Regardless of Sprint support, Techstars ‘committed to Kansas City’

By Tommy Felts | May 25, 2016

The expiration of Sprint’s three-year agreement with Techstars to fund the Kansas City-based Sprint Mobile Accelerator is opening up new opportunities for both firms. Sprint — which has funded the accelerator’s operations for three years while Techstars has managed the program — is now examining support of the accelerator by exploring new corporate and civic…

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Video: John Fein offers an update on the Sprint Accelerator

By Tommy Felts | March 25, 2016

John Fein, Techstars managing director, chats with Startland News editor Bobby Burch about the accelerator’s 2016 class. Now in its third year, the accelerator this year has a broader focus on all mobile technologies, as opposed to only mobile health in previous years. The accelerator in March welcomed ten new companies to its three-month, mentor-led program,…

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Sprint Accelerator firms hiring, offering meet-and-greet

By Tommy Felts | March 1, 2016
2016 Sprint Accelerator

The new firms at the Techstars-led Sprint Accelerator program are already growing. While many are looking for interns, seven of the 10 mobile tech companies in the three-month accelerator are looking to hire staff. The companies, which entered the Kansas City-based accelerator on Feb. 22, each nabbed $120,000 in capital as part of the program,…

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5 reasons your startup isn’t attracting investors

By Tommy Felts | February 4, 2016

Last week, Techstars managing director John Fein told us that one of the main complaints he hears from Kansas City investors is that there aren’t enough fundable startups. Investors may be right, but it’s not necessarily a lack of good ideas. Today, Kansas City investors are looking for more than the next big idea: they’re…

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