Do More Faster: TechStars Lessons to Accelerate Your Startup

Part 8. THE EVOLUTION OF TECHSTARS

We've been very fortunate that TechStars has wildly exceeded our expectations. People around the world have noticed, and many have become incredibly interested in TechStars. Many of them have reached out to us for assistance. We have actively tried to help them understand and replicate our mentorship-driven and community-oriented model.

Since the beginning, TechStars has taken an open source approach. We have publicly shared our model seed funding documents, our results, and our philosophies about startups, many of which you have just read.

What began as a simple experiment has now grown into a meaningful part of the startup ecosystem in the three communities that TechStars now calls home. What follows are a few of the stories of how TechStars started, why it has expanded, and what might come next.