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"Today in a blog post, David Tisch announced that he is stepping down from his\u00A0position\u00A0atop TechStars NYC. Citing two years in the role, Tisch states that he is &amp;quot;proud to reflect on the community that we have developed and the momentum that the program has.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nTechStars is very popular technology startup incubator program with various editions in several US cities. It has worked with Microsoft in the past to build themed classes of companies, around the Azure product for example. It is compareable to YCombinator, if you need an example.\r\n\r\nAccording to the post, of the 36 companies that graudated from TechStars NYC, 34 remain active, and have raised around $50 million.\u00A0Tisch stated that he intends to continue to invest in 'early stage' companies.\u00A0His replacement was not named.\r\n\r\nTechStars, posting on the matter, gave Tisch a solid send off:\r\nWhile it certainly won\u2019t be the same around TechStars NYC without David Tisch involved on a daily basis, we\u2019re very happy that he will remain involved with TechStars as an investor. He will also continue to be a mentor and will help us select companies as a member of our selection committee in NYC. Like the companies we fund, David Tisch will always be family at TechStars.\r\nOur own Brad McCarty, who is close to the TechStars group as a whole, said the following concerning the exit of Tisch:\r\nTisch was a controversial choice to open the NYC branch. Many thought that he didn't have the entrepreneurial chops and would instead rely on his and his family's money. Through the course of his time with the organization it would appear that he's proven the naysayers quite wrong.\r\nWhen his replacement is announced, TNW will bring you the news.\r\n\r\nTop Image Credit:\u00A0Andrew Hyde"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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