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TechStars Seattle, on the Prowl for Talented Coders, Adopts HackStars Program

Last year, the organizers of TechStars in Boulder, CO, decided to try a little experiment. Already stocked with 10 teams of entrepreneurs working on their proto-companies, the startup boot-camp saw a niche for extra hands to help knock out some of the startups’ technical projects.

So David Cohen, TechStars’ founder and CEO, brought in a young software developer and aspiring entrepreneur named Sam Herbert, who had applied to TechStars but didn’t make the cut for that year’s class. The TechStars brass gave Herbert a small stipend and let him circulate through the system, to see what kind of work might be available.If it works out, they figured, he could even wind up working for one of the companies.

"Two weeks into the program, he was recruited by one of the teams," says Nicole Glaros, managing director of TechStars Boulder. "That’s when we were like, ‘Hmm … maybe this has a little bit more legs than we thought.’"

Curt Woodward

Full Story: http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2011/06/06/techstars-seattle-on-the-prowl-for-talented-coders-adopts-hackstars-program/

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