Part of how Index operates is via making the management teams at its startups share knowledge, particularly amongst CTOs in terms of best practice.
When, in 1981, Olbermann arrived at CNN, then still in its startup throes, he was, at twenty-two, seen as a sportscasting wunderkind — smart, offbeat, and possessed of an encyclopedic range of knowledge.
The entrepreneur next landed at Microsoft, where he led its startup investment activities for some time.
Trover is being honored today by O'Reilly Media as one of 15 mobile companies featured in its Startup Showcase at the Android Open Conference.
Harrigan also noted that unlike most accelerators, Grand Central doesn't take equity in its startups, at least not initially.
Overtime is, at its core, a startup that creates sports content wherever younger viewers want to watch it.
But it was a startup at its purest.
House Fund lists eight startups at its website, and says it has funded "dozens of other unannounced companies".
Yet, on Friday, Imagine K12 launched its third cohort of edtech startups at its own Demo Day in Palo Alto, and while it's still not quite at YC's level, the accelerator has already come a long way.
Just as investors and journalists get ready to check out what's new over at 500 Startups at its Batch 15 Demo Day, their team has announced a new batch of founders and startups aimed at changing their industries/solving problems all while making a buck or two.
