July 2020
Intermediate to advanced
416 pages
7h 50m
English
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Appendix 3:Where are the Techstars Companies Now?
It’s been over a decade since the first Techstars cohort (2007), and most of the companies discussed in Do More Faster are from the first several accelerators. Following is what has happened to the companies featured in this book since then, and where the founders are, in 2019.
DailyBurn (2008). Founded by Andy Smith and Stephen Blankenship, DailyBurn is a streaming fitness video service for TV, computer, tablet, and smartphone with 2.5 million users. DailyBurn has over 1,000 videos, 20-plus workout programs, and a daily live 30-minute fitness workout class led by certified master trainers. It was acquired by IAC in 2010 for an undisclosed amount. Andy Smith is currently on the board at Urban Engine, a Huntsville, Alabama, accelerator. Stephen Blankenship lives in Denver with his family and consults in technology.
DigitalOcean (2012). Founded by Ben and Moisey Uretsky, DigitalOcean provides developers cloud services that help to deploy and scale applications that run simultaneously on multiple computers. Since its founding, DigitalOcean has raised over $305 million in funding and has 19 million monthly visitors. The company has 12 data centers globally and is the third largest web-hosting company in the world. Ben left as CEO and is spending time with his newborn and Moisey is mentoring startups.
EventVue (2007). Founded by Rob Johnson and Josh Fraser, EventVue was an application to help event and conference organizers to increase ...
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