techstars.com claims on their home page to be "the #1 startup accelerator in the world". anyone know by what possible metric?

Jun 6, 2014 路 3:57 AM UTC

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@sama Given the # of cities they operate in possibly # of companies funded per year?
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@harryh i'm pretty sure we fund more companies per year. maybe the most cities!
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@sama Alexa for sure
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@sama @netspencer I hear opinions are reliable.
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@sama Perhaps they mean the list is zero-indexed.
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@sama start expanding the @ycombinator brand all over the world & u can challenge @techstars claim. Global perspective & not local SV.
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@sama marketing is misleading all the time.
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@sama I guess you missed their internal email where they polled the top ones.
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.@sama the @KauffmanFDN does a pretty intense and objective evaluation of startup accelerators every year. @techstars came out on top.
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@sama @DanielleMorrill can be anything :). Probably amount of money raised.