool to help entrepreneurs succeed is their startup accelerator. They choose 300 companies per year, invest $120k, and connect them with mentors to support their startups. Their accelerator success rates are incredible. According to their website (as of 1/9/2017), they have supported 1274 companies, with 90% of them either active or acquired. Through their accelerator, they have raised over $4.4B, creating a market capitalization of the companies of over $11.4B.<br /> <br /> <br /> &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;[[File:Techstars Logo.png]]&lt;/p&gt;<br /> In addition to their accelerator program, Techstars supports a wide variety of outlets to become involved in the startup community. Techstars&amp;nbsp;hosts startup weekends across the United States and abroad where the participants experience first-hand the success, failures, and strain a startup goes through. They interact with a number of mentors, potential cofounders, and investors that help ideate problems and generate business from the ground-up.&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Finally, Techstars has corporate and network sponsorships that help connect the startup community to companies and influential mentors across the world. Techstars allows for companies to cultivate new startup accelerators. They highlight that this program can also help source fresh ideas through mergers and acquisitions&amp;nbsp;(M&amp;A).<br /> <br /> = Purpose/Background =<br /> <br /> Techstars was started in 2006 with the plan to start a worldwide network of startups, mentors, corporations, entrepreneurs, and venture funds. By November of 2006, they had a team of top mentors including David Cohen, David Brown, Brad Feld, and Jared Polis. These individuals are some of the top investors and startup entrepreneurs. Today, the team has expanded to&amp;nbsp;a number of board members and regional contacts- you can read about them [https://www.techstars.com/team/ here].&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> = Distinct Differences From Other Offerings =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Impact Achieved For Students and Campus =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Notes About How This Resource is Deployed =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Steps Required To Bring Resource to Campus =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Contact Information =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> [[Category:Resources]]</div>

Jdice1400 https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Organization:Techstars&diff=58774 2018-01-09T17:18:00Z

<p>Jdice1400: </p> <hr /> <div>= Overview =<br /> <br /> '''[[Techstars.com|TechStars]]'''&amp;nbsp;is a global network that is designed to help entrepreneurs succeed. Their primary tool to help entrepreneurs succeed is their startup accelerator. They choose 300 companies per year, invest $120k, and connect them with mentors to support their startups. Their accelerator success rates are incredible. According to their website (as of 1/9/2017), they have supported 1274 companies, with 90% of them either active or acquired. Through their accelerator, they have raised over $4.4B, creating a market capitalization of the companies of over $11.4B.<br /> <br /> <br /> &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;[[File:Techstars Logo.png]]&lt;/p&gt;<br /> In addition to their accelerator program, Techstars supports a wide variety of outlets to become involved in the startup community. Techstars&amp;nbsp;hosts startup weekends across the United States and abroad where the participants experience first-hand the success, failures, and strain a startup goes through. They interact with a number of mentors, potential cofounders, and investors that help ideate problems and generate business from the ground-up.&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Finally, Techstars has corporate and network sponsorships that help connect the startup community to companies and influential mentors across the world. Techstars allows for companies to cultivate new startup accelerators. They highlight that this program can also help source fresh ideas through mergers and acquisitions&amp;nbsp;(M&amp;A).<br /> <br /> = Purpose =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Distinct Differences From Other Offerings =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Impact Achieved For Students and Campus =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Notes About How This Resource is Deployed =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Steps Required To Bring Resource to Campus =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Contact Information =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> [[Category:Resources]]</div>

Jdice1400 https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Organization:Techstars&diff=58772 2018-01-09T17:17:34Z

<p>Jdice1400: </p> <hr /> <div>= Overview =<br /> <br /> '''[[Techstars.com|TechStars]]'''&amp;nbsp;is a global network that is designed to help entrepreneurs succeed. Their primary tool to help entrepreneurs succeed is their startup accelerator. They choose 300 companies per year, invest $120k, and connect them with mentors to support their startups. Their accelerator success rates are incredible. According to their website (as of 1/9/2017), they have supported 1274 companies, with 90% of them either active or acquired. Through their accelerator, they have raised over $4.4B, creating a market capitalization of the companies of over $11.4B.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> [[File:Techstars Logo.png]]In addition to their accelerator program, Techstars supports a wide variety of outlets to become involved in the startup community. Techstars&amp;nbsp;hosts startup weekends across the United States and abroad where the participants experience first-hand the success, failures, and strain a startup goes through. They interact with a number of mentors, potential cofounders, and investors that help ideate problems and generate business from the ground-up.&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Finally, Techstars has corporate and network sponsorships that help connect the startup community to companies and influential mentors across the world. Techstars allows for companies to cultivate new startup accelerators. They highlight that this program can also help source fresh ideas through mergers and acquisitions&amp;nbsp;(M&amp;A).<br /> <br /> = Purpose =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Distinct Differences From Other Offerings =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Impact Achieved For Students and Campus =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Notes About How This Resource is Deployed =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Steps Required To Bring Resource to Campus =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Contact Information =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> [[Category:Resources]]</div>

