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Launch Your Business in Georgia (The Country, not the State)

Janelle Apaydin
The following post is written by Nato Chakvetadze, Program Associate for 500Georgia. Gavin: Here everything is so expensive. Look at the numbers. If we move to Georgia, we can save a fortune and get a further investment. It's the only way. Denpok: Well, I have heard good things about the food scene in the Dirty South. Hoover: Stankonia. Freaknik. Might be nice to be around more people o...
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Taking our Flagship Accelerator Virtual-First

Aaron Blumenthal
There is not a single business that is not affected in some form or another from COVID-19, and 500 Startups is no different. When news broke of COVID-19 entering in the US, we were one of the first...
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How We Created our Digital Demo Day Experience

Natalie Riso
The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the entire startup ecosystem, and in the name of safety and support of our founders, we hosted our first-ever Digital Demo Day. This was a whole new take on demo ...
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5 Ways Startups Can Make it Through Periods of Uncertainty

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Guest Post: The following post is a sponsored guest post by Nik Adhia, Senior Director of Global Operations, Oracle for Startups. All views and opinions represented in this post are the views and o...

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May 22, 2020
May 22, 2020

Launch Your Business in Georgia (The Country, not the State)

Janelle Apaydin
The following post is written by Nato Chakvetadze, Program Associate for 500Georgia. Gavin: Here everything is so expensive. Look at the numbers. If we move to Georgia, we can save a fortune and get a further investment. It's the only way. D...
May 15, 2020
May 15, 2020

Taking our Flagship Accelerator Virtual-First

Aaron Blumenthal
There is not a single business that is not affected in some form or another from COVID-19, and 500 Startups is no different. When news broke of COVID-19 entering in the US, we were one of the first major accelerators to turn the Demo Day experienc...
April 09, 2020
April 09, 2020

How We Created our Digital Demo Day Experience

Natalie Riso
The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the entire startup ecosystem, and in the name of safety and support of our founders, we hosted our first-ever Digital Demo Day. This was a whole new take on demo day for us, and the end result was a unique and in...
April 06, 2020
April 06, 2020

5 Ways Startups Can Make it Through Periods of Uncertainty

Guest Author
Guest Post: The following post is a sponsored guest post by Nik Adhia, Senior Director of Global Operations, Oracle for Startups. All views and opinions represented in this post are the views and opinions of Oracle for Startups and do not represen...
March 26, 2020
March 26, 2020

Why the Accelerator Model is Broken—and how 500 Startups is Fixing it

Aaron Blumenthal
No one would’ve envisioned me as a venture capitalist. I was raised in rural Wyoming, far from the high stakes and deep pockets of Wall Street and Silicon Valley. But from a young age, going against the grain was in my DNA. It’s what led me to San...
March 18, 2020
March 18, 2020

Tools and Tips for Working Remotely From 500 & GitLab

Natalie Riso
On March 16th, 500 had the opportunity to lead a chat with Darren Murph, the Head of Working Remote at GitLab. Due to the novel COVID-19 virus, many companies are adapting their workforces to be partially, if not completely, remote. GitLab is curr...
March 10, 2020
March 10, 2020

Ones to Watch in Esports

Emily King
Esports continues to be a leader in advancing media technology, yet the gaming community continues to struggle in creating a singular hub for viewers to check out all their favorite games and for there to be a singular hub for gaming education. Wi...
March 09, 2020
March 09, 2020

Using Design Strategy to Unlock Growth

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Guest Post: The following post is a sponsored guest post by Noteh Krauss. All views and opinions represented in this post are the views and opinions of Krauss and do not represent those of 500 Startups or any of its staff or affiliates. As a d...
March 06, 2020
March 06, 2020

The Female Trailblazers Impacting Mental Health, Analytics, GovTech, and More

Emily King
“Out of every ten investors that you’ve pitched, how many of them were female?” When we polled the female founders of Batch 26, the answers ranged from only one out of 10 to upwards of seven out of ten. For those that had over half of their pit...
March 03, 2020
March 03, 2020

Ones to Watch in Sensors and AI

Emily King
In the golden age of data, businesses in media, communication, and commerce were some of the first to adapt their operations to work directly with the newfound aggregation of consumer data. Sensors and AI, in particular, have become ubiquitous par...
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