YPO and Techstars Launch Partnership to Support High Growth Entrepreneurship and Innovation
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
DALLAS - 7 March 2017 - YPO, the premier chief executive leadership organization
in the world, announced today that Techstars, a worldwide network that helps
entrepreneurs succeed, will be a YPO Entrepreneurship and Innovation Network
global partner and the premier partner for YPO's 2017 global Innovation Week
event, 8-12 May.
The annual YPO Innovation Week connects a global community of chief executives
in a weeklong series of more than 50 events and activities across 30 countries
designed to accelerate innovation in companies and communities. Techstars
partnership in the event will bring unique insights on activity across the
global start-up ecosystem and enable collaboration across the Techstars and YPO
member networks to support high-growth entrepreneurship and innovation around
the world. Techstars Co-founder Brad Feld will share innovation insights in a
unique two-way video cast held during 2017 YPO Innovation Week.
As a global partner with YPO's Entrepreneurship and Innovation Network,
Techstars will connect promising new enterprises emerging from the Techstars
ecosystem with YPO resources globally. The partnership will include content
sharing, event coordination and innovation-focused idea exchange. YPO will
participate in Techstars' Annual Founder Con, the largest start-up conference in
the world, to help foster opportunities for YPO members and Techstars companies
to exchange ideas, create connections and further accelerate innovation.
Techstars has embedded a corporation innovation program at Barclays, Target,
Amazon Alexa and Cedars Sinai, incubating successful start-ups developed
specifically to solve unique challenge and leverage significant opportunities at
these companies. YPO will benefit from Techstars' expertise in developing
effective innovation programs within a larger corporate structure.
"YPO is the premier leadership organization for chief executives in the world.
The promising start-up founders we work with at Techstars aspire to achieve
those same heights." said David Cohen, Founder and Co-CEO of Techstars. "We
source and support the world's most promising start-up founders and help them
achieve liftoff through initial investment, business development and mentoring.
Those that soar are not only excellent potential business partners for YPO
members, but also can be the future of YPO's membership."
"Our global network of young chief executives are interested in, and actively
involved with, innovative and high-growth start-ups that can positively impact
their businesses, and Techstars provides curated and high quality opportunities
to connect with promising start-ups," said Scott Mordell, CEO of YPO. "Techstars
has proven that it consistently sources many of the world's most promising high
growth start-ups and we're excited that YPO members will be able to know and
connect with that potential."
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About YPO
The premier leadership organization of chief executives in the world.
YPO is the global platform for chief executives to engage, learn and grow. YPO
members harness the knowledge, influence and trust of the world's most
influential and innovative business leaders to inspire business, personal,
family and community impact.
Today, YPO empowers more than 24,000 members in more than 130 countries,
diversified among industries and types of businesses. Altogether, YPO member-run
companies employ more than 15 million people and generate USD6 trillion in
annual revenues.
Leadership. Learning. Lifelong. For more information, visit www.ypo.org.
About Techstars
Techstars is a global ecosystem that empowers entrepreneurs to bring new
technologies to market wherever they choose to live. With dozens of mentorship-
driven accelerator programs and thousands of start-up programs worldwide,
Techstars exists to support the world's most promising entrepreneurs throughout
their lifelong journey, from inspiration to IPO. Techstars provides access to
tens of thousands of community leaders, founders, mentors, investors, and
corporate partners, allowing entrepreneurs to accelerate the pace of innovation
and Do More Faster (TM). Techstars supports every stage of the entrepreneurial
journey - from early stage grassroots community development to more formal
opportunities that provide education, experience, acceleration, funding, and
beyond. For more information, visit www.techstars.com.
CONTACT:
Linda Fisk
YPO
lfisk(at)ypo.org
ypo.org
Joanie Kindblade
Techstars
joanie.kindblade(at)techstars.com
techstars.com
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Source: Young Presidents? Organization, Inc. via GlobeNewswire
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