Applying to TechStars

TechStars applications are officially open and we encourage anyone with a young Startup looking to reach the next level to apply. I recently gave some advice on applying to Alex Lindahl at CollegeMogul.com.

The bullet points were:

1. Have a working prototype

2. Have a strong team

3. Show passion

4. Demonstrate speed and work ethic

5. Have a story behind your idea

Click here to read the full entry and see the details behind each point.

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January 28th, 2009 Posted by Adam | About Ignighter, Applications, Blogs, Press, Startups, business models, investment, techstars |

Twenty Something Yak Podcast

Life coach and twenty something expert, Christine Hassler recently featured Ignighter in a podcast about group dating, building a startup company, and online dating in general.

Check it out here:

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November 17th, 2008 Posted by Adam | About Ignighter, Ignighter Guys, Podcast, Startups, group dating, ignighter, investment, mentorship |

Ignighter closes financing round

Just last week we publicly announced the news that we had closed our $1.2 million round of financing. The announcement was first reported by TechCrunch and then other industry blogs like VentureBeat and of course, our personal favorite, the TechStars blog:

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October 20th, 2008 Posted by Adam | About Ignighter, Ignighter Guys, Ignighter Update, Startups, business models, investment, techstars |

Developers - Check out Boulder

We came out from New York City in May to spend the summer at TechStars in Boulder. We’d been told by everybody we spoke to that Boulder is a beautiful town with an extremely high quality of life. And this was absolutely true.

But what we didn’t know was how great the startup community is. The city is teeming with excitement as tons of creative, impressive entrepreneurs and investors collaborate to create something bigger than themselves.

With the explosive growth happening here, there is a need for developer talent and 20 Boulder-based startups are pooling their resources to bring 100 developers out for recruitment. More details in this TechCrunch article. If you’re a developer, I’d strongly encourage you to check this out.

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September 28th, 2008 Posted by Adam | Blogs, Boulder, Startups, investment, meet new people, techstars |