Craig Cannon (Y Combinator), Jennifer Cabala (Techstars) & Thomas Korte (AngelPad), moderated by Bindi Karia How have the offerings of top accelerators changed over the past 5 years? What is it that accelerators really offer to startups these days and how will that change in the years to come? How should a startup choose what accelerator to join now that so many niche and corporate variaties are popping up as well? Join Bindi Karia for a conversation with representatives from top accelerators Y Combinator, Techstars and AngelPad to answer these quesions. Bindi Karia INNOVATION EXPERT & ADVISOR (MODERATOR) Bindi is incredibly passionate about all things startup in Europe and connecting the dots between Investors, Founders, Corporates and Government, and as a result, has worked in and around technology startups for most of her career. As a Consultant (PwC Consulting), as a Corporate (Microsoft BizSpark /Ventures), as a Startup employee (Trayport), as an Advisor (Startup Europe, Startup Weekend Europe, Tech London Advocates), as a Connector (GQ UK, the IoD and Evening Standard have all recognised this) and until recently, as their Banker (Silicon Valley Bank) The entrepreneurs have influenced her so greatly over the years, that she is currently in the process of setting up her own venture, focused on advising and connecting, of course! Craig Cannon DIRECTOR OF MARKETING Y-COMBINATOR Craig is the Director of Marketing at Y Combinator. He's the co-author of The Container Guide, a field guide to shipping containers. He also holds a cycling world record. Prior to YC Craig made Joe Biden photoshops at The Onion. Thomas Korte FOUNDER ANGELPAD Thomas Korte is an angel investor and advisor to early-stage internet startups. In 2010 he founded AngelPad, a startup incubator in San Francisco. Prior, Thomas worked at Google for 7 years. His roles there included International Product Marketing Manager, European Search Agency Business Lead and most recently Google Evangelist. Jeniffer Cabala VP STARTUP PROGRAMS TECHSTARS Vice President of Startup Programs leading the team supporting early stage startup ecosystem development including Startup Weekend, Startup Week and Startup Digest. Prior to to becoming VP was Director of Program Operations for Techstars Accelerator and Startup Programs. Previously, CMO at Startup Weekend and CEO at Seattle 2.0 (acquired by GeekWire). Prior to tech was award-winning journalist for many years in Seattle and Denver with network coverage for CBS and CNN.
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