Techstars reviews

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

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
3.0
Nov 7, 2016

Not great, not terrible.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good benefits, flexible PTO. The network offers the greatest value if you put in the work. The programs in local cities are inspiring as well as the people leading the programs on the ground.

Cons

I found the internal culture to be misaligned and more forced than what naturally occurs when employees are happy. For a global company, the business practices are USA standard being most executed decisions are heavily influenced by a white American majority, disorganized, and diplomatically stale. They have a bounty of women on staff and a “diversity" initiative but also tolerance for staff who’ve shown unethical conduct toward women. It's not a great place to work but not terrible short term or if you have no other options and don't mind the stuff mentioned above. Pretty high turnover.

3.0
Jul 17, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Connections (if you play them well) putting you in front of influential people in the industry; the people you work with throughout the space; coffee/snacks and sporadic meals; Boulevard beer on tap (until it runs out); opportunities to work with startups and own projects; a handful of other opportunities pop up from time-to-time

Cons

More time could be given to helping direct professional career post contract; 'not many' of the actual representatives from the Boulder office had much interest in really getting to know the associates past most initial interactions; had to work about an extra week past contract and have yet to see the check from it; will spend more time than most others in the space cleaning up messes, making coffee, and preparing spaces for guests and catered meals.

1.0
Mar 26, 2024

Leadership lacks vision and is dishonest

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Getting to work with founders

Cons

Executive team and certain members of the board are not transparent or honest with their core customers, the founders (or their employees). It's the wrong type of people to be building this organization. The exec team aren't necessarily bad people, just all way over their head and in a space they don't know. So the company lacks real leadership or direction.

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