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John McIntyre

  1. Surprise $100K awards to ScriptRock and AppEnsure

    By John McIntyre · Published on 5 days ago · No Comments

    It was quite a day at Startup.Synergy yesterday that ended in high drama. As we polled the judges for their vote for the $100k investment, after five great presentations, it became evident we might be heading for a tie. When the last vote came up, indeed, we had a tie vote on our hands. So we went to the audience for their ...

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  2. The Big Ten

    By John McIntyre · Published on 6 days ago · No Comments

    This coming week at Startup.Synergy, we are going to take some time to examine the startup ecosystem which includes corporate investment, venture capital, seed investment and, of course, the entrepreneurs who make the whole system turn. In fact, we'll have 15 entrepreneurs from all over the world on stage this Wednesday. While it is interesting and instructive to look at the big picture of ...

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  3. Two great exits, new startup poised to win $100k investment

    By John McIntyre · Published on 2 weeks ago · No Comments

    When we started making investments last year, I had great curiosity and anticipation about how the first companies through our program would fare. I must admit I'm a little surprised that the first two companies out of the program hit it out of the park. Last month, Nukona was acquired by Symantec and next week we'll announce, at Startup.Synergy, that our second ...

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  4. Startup.Synergy great crowd and deals!

    By John McIntyre · Published on 1 month ago · No Comments

    In addition to having a fantastic lineup of investors, VC's, and startups participating we've come up with some terrific deals for those attending Startup.Synergy on May 9th at Moscone West. So come see the top startup companies from the Citrix Startup Accelerator and we'll also be awarding $100,000 to a new startup that wins best of show!Startup.Synergy program includes:Keynote speech from Citrix CEO ...

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  5. Fresh off a successful exit, looking for new investments

    By John McIntyre · Published on 1 month ago · No Comments

    What a great week! We launched the Startup.Synergy Challenge and our new relationship with VentureBeat who will be participating in Startup.Synergy at Moscone Center West on May 9th. We have limited space for seeing some of the hottest new startups and have arranged for a special discounted rate of $295 using code 295WEDF. Proceed directly to registration site here.This weeks bonus ...

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  6. Startup.Synergy Challenge – we’re open for applications!

    By John McIntyre · Published on 1 month ago · No Comments

    Just over a year ago we launched the Citrix Startup Accelerator and placed our first investment in early March. Over the course of 2011 we attracted eleven great startups to our program and several will be moving on to their next stage. So please be our guest and come see them demo at Startup.Synergy on May 9th. For $295 you gain access ...

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  7. Open Innovation and Corporate Venture

    By John McIntyre · Published on 2 months ago · No Comments

    On February 7th I will be speaking at the Corporate Venturing & Innovation Partnering Conference in Newport Beach. I'll be discussing our first year of operation at the Citrix Startup Accelerator, our success, the surprises and long term goals. As part of Citrix Labs we're unique in that we're able to make investments independent of our product groups and and strategic development group. ...

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  8. Accelerators & Incubators: Citrix Eyes the Cloud

    By John McIntyre · Published on 6 months ago · No Comments

    Thanks to Kent Bernhard for his article on the Citrix Startup Accelerator-Accelerators & Incubators: Citrix Eyes the Cloud by Kent Bernhard, Jr. Nov 03 2011 Software firm Citrix Systems has gotten into the accelerator business ...

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  9. GrexIt – getting knowledge out of email inboxes

    By John McIntyre · Published on 6 months ago · No Comments

    One of our goals for the Citrix Startup Accelerator is to create a global program.  We are building bridges to startup communities around the world and targeting entrepreneurs from Europe, India, Asia-Pacific, in addition to North America.  We received a lot of great applications for funding from all regions but we got the most diverse set ...

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  10. A global privilege

    By John McIntyre · Published on 1 year ago · No Comments

       As those of you who know me are aware, when I joined Citrix at the end of last year to run the newly conceived Startup Accelerator I was pretty darned excited. I wrote then that it's a privilege to have the opportunity to resource entrepreneurs as they strive to build the next great companies.  Doing it on a global scale was a ...

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