Phoenix, Arizona is one of the best places to launch a startup in 2020. Other than the great weather and growing population, it is also an affordable city with numerous tech companies that include several video game companies. If you run a small startup, you can easily find affordable coworking space…
There is no longer an excuse for you not to invest in a startup before it becomes a successful public liability company. Due to a 2016 change in crowdfunding regulations by the Securities and Exchange Commission, it is now possible for a non-accredited individual to invest in a private startup…
NOTE: If you want to see the pitches from Demo Day live, you have one more chance. Tuesday September 9th at 6:00pm we will be holding Community Demo Day at the Northwestern Law School Auditorium. There are still tickets available, but you should register quickly!! -> Community Demo Day Registration Here…
The Techstars Chicago 2013 class is officially finished! We celebrated this year’s class with our Demo Day event, which brought in more than 500 investors, mentors and entrepreneurs. The energy in the room was vibrant, exemplifying the growing entrepreneurial community in Chicago. Some say it was our best event yet.…
It is not always obvious just how much work goes into putting on a three month program like TechStars Chicago. We started ramping up in January getting ready for applications to open February 1st and will finally slow down a bit around Thanksgiving. A program like this could never come…
Have you dreamed of becoming the next success story to come out of TechStars but don’t have a team or an idea? Are you a full stack developer who can execute like all hell? Great news! TechStars Chicago is recruiting for our HackStars program for the summer of 2013! Hackstars…
The final deadline for applications is midnight EST on March 15th and there are a lot of people with a ton of questions. If you have already applied or are thinking about applying, come by on Thursday, March 7th for an open house. Come see the space, talk to the…
Excelerate Labs (now TechStars Chicago) is looking for the best digital startups out there, and to find the best we need to encourage a broad range of applicants across gender, age, ethnicity and nationality. In our first three years as Excelerate Labs, 30% of our CEOs were women. We are…