Personal observations and blatant rip-offs from the 500 Startups family. By Kim Dowd (Co-Founder & Designer, Daily Aisle) 1. Dave (our funding overlord) is a zoo keeper. He gives tours to wide-eyed visitors who cluster together and avoid eye contact. Founders and...
By Christine Tsai (Partner, 500 Startups) Editor’s note: In June 2011, Dave McClure said “women founders or co-founders are probably 20-25% of the [500 Startups] portfolio.” We thank 500 Startups for being supportive of Women 2.0 and women...
By Christine Tsai (Partner, 500 Startups) 500 Startups has a new Accelerator batch that kicked off May 23. We have 20 startups in the program from May to September. Among the companies in this batch are: 20% women founders: LaunchBit, Snapette, Vayable, Cardinal Blue,...