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TechStars Meetups

Interested in TechStars?
TechStars is a seed stage, mentorship driven funding accelerator.  It is my humble place of employment, and a company that is near and dear to my heart.  Every summer, we make ten investments in brilliant teams wanting to build their startup.    We have funded BrightKite, IntenseDebate (now part of Wordpress), SocialThing! (now [...]

SocialThing! Acquired

I am very excited to hear that SocialThing! was acquired by AOL.
SocialThing! was a 2007 TechStars team.
I remember meeting Matt, Ben and Brian at the first night of TechStars.  Here is a picture of them:

Things I will always remember about the three founders:
Ben: I played around 200 games of ping pong with Ben.  It was [...]