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Your ultimate guide for getting through the first round of the Startmate Accelerator
Accelerator

Your ultimate guide for getting through the first round of the Startmate Accelerator

By

Holly Brooks

August 28, 2025

Every 6 months, we get 700+ applications for our Accelerator. There are three stages to the application process.
WTF is No-Code and WTF is the No-Code Fellowship?
Startups 101

WTF is No-Code and WTF is the No-Code Fellowship?

By

Holly Brooks

August 28, 2025

When most people hear the word “code” in a sentence, they think of a complex arrangement of GREEN letters, numbers, and figures trickling down like raindrops against a black backdrop.
WTF does an Operations Lead do?
Startmate Collective
Career

WTF does an Operations Lead do?

By

Bronte McHenry

August 28, 2025

“Operations is probably one of the most misunderstood startup roles”, says Dovetail’s Business Operations and Finance Lead Kanav Bhama.
How world-class athlete Christie Jenkins trained her way into venture capital
First Believers

How world-class athlete Christie Jenkins trained her way into venture capital

By

Bronte McHenry

August 28, 2025

Learning to invest in startups is just like training as an elite athlete, says Christie Jenkins.
From 0 to 50,000: Wild Hearts host Mason Yates’ five podcasting tips
Community

From 0 to 50,000: Wild Hearts host Mason Yates’ five podcasting tips

By

Bronte McHenry

August 28, 2025

Blackbird Associate Mason Yates has amassed more than 50,000 listens since launching Wild Hearts in 2020.
An ode to ambition
Accelerator

An ode to ambition

By

Phoebe Pincus

August 28, 2025

Let Phoebe Pincus introduce you to our motley, inspiring, ambitious and bullish Winter22 founders.
Why talented women need startups, and why startups need talented women
Startmate Collective
Career

Why talented women need startups, and why startups need talented women

By

Bronte McHenry

August 28, 2025

Send the women in your life who are wasting their time in rigid, boring or soul-sucking roles to our Women Fellowship page.
Why this crash-course on management might be the best thing you ever do for your career.
Community

Why this crash-course on management might be the best thing you ever do for your career.

By

Phoebe Pincus

August 28, 2025

If you’re lucky enough, at some point in your career, you’ll be promoted into a management position.‍
WTF does a Chief of Staff do?
Startmate Collective
Career

WTF does a Chief of Staff do?

By

Bronte McHenry

August 28, 2025

What are the day-to-day responsibilities of a chief of staff? And how do you move into this role? I put these questions to Harrison.ai’s Thuy Thai and Forage's Anna Prell.
WTF does a Head of Talent do?
Startmate Collective
Career

WTF does a Head of Talent do?

By

Bronte McHenry

August 28, 2025

What are the day-to-day responsibilities of someone in talent acquisition? How do you break into this space? I put these questions to EVP’s Head of Talent Fred Callaghan.
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