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Fresh off TechStars Demo Day, we sat down with Clare Tischer of TechStars for a brief interview on what the accelerator experience yielded for the company. Q1: What was the most valuable part of TechStars & was it what you expected?  It’s by far and away the people. It would take 2-3 years to develop [...]

On August 9th, SalesLoft and 10 awesome startups go on stage for what may be the biggest event in the history of our careers. It’s called TechStars Demo Day. 400 of the most influential investors and entrepreneurs will watch on as each of represent the future of our business, our product, and our hometowns. Needless [...]

By now, we’ve hopefully convinced you that the value of TechStars is the mentors. And on that note, we’re excited to share our three new lead mentors. We’re honored to have the following superstars on board helping us as we build SalesLoft to be a must use app for sales reps across the world: Ari Newman [...]

This evening, we got one of the most special treats we’ve had since TechStars started. We got to listen to the man, Howard Diamond drop knowledge on us. It was powerful. This man has sold over $14Billion in software…there are rumors that he has sold more software than anyone else in the world. Here are [...]

I had never met Brad Feld before I sent him this email. After our correspondence, he signed up for our product, tweeted it out to his 100k+ followers, and sent it to one of the most influential entrepreneurs in his investment portfolio, Rand Fishkin, CEO of SEOmoz. Start somewhere: I’ve read Brad’s blog since ‘07 [...]

There’s a positive surprise almost everyday at TechStars. This afternoon, it was Brad Feld as he stopped in for an impromptu open Q&A. Needless to say, he wowed the cohort. I asked him about his thoughts on Rand Fishkin @ SEOMoz after this blog post thriller that drips of openness and transparency. He said “be [...]

Startups thrive on constant feedback from customers and mentors. It’s extremely difficult to build a business while gathering constant, valuable feedback simultaneously. Here in lies the true value of the TechStars program: easy access to smart people willing to help your business. Typically, these meetings would be extremely hard to manufacture; most of the right [...]

People ask, “What are the true benefits of TechStars?” Trying to answer by prioritizing the landslide of advantages overwhelms us. So, instead we write about them. HackStars and BizStars are part of the secret sauce making TechStars the premiere incubator in the world. Extremely talented people in design, development, and business permeate each TechStars cohort [...]

Last night, we had the honor & privilege of spending time with TechStars mentor, T.A. McCann, the founder of Gist & one of the top entrepreneurs in the world of sales technology. We learned tons of value which we’ll outline below. Before that though, the most important thing T.A. did for us was inspire, believe in [...]

The city of Atlanta was represented brightly yesterday in Boulder, Colorado when local sales intelligence company, SalesLoft, was introduced as one of the newest members of the nationally prominent accelerator: TechStars.  “We’re here from Atlanta by way of Georgia Tech” stated founders Kyle Porter and Chris Beauregard. TechStars Boulder, recently heralded as the number one startup accelerator in the nation, had [...]