New leadership lacks strategy - Anonymous employee Techstars Employee Review

1.0
8 Apr 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Program Managers, Managing Directors and Associates are great - all here believing in the "helping founders succeed" mission, putting in their best work.

Cons

The new CEO is a serious disappointment - all words, no substance. No real strategy or vision. "Growth, growth, growth" is all she talks about. Growth is not a strategy, it's a desired outcome - strategy is how to get there. She doesn't have a strategy for Techstars. There were huge hopes for the new CEO coming in - but nothing changed for the better since she stepped into the role - in fact, it is worse.

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