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The Funding Games

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Christine Tsai| 1 Comment

They came from districts afar – Mexico, Brazil, the UK, Slovenia, Italy, Japan, Australia, Canada, India, Philippines, China, Austin, NYC, DC, Chicago. For the next 3 months, these 27 startups will fight to gain customers, revenue, and investor dollars. Welcome … Continue reading →

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ENTER THE (YEAR OF THE) DRAGON

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Christine Tsai| Leave a comment

“The Dragon is the mightiest of the signs. Dragons prefer to live by their own rules and if left on their own, are usually successful. They’re driven, unafraid of challenges, and willing to take risks. They’re passionate in all they … Continue reading →

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Visiting YouTube and the Infamous Slide

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Christine Tsai| 3 Comments

Rounding out our last field trip for the year – we rendezvous’d over to San Bruno to visit YouTube HQ! Thanks to Jarek Wilkiewicz, Brian Glick, and Shiva Rajaraman for hosting us. Brian kicked it off with a presentation on … Continue reading →

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Google Friday

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Christine Tsai| Leave a comment

After a fun field trip to Facebook, next up was Google! The 500 Accelerator batch spent last Friday morning at Building 1950 on the Google campus in Mountain View, CA. We were hosted by the Google Developer Relations team. Thanks Stephanie … Continue reading →

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Hanging Out At Facebook

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Christine Tsai| Leave a comment

Field trips to platform companies are one of the most anticipated events of the accelerator program. Yesterday, the current 500 Accelerator batch visited Facebook in Palo Alto, CA. Lots of fun was had by all, and everyone enjoyed meeting the … Continue reading →

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From the Netherlands to 500 Startups

Posted on November 4, 2011 by max| 1 Comment

Khuram Hussain is the co-founder of Fileboard. Previously he co-founded Inbox2, email startup, technology in use by 60 million people. Khuram also held BD and product roles at companies such as Shell. We are a team of three from Europe. … Continue reading →

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Zombies Invade 500 Accelerator, Hungry for BRAAAAAAAAINS

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Christine Tsai| 6 Comments

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – In recent weeks, residents of this quiet suburb have reported strange activity concentrated in the downtown area of Castro Street. There have been numerous sightings of zombies lumbering up and down Castro, mouths agape, in search … Continue reading →

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An Inside Look at the Secret 500 Accelerator

Posted on June 10, 2011 by 500 Startups| 5 Comments

In response to the accusations by Mountain View residents of accelerator participants emerging with third arms or combining within the accelerator to form shimmering/glowing super-startups, we can neither confirm nor deny these totally awesome side effects. However the Sith Lord himself sees … Continue reading →

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FITTY GRAND FOR TEH FAST & FURIOUS #500STRONG #WINNING

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Christine Tsai| 3 Comments

“Our startups live their lives a quarter mil(e) at a time.” In January 2011, 500 Startups opened its doors to an underground group of racers. For several months, they built product. They burned the midnight oil. They hustled their asses … Continue reading →

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