Category Archives: video

Visualizing The Last 18 Months of 500 Startups

Our buddies (and portfolio company) over at Visual.ly created this awesome infographic depicting the last 18 months of 500 Startups. It’s hard to believe how much has happened since then. Enough with the prose. On with the pretty pictures! First, … Continue reading

An Inside Look at the Secret 500 Accelerator

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

#500Strong Rules The Universe (Well, At Least For Two Days)

Designed by Elliot Loh, 500 SuperMentor Last week, we held our first-ever Demo Days at the 500 Startups Secret Lair. Over two days, our startups from the 500 Accelerator program, as well as a few seed companies, presented to a … Continue reading

500 Little Monsters To DOMINATE Demo Day, Then DEVOUR VC Dollars

More than 300 investors, press, and paparazzi will join us at the 500 Startups Secret Lair for our first ever Demo Days! Our little monsters from the 500 Accelerator Program and a few special guests from our seed companies will … Continue reading

The Top 5 Myths about Distributed Teams

Emi Gal is the founder and CEO of Brainient, part of the 500 Startups family. Based in London, Brainient builds tools that help agencies turn existing video ads into interactive experiences. Brainient is a Seedcamp winner, a The Next Web … Continue reading

Hiten Shah, Ryan Freitas, and Charles Hudson Save The World

Ok maybe not QUITE, but they did do something pretty awesome this week. Read on for more. Since we announced the 500 Startups Accelerator last week, we’ve been having several excellent talks from our SuperMentors. This week, Hiten Shah, Ryan … Continue reading

Spotlight on the 500 SuperMentor Network (Videos)

The SuperMentors of 500 Startups – we’ve revealed their true identities and their superpowers on this very blog. They’ve dished out their secret tips and war stories to entrepreneurs all around the world. Yet you’ve never seen them in action. … Continue reading

Space Matters: Why is Startup Accelerator Space Important?

Note from Enrique Allen: The following article is written from an environmental perspective that 500 Startups is a “meta-startup” ecosystem and startups are the primary customers we serve. My personal evidence over the last three years is based on experiences … Continue reading

Videos from "PR Secrets for Startups" Panel

At last week’s Startup2Startup, Dave moderated a great lineup of speakers on the topic of “PR Secrets for Startups.” If you’ve wondered why some companies get frequent press coverage, if there’s a right way to launch your company, if PR … Continue reading