why aren't all 6 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public
record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable
ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't;
assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card:
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Assertion Supported
Borthwick: Under 40% of YC and Techstars startups raise $750k within one year
“I believe the exact numbers are, is 36 for Techstars and 38 for YC.”
Assertion Supported
80% of Techstars accelerator companies raise follow-on funding
“80% of our accelerator companies are going to raise around from somewhere.”
Assertion Supported
Three of Techstars' first ten companies were acquired within a year
“Within a year of the first program in 2007, there were three acquisitions, and they were all relatively small. So out of the first 10 companies, you know, social thing was picked up around ten million dollars and a couple other companies had been bought in tha…”
Assertion Supported
Cohen: Techstars manages over $300 million with 150 employees
“Today, you know, so we went from that five million dollar fund today, we're over three hundred million dollars in, in managed capital, but, you know, we have a 150 people in the organization.”
Assertion Supported
Cohen: Five or six companies from Techstars' 2007 cohort reached exits
“In fact, there's still one company today, you know, from that original class in 2007, that's operating, you know, some have failed. I think there've been five or six exits out of that first 10 companies.”
Assertion Supported
Techstars portfolio has 762 companies with over $2B raised
“They have a total of 762 companies, of which 90% are active or have been acquired, and they've raised more than two billion in funding.”