Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Techstars" in English language version.
We were saddened, but not completely surprised, by the recent string of bad news coming from Techstars' Boulder headquarters… we were caught off guard by the decision… to cancel the flagship Seattle Techstars program. Not just because we created and led it for many years, but because Techstars Seattle is also the source of many of Techstars' most successful and celebrated successes
former Techstars Seattle managing director Chris DeVore penned a lengthy note criticizing the group's strategic choices, including centralizing its fundraising efforts, and building programs with corporate sponsors as financial anchors.
The org's CEO Maëlle Gavet hopped into that discussion and publicly engaged in a back-and-forth with him.
But others privately echoed at least some of DeVore's sentiments to TechCrunch. One former managing director (MD) said that having local limited partner investors in Techstars meant that more people in those cities had a stake in its local programs.
