Startups On TV: TechStars Teams Up With Bloomberg

5 years ago I told my wife how the startup world was drastically underrepresented in bookstores. I suggested that it would change fast. And the book world has in fact caught up. Now it would seem time for some TV action. The challenge will be making the hard work behind a startup entertaining enough for TV. Of course, the HN crowd would find it entertaining even if they were to scroll through code for an hour solid. :)

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Post by djm » Tue, Aug 02, 2011, 1:24 PM UTC

I don't think I'd be too interested in watching this but I'd very much like to see a one off documentary on YC - maybe following a few of the companies through the 3 month cycle and including interviews with pg et al, some members of the alumni network and prominent valley investors who have worked with them.

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Aug 02, 2011, 1:43 PM UTC

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Post by arthurgibson » Tue, Aug 02, 2011, 2:21 PM UTC

I've been waiting for this to happen for so long. Glad a dignified organization like Bloomberg picked this up, I wonder if there were any bids from MTV or Bravo for that matter.

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Post by lsb » Tue, Aug 02, 2011, 2:30 PM UTC

JesseAldridge wrote: post #2

Sweet. When's the YC version coming out? :)

It's been out for a couple years: justin.tv

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Post by ryanwanger » Tue, Aug 02, 2011, 2:35 PM UTC

djm wrote: post #5

I don't think I'd be too interested in watching this but I'd very much like to see a one off documentary on YC - maybe following a few of the companies through the 3 month cycle and including interviews with pg et al, some members of the alumni network and prominent valley investors who have worked with them.

Can you elaborate on what isn't interesting to you about this show? What you described is nearly the same thing, only following YC instead.

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Post by DanielRibeiro » Tue, Aug 02, 2011, 3:08 PM UTC

Techstars has been doing this for a while: http://www.techstars.org/thefounders/

It just wasn't on TV.

The idea originally came from Hollywood, but they produced it all by themselves: http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/06/the-techstars-story-...