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Separated at Birth: Techstars and Startup Weekend

David Cohen

Today we announced that Techstars has acquired UP Global, which includes Startup Weekend and many other fantastic events and programs. Startup Weekend is my absolute favorite global event for entrepreneurship. A few years later, Andrew had scaled Startup Weekend into a global phenomenon. Events were happening all over the world.

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Why it is hard for VCs to say ‘no’ and why that ‘no’ could be good news for an entrepreneur

The Next Web

Prior to Credo, Andrej worked at an early growth fund Benson Oak, the first backer of AVG Technologies . And if they do, they complain about lack of global potential or misunderstand my product completely. More on getting inspired by global leaders from Central Europe in my next post…. VCs are arrogant. VCs are cowards.