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500 Startups has invested in over 1,200 companies across its funds
“1200, I think to be exact, the accelerator and the, and our sort of main fund and some of the micro funds. Yes, probably about 1200. I think it's a little bit over 1200 now.”
Marvin Liao Oct 28, 2015 ▶ 10:47 20 VC 083: 500 Startups Week: New Funds, Startup Mentoring and Dave's Masterplan with Marvin Liao, Partner @ 500 Startups
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500 Startups employs 80-90 staff, including 14 growth and distribution experts
“We have almost close to, like, 80, 90 staff, and, you know, we have a team of almost 14 distribution, sort of, like, distribution in our terminologies, like, sort of, online marketing sales experts who help our companies and accelerator and, sort of, in the po…”
Marvin Liao Oct 28, 2015 ▶ 6:48 20 VC 083: 500 Startups Week: New Funds, Startup Mentoring and Dave's Masterplan with Marvin Liao, Partner @ 500 Startups
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500 Startups prefers hiring operators over finance and venture backgrounds
“At 500 startups, we tend to hire people who've got operating backgrounds rather than out of finance or venture.”
Matt Lerner Oct 26, 2015 ▶ 3:12 20 VC 082: 500 Startups Week: Growth Hacking 101: How To 10x Your Conversion with Matt Lerner, Head of Distro Dojo London
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