Techstars’ Neal Sáles-Griffin will join us at TechCrunch Early Stage 2021 to talk accelerators

Should you try to get your startup into an accelerator program? How do you make the right impression on the application? Where does your team need to be before you apply - and once you're in, how do you make the most of your time in the program?

Join us at the TechCrunch Early Stage event in April, where Neal Sales-Griffin, managing director of Techstars Chicago, will help us figure it all out.

Neal has seen this industry from just about every angle - as a teacher, advisor, investor and repeat co-founder. In 2011 he co-founded what is often referred to as the first coding bootcamp," with The Starter League, acquired by New York's Fullstack Academy in 2016. In addition to leading the way at Techstars Chicago, he is also a venture partner at MATH Venture Partners, an early/middle-stage VC fund.

TC Early Stage - happening April 1 and 2 - is an event that we've tailored to be absolutely packed with information for early-stage founders, with key insights from the investors, founders and executives who've been through it all before. Day one will cover everything from fundraising, to honing your pitch deck, to finding product-market fit; day two transitions into what we've dubbed the TC Early Stage Pitch-Off, where 10 companies will get a shot to pitch an incredible line-up of VC judges.

Oh, and it's all fully virtual, so you can tune in straight from the comfort of your couch. You can find more details here, or get your tickets directly below.