Category Archives: startups

Scaling Venture Capital? We suck. We can do better.

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Dave McClure| 43 Comments

I’m kind of embarrassed to call myself a Venture Capitalist. In fact, most of us who call ourselves VCs should be too. Why? Because MOST of us are hypocrites, and have NO idea what we’re doing. Because we SUCK at … Continue reading →

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We’re Launching a New Conference > MamaBear on Apr 20 in Mountain View!

Posted on March 22, 2012 by max| Leave a comment

Join 500 Startups, Actor/Entrepreneur LeVar Burton, Disney, BabyCenter, & many others… Did you know The Mama market is $2.1 trillion strong…and growing?! Moms today are economic powerhouses – and like mama bears, are loving, nurturing, and fiercely protective. One of our main focuses at … Continue reading →

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Interested in tapping into the (EXPLODING) LatAm market with 500 Startups?

Posted on February 9, 2012 by max| 1 Comment

500 Startups & Geeks on a Plane will be heading to Mexico, Brazil & Argentina May 10th – 20th. APPLY HERE BY FEB 14th to be a Geek on a Plane. WHAT IS GEEKS ON A PLANE? Organized by 500 Startups, … Continue reading →

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Want a Free Ticket 4 Our Warm Gun Design Conference?

Posted on November 21, 2011 by max| 1 Comment

We have a couple of open spots on our Volunteer Ninja Team for our popular Warm Gun Design Conference on Fri, Dec 2nd  at Hotel Kabuki in SF. The Qualifications: You must be responsible, friendly and willing to roll up … 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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‘CAPTION THIS’ CONTEST > Winner Announced!

Posted on September 12, 2011 by 500 Startups| 35 Comments

MailChimp has announced a winner! @johnwilliams713 “This is the last time I model for your Etsy Shop, Lisa.” Wanna know how cool the folks at MailChimp are? They’re giving a SMASH Summit ticket to the joker who provides the funniest … Continue reading →

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Highlights from our “Design a Healthy Startup” Event

Posted on June 30, 2011 by mariacamino| 3 Comments

Many you attended our event this past Saturday, “Design a Healthy Startup: Prevent Burnout” which was all about designing sustainable behaviors and company cultures for startup success. We heard from speakers who have experience in large corporations like Gopi Kallayil, … Continue reading →

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Never Been a Better Time for Women Entrepreneurs

Posted on June 22, 2011 by 500 Startups| 2 Comments

Meet Phoenix (Jean Grey) aka 500 SuperMentor Wendy Tan-White. Wendy is Founder of Moonfruit, a simple and powerful website builder for SMBs who expect better design tools to produce better designed sites. Moonfruit was founded in 1999, survived the Dotcom crash in … Continue reading →

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Word To Your Mother – Mobile Moms Are Early Tech Adopters

Posted on May 8, 2011 by Christine Tsai| 1 Comment

Happy Mother’s Day! Today’s post was written by Avishai Shoham. Avishai is a dad and also founder & CEO of Evoz Monitors, a 500 Startups company. Two of the biggest consumer tech trends today are mobile connectivity and personalized data collection. … Continue reading →

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