Give First Mentality Applies to Companies Not Employees - Senior Program Manager Techstars Employee Review

4.0
2 Jun 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Ability to create your own programming and curate a cool experience for founders.

Cons

Huge shift away from the founders of the companies that Techstars invests in and therefore a misalignment in what is best for them. Your experience is deeply shaped by the Managing Director of the program (both as an employee or a founder) and therefore it can very widely.

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5.0
11 Feb 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good pay, $34/hour, 15 hours a week, during classes. Experience with a VC on a resume and startups

Cons

Only 15 an hour if you have more time, total pay is capped at 5k for the program

3.0
4 Jun 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Awesome people who care about the success of founders!

Cons

Upper leadership felt a little disconnected.

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