Francesca Cavallo is the Co-Founder and Creative Director of Timbuktu Magazine. She’s a prizewinner playwright and a committed educator specialized in Creative Learning Strategies. She has founded “Kilodrammi” theater company and…

Enrique Allen partnered with 500 Startups to create the Designer Fund, a community of designers who invest in designer founders through mentorship, funding, and access to their network. 500 Startups is a sponsoring partner of the…

Today we are thrilled to announce that Mexican.VC, the most famous and handsome startup accelerator…

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This is a guest post by Nathan Parcells. Nathan Parcells is co-founder of InternMatch.com, a leading website to help…

This story is by Leo Chen and how he, his co-founders Josh Chen and Kristen Slowe came together to work on Monogram, a personalized shopping & discovery app for the iPad. Monogram is part of our current 4th Accelerator Batch. Check out Monogram and follow them on…

500 Startups & Geeks on a Plane will be heading to Mexico, Brazil & Argentina May 10th — 20th. APPLY HERE BY FEB 14th to be a Geek on a Plane.
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By Christen O’Brien, Partner @ 500 Startups

In my opinion, right now there’s way too much hype on the technologies and not enough attention to the real businesses behind them.
- Mark Cuban