Comparing the Founder Institute to TechStars, by Scott Yates

TechStars is a great entrepreneurship program, and so is the Founder Institute. We both help grow and foster local start-up communities, but we go about it in different ways. Scott Yates, an accepted Founder in the Spring 2010 Denver Area Semester, has put up a very informative comparison chart on his blog to show the differences. Check it out here.

The Application Deadline for Denver is Sunday, April 4th - you can apply here.

Thanks Scott!

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