{"id":135843,"date":"2010-01-04T11:55:14","date_gmt":"2010-01-04T16:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.feld.com\/wp\/archives\/2010\/01\/why-to-apply-for-techstars-boston-2010-today.html"},"modified":"2010-01-04T11:55:14","modified_gmt":"2010-01-04T16:55:14","slug":"why-to-apply-for-techstars-boston-2010-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/135843","title":{"rendered":"Why to Apply for TechStars Boston 2010 Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tweetmeme_button\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/api.tweetmeme.com\/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.feld.com%2Fwp%2Farchives%2F2010%2F01%2Fwhy-to-apply-for-techstars-boston-2010-today.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/api.tweetmeme.com\/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.feld.com%2Fwp%2Farchives%2F2010%2F01%2Fwhy-to-apply-for-techstars-boston-2010-today.html\" height=\"61\" width=\"51\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>If you are thinking about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techstars.org\/apply\/\">applying to the TechStars Boston 2010<\/a> program, take 15 minutes and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techstars.org\/apply\/\">do it now<\/a>.&#160; Tomorrow (Tuesday 1\/5) is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techstars.org\/techstars-for-a-day\/boston2010\/\">TechStars for a Day<\/a> in Cambridge, MA.&#160; You\u2019ll only get an invitation if you have applied by today.&#160; You\u2019ll get to spend the day learning about TechStars and hanging out with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techstars.org\/mentors\/boston\/\">TechStars mentors<\/a> like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techstars.org\/mentors\/sbroderick\">Shawn Broderick<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techstars.org\/mentors\/dcohen\">David Cohen<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techstars.org\/mentors\/bwarner\">Bill Warner<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techstars.org\/mentors\/bsabet\">Bijan Sabet<\/a> along with some of founders from TechStars Boston 2009 companies, such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.accelgolf.com\/\">AccelGolf<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ampidea.com\/\">AmpIdea<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.localytics.com\/\">Localytics<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tempmine.com\/\">TempMine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you are thinking about starting a company and wonder why you\u2019d bother with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techstars.com\">TechStars<\/a>, take a look at the great post that Tom Monaghan, the co-founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/tempmine.com\/\">TempMine<\/a>, wrote today titled <em><a href=\"http:\/\/computertom.com\/2010\/01\/mentorship-driven\/\">Mentorship-driven or Why I applied to TechStars<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>And, as a special bonus late breaking news item, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techcrunch.com\/2010\/01\/04\/graphicly-funding\/\">Graphic.ly (formerly named Take Comics, one of the TechStars Boulder 2009 companies) announced that it has raised a $1.2m financing led by DFJ Mercury<\/a> with participation from Starz Media and some well known angels.&#160; 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