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      3.4

      52% would recommend to a friend

      (194 total reviews)
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      David Cohen

      68% approve of CEO

      44% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.7

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.5

      Work/Life balance

      3.4

      Culture & values

      3.3

      Compensation and benefits

      3.2

      Career opportunities

      3.1

      Senior management

      Techstars has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 194 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Techstars employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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      194 reviews
      5.0
      Sep 23, 2020

      Great experience

      Internship
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      This is great company that values the time of their interns and want to see them thrive.

      Cons

      There really are none at the moment.

      1.0
      Sep 15, 2020

      So disappointing... No vision, no planning, no understanding of who their customer is

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Full of ego-centric angel investors who take corporations money to fund their personal investment portfolios (a "pro" if you're looking for a free ride to invest in a few hot startups)

      Cons

      *No vision for the future *New projects are half-thought and result in a terrible customer experience *No understanding of their customer (startup or corporate) *Constant reorgs *No opportunity to change processes or systems *More bureaucratic than any corporate I've been in *Sells this vision of "helping startups" when they're only interested in sucking up corporate funds *No understanding of their partners needs *Push partners/clients away instead of embracing the opportunity to work with them and tells them to sit in the corner while the "experts" do the real work *Each program is 100% dependent on the MD - no global connectivity or vision *"Stay in your lane" culture *Hyper political *No understanding of what it's like to work with a corporate beyond the sales cycle

      1.0
      Sep 4, 2020

      Kool-aid drinkers, Ego and The Case of The Never Ending Reorg

      Cog in wheel
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      If ego is your thing, this place is for you. If being a cog in the wheel is your thing, this place is for you. If you like to be treated poorly on the regular, this place is for you. If you like to drink kool-aid, this place is for you. If you prefer to be undervalued and not at all appreciated, this place is for you. If you like working at a place with no clear path to career advancement opportunities, this place is for you. If you've taken the DiSC profile assessment and you are a hard D, this place is for you.

      Cons

      There is the public facing persona of TS vs. the behind the scenes persona. These are NOT one in the same. You spend months thinking you are the problem (why can't I just fit in at TS!?!), only to discover the place is built on a foundation of ego and playing politics.

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