TechStars, the mentoring program and seed-stage investment fund for technology startups, is now taking applications for its new Seattle program. The application form is here, and the deadline is June 1; finalists will be notified on June 16, and the Seattle program will go from August 16 to November 12, 2010. TechStars Seattle executive director Andy Sack recently posted a personal account of how the program came to Seattle from Boulder, CO, and Boston. Sack and TechStars co-founder Brad Feld will host an informal gathering for interested entrepreneurs on the morning of April 6 at Louisa’s Cafe in Seattle.
Author: Gregory T. Huang
Greg is a veteran journalist who has covered a wide range of science, technology, and business. As former editor in chief, he overaw daily news, features, and events across Xconomy's national network. Before joining Xconomy, he was a features editor at New Scientist magazine, where he edited and wrote articles on physics, technology, and neuroscience. Previously he was senior writer at Technology Review, where he reported on emerging technologies, R&D, and advances in computing, robotics, and applied physics. His writing has also appeared in Wired, Nature, and The Atlantic Monthly’s website. He was named a New York Times professional fellow in 2003.
Greg is the co-author of Guanxi (Simon & Schuster, 2006), about Microsoft in China and the global competition for talent and technology. Before becoming a journalist, he did research at MIT’s Artificial Intelligence Lab. He has published 20 papers in scientific journals and conferences and spoken on innovation at Adobe, Amazon, eBay, Google, HP, Microsoft, Yahoo, and other organizations. He has a Master’s and Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT, and a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
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