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Post by krtl » Tue, Sep 28, 2010, 8:04 AM UTC

Ask TechStars
ask.techstars.org

Re: Ask TechStars

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Post by wensing » Tue, Sep 28, 2010, 8:46 AM UTC

Not surprised to see this question, pretty surprised to see the answer (from David Cohen):

http://ask.techstars.org/what-if-we-outsourced-the-developme...

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Post by snprbob86 » Tue, Sep 28, 2010, 9:11 AM UTC

I'm confused: how is this a version of ASK HN? It's clearly an early beta deployment of a product from the TechStars startup Sponge " rel="nofollow">http://getsponge.com>. Considering all the activity in the Q&A space lately, this title seems unnecessarily hostile.

Re: Ask TechStars

#4

Post by mrduncan » Tue, Sep 28, 2010, 12:37 PM UTC

snprbob86 wrote: post #3

I'm confused: how is this a version of ASK HN? It's clearly an early beta deployment of a product from the TechStars startup Sponge " rel="nofollow">http://getsponge.com> . Considering all the activity in the Q&A space lately, this title seems unnecessarily hostile.

Your link unnecessarily got the closing ">" added to it, here's the working link: http://getsponge.com

Re: Ask TechStars

#5

Post by MicahWedemeyer » Tue, Sep 28, 2010, 1:28 PM UTC

wensing wrote: post #2

Not surprised to see this question, pretty surprised to see the answer (from David Cohen): http://ask.techstars.org/what-if-we-outsourced-the-developme...

Take all those answers with a grain of salt. Remember: He's saying "Feel free to apply" That's the same as a loan officer at a bank. They'll tell you to apply for a loan even if you're unemployed and 100k in debt. That's no guarantee that the application will go anywhere, but they want to keep the pipeline full.

Re: Ask TechStars

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Post by e1ven » Tue, Sep 28, 2010, 1:36 PM UTC

This is a Great program. It puts people directly in touch with very interesting an helpful advisors, and lets you ask them quick one/two paragraph questions.

Then, it shares the advice out so everyone can benefit from it as well.

Re: Ask TechStars

#7

Post by wensing » Tue, Sep 28, 2010, 4:03 PM UTC

MicahWedemeyer wrote: post #5

wensing wrote: post #2

Not surprised to see this question, pretty surprised to see the answer (from David Cohen): http://ask.techstars.org/what-if-we-outsourced-the-developme...

Take all those answers with a grain of salt. Remember: He's saying "Feel free to apply" That's the same as a loan officer at a bank. They'll tell you to apply for a loan even if you're unemployed and 100k in debt. That's no guarantee that the application will go anywhere, but they want to keep the pipeline full.

In this case I think it's fair to expect more. The best investors give quick "No"s, right?

Re: Ask TechStars

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Post by krtl » Tue, Sep 28, 2010, 4:42 PM UTC

snprbob86 wrote: post #3

I'm confused: how is this a version of ASK HN? It's clearly an early beta deployment of a product from the TechStars startup Sponge " rel="nofollow">http://getsponge.com> . Considering all the activity in the Q&A space lately, this title seems unnecessarily hostile.

Sponge is not a TechStars startup, you clearly didn't know.

Re: Ask TechStars

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Post by snprbob86 » Tue, Sep 28, 2010, 4:50 PM UTC

krtl wrote: post #8

snprbob86 wrote: post #3

I'm confused: how is this a version of ASK HN? It's clearly an early beta deployment of a product from the TechStars startup Sponge " rel="nofollow">http://getsponge.com> . Considering all the activity in the Q&A space lately, this title seems unnecessarily hostile.

Sponge is not a TechStars startup, you clearly didn't know.

checks TechStars founders wiki

Oh hey, you're right. My bad. Sorry about that. I guess I just kinda assumed.