Tag: startup founders

October 15, 2020
October 15, 2020

Meet the Startups in 500’s First Fully Virtual Accelerator

Aaron Blumenthal
At 500 Startups, innovation is a staple of our business model. In March, we announced the revamp of our SF flagship accelerator program to offer year-round enrollment flexibility to meet our founders at exactly the right stage of growth for their ...
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...
November 21, 2019
Batch 25 of 500 Startups’ SF Accelerator pose after Demo Day, on August 22, 2019
November 21, 2019

Inside Batch 25 at 500 Startups

Guest Author
Guest Post: Rishika Jhamb is the Marketing Lead at Alluva. Under no circumstances should any of the below content be construed as legal, tax or investment advice from 500 Startups or any of its affiliates. Alluva at 500 Startups: What it was re...
October 03, 2019
October 03, 2019

Inside 500: How Their Accelerator Helped Me Grow My Accounting-as-a-Service Company and Raise $2 Million

Guest Author
Felix Rodriguez is the founder and CEO of Back Office, a human-assisted AI platform and bookkeeping service for companies and consultants. In an interview with Nathan Beckord on Foundersuite’s “How I Raised It” podcast he shared how 500 Startups w...
October 31, 2018
October 31, 2018

Private Jets, Smart Pill Bottles, Blockchain, & More: Meet the Startups of Batch 24

Emily King
Batch 24 has officially kicked off in San Francisco, and we’re so excited to welcome these new companies into our 500 family. From personal jets to AR glasses to period underwear, the collection of companies we’ve invested in this batch are a...
October 31, 2017
Batch 22 at Demo Day
October 31, 2017

The Road to Demo Day: A Founder’s Perspective

Guest Author
Guest Post: Kela Ivonye is the CEO and co-founder of MailHaven, a smart mailbox that tracks and protects your packages.  Demo Day is an invite-only event hosted by 500 Startups for investors to get a first look at the startups from the accelera...
July 22, 2016
July 22, 2016

The Most Common Myths About Startup Accelerators — Busted

Walter Thompson
In most aspects of life, the gulf between expectation and reality is larger than expected, but that's where growth comes from. This principle also applies to startup accelerators, where founders fortunate enough to gain admission can access net...
June 01, 2016
June 01, 2016

Unconventional Investing Promotes Innovation & Empathy — Interview with 500 Startups EIR Tristan Pollock

Walter Thompson
500 Startups Venture Partner and Entrepreneur-in-Residence Tristan Pollock is open to new experiences, and he hopes you are, too. [caption id="attachment_10291" align="alignleft" width="2048"] 500 Startups Entrepreneur-in-Residence & Ventur...
May 20, 2016
May 20, 2016

500 Startups Demo Day: Confessions From Batch 16 Founders

Walter Thompson
The green room at 500 Startups Demo Day is more like a pre-game locker room. Startup founders with intense expressions pace back and forth while others sit alone, their heads slightly bowed as they focus like a laser on the next two minutes. ...
May 18, 2016
FIRE by Josh Berglund, Flickr
May 18, 2016

Startup Founders Talk: The First Time I Fired Someone

Walter Thompson
500 Startups Managing Partner Christine Tsai experienced mixed emotions the first time she as a founder had to let someone go. "I don't think there was a hesitation that it was the right thing to do, it was just that the person wasn't a great f...