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<p>Jdice1400: </p> <hr /> <div>= Overview =<br /> <br /> '''[[Techstars.com|TechStars]]'''&amp;nbsp;is a global network that is designed to help entrepreneurs succeed. Their primary tool to help entrepreneurs succeed is their startup accelerator. They choose 300 companies per year, invest $120k, and connect them with mentors to support their startups. Their accelerator success rates are incredible. According to their website (as of 1/9/2017), they have supported 1274 companies, with 90% of them either active or acquired. Through their accelerator, they have raised over $4.4B, creating a market capitalization of the companies of over $11.4B.<br /> <br /> In addition to their accelerator program, Techstars supports a wide variety of outlets to become involved in the startup community. Techstars&amp;nbsp;hosts startup weekends across the United States and abroad where the participants experience first-hand the success, failures, and strain a startup goes through. They interact with a number of mentors, potential cofounders, and investors that help ideate problems and generate business from the ground-up.&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Finally, Techstars has corporate and network sponsorships that help connect the startup community to companies and influential mentors across the world. Techstars allows for companies to cultivate new startup accelerators. They highlight that this program can also help source fresh ideas through mergers and acquisitions&amp;nbsp;(M&amp;A).<br /> <br /> = Purpose =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Distinct Differences From Other Offerings =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Impact Achieved For Students and Campus =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Notes About How This Resource is Deployed =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Steps Required To Bring Resource to Campus =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Contact Information =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> [[Category:Resources]]</div>

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<p>Jdice1400: </p> <hr /> <div>= Overview =<br /> <br /> '''[[Techstars.com|TechStars]]'''&amp;nbsp;is a global network that is designed to help entrepreneurs succeed. Their primary tool to help entrepreneurs succeed is their startup accelerator. They choose 300 companies per year, invest $120k, and connect them with mentors to support their startups. Their accelerator success rates are incredible. According to their website (as of 1/9/2017), they have supported 1274 companies, with 90% of them either active or acquired. Through their accelerator, they have raised over $4.4B, creating a market capitalization of the companies of over $11.4B.<br /> <br /> ----<br /> <br /> In addition to their accelerator program, Techstars supports a wide variety of outlets to become involved in the startup community. Techstars&amp;nbsp;hosts startup weekends across the United States and abroad where the participants experience first-hand the success, failures, and strain a startup goes through. They interact with a number of mentors, potential cofounders, and investors that help ideate problems and generate business from the ground-up.&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Finally, Techstars has corporate and network sponsorships that help connect the startup community to companies and influential mentors across the world. Techstars allows for companies to cultivate new startup accelerators. They highlight that this program can also help source fresh ideas through mergers and acquisitions&amp;nbsp;(M&amp;A).&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> [[Category:Pages with broken file links]]<br /> <br /> = Purpose =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Distinct Differences From Other Offerings =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Impact Achieved For Students and Campus =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Notes About How This Resource is Deployed =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Steps Required To Bring Resource to Campus =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Contact Information =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> [[Category:Resources]]</div>

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<p>Jdice1400: </p> <hr /> <div>= [[File:techstars]][[File:techstars]]Overview =<br /> <br /> '''[[Techstars.com|TechStars]]'''&amp;nbsp;is a global network that is designed to help entrepreneurs succeed. Their primary tool to help entrepreneurs succeed is their startup accelerator. They choose 300 companies per year, invest $120k, and connect them with mentors to support their startups. Their accelerator success rates are incredible. According to their website (as of 1/9/2017), they have supported 1274 companies, with 90% of them either active or acquired. Through their accelerator, they have raised over $4.4B, creating a market capitalization of the companies of over $11.4B.<br /> <br /> ----<br /> <br /> In addition to their accelerator program, Techstars supports a wide variety of outlets to become involved in the startup community. Techstars&amp;nbsp;hosts startup weekends across the United States and abroad where the participants experience first-hand the success, failures, and strain a startup goes through. They interact with a number of mentors, potential cofounders, and investors that help ideate problems and generate business from the ground-up.&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Finally, Techstars has corporate and network sponsorships that help connect the startup community to companies and influential mentors across the world. Techstars allows for companies to cultivate new startup accelerators. They highlight that this program can also help source fresh ideas through mergers and acquisitions&amp;nbsp;(M&amp;A).&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> = Purpose =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Distinct Differences From Other Offerings =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Impact Achieved For Students and Campus =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Notes About How This Resource is Deployed =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Steps Required To Bring Resource to Campus =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Contact Information =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> [[Category:Resources]]</div>

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<p>Jdice1400: </p> <hr /> <div>= Overview =<br /> <br /> '''[[techstars.com|TechStars]]'''&amp;nbsp;is a global network that is designed to help entrepreneurs succeed. Their primary tool to help entrepreneurs succeed is their startup accelerator. They choose 300 companies per year, invest $120k, and connect them with mentors to support their startups. Their accelerator success rates are incredible. According to their website (as of 1/9/2017), they have supported 1274 companies, with 90% of them either active or acquired. Through their accelerator, they have raised over $4.4B, creating a market capitalization of the companies of over $11.4B.<br /> &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;http://www.techstars.com/uploads/Techstars-Meta-Back-up.png&lt;/p&gt;<br /> ----<br /> <br /> In addition to their accelerator program, Techstars supports a wide variety of outlets to become involved in the startup community. Techstars&amp;nbsp;hosts startup weekends across the United States and abroad where the participants experience first-hand the success, failures, and strain a startup goes through. They interact with a number of mentors, potential cofounders, and investors that help ideate problems and generate business from the ground-up.&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> Finally, Techstars has corporate and network sponsorships that help connect the startup community to companies and influential mentors across the world. Techstars allows for companies to cultivate new startup accelerators. They highlight that this program can also help source fresh ideas through mergers and acquisitions&amp;nbsp;(M&amp;A).&amp;nbsp;<br /> <br /> = Purpose =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Distinct Differences From Other Offerings =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Impact Achieved For Students and Campus =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Notes About How This Resource is Deployed =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Steps Required To Bring Resource to Campus =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> = Contact Information =<br /> Add text here...<br /> <br /> [[Category:Resources]]</div>

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