Your startup gets $20k cash + 20 mentors this summer CapitalFactory 2011

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Post by edanm » Mon, Feb 14, 2011, 4:28 PM UTC

Your startup gets $20k cash + 20 mentors this summer CapitalFactory 2011
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Post by megamark16 » Mon, Feb 14, 2011, 8:22 PM UTC

I've heard a lot of good things about the Austin startup scene. I wonder if I can convince my wife to move down there for the summer ;-)

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Post by amcclosky » Mon, Feb 14, 2011, 9:16 PM UTC

megamark16 wrote: post #2

I've heard a lot of good things about the Austin startup scene. I wonder if I can convince my wife to move down there for the summer ;-)

Austin has a great tech scene in general, and the city is great in so many other ways. Come on down. :-)

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Post by gilbax » Mon, Feb 14, 2011, 9:39 PM UTC

Is it open to teams currently based in Europe ( but ready to relocate if needed ) ?

edit: found my answer http://getsatisfaction.com/capitalfactory/topics/do_you_have...

The answer is Yes.

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Post by myagjian » Mon, Feb 14, 2011, 10:43 PM UTC

This is a great program!

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Post by dnsworks » Tue, Feb 15, 2011, 1:08 AM UTC

This is the first non-valley incubator in a city where I would want to spend 3 months.

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Post by timgasper » Tue, Feb 15, 2011, 1:33 PM UTC

Austin has a great tech community, put on top of that access to 20 accomplished entrepreneurs - that aren't just your mentors, they are also your investors. Designed for success. Awesome opportunity for startups!

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Post by kstealth25 » Tue, Feb 15, 2011, 1:49 PM UTC

I've spoken with several companies that will be applying this year.

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Post by yvonnet » Tue, Feb 15, 2011, 3:44 PM UTC

If you want to turbo charge a startup, this is the way to do it! The companies who've been in this program make tremendous progress in just a few short months.

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Post by cfarrell » Tue, Feb 15, 2011, 4:00 PM UTC

Capital Factory was (and still is) a great accelerator for our company. I highly recommend it - we checked the boxes on everything that we wanted to accomplish and then some. - Built new product/website - Refined business model and pricing model - Pivoted into a larger market - Raised Series A round - Hired employees

The advisors/investors are very accessible and also a lot of fun to be around. Summer of 2010 was the most productive summer of my career.