The best startups can go anywhere. Here’s why some are choosing Crystal City — and why you might want to follow their lead. By Bonnie Boglioli-Randall (Contributing Writer, Women 2.0) A new breed of tech hub is on the rise from sea to shining sea. While Silicon...
If at first you don’t succeed… By Karen X. Cheng (Co-founder, GiveIt100) We just got into 500 Startups! But the thing you should know is – four months ago, we applied and didn’t get in. Heck – we applied to them all – 500 Startups, YC, Techstars, AngelPad....
The winner of our 2013 Las Vegas PITCH Competition thought she “got” the whole 500 startups thing… then realized the “bro-tastic cliquey crap” stereotype was not at all the truth. By Cynthia Schames (CEO & Co-Founder, AbbeyPost) If we’re friends, Facebook friends,...
A PITCH finalist on how she went from being a wantrapreneur, to a real entrepreneur with real customers in twelve months. By Ashley Wilson (Co-founder & CMO, RenterResume) It has been just over a month since our company, RenterResume, took the stage to pitch for...
500 Startups VC Christine Tsai, who was pregnant with her second child when she wrote the below, offers advice to companies. By Christine Tsai (Partner, 500 Startups) A few months after my first child was born, I wrote a post likening parenthood to entrepreneurship...