# Prof. Jamyn Edis’s and MBA student Jack Downey’s businesses are 2013 TechStars

1 School News April 3, 2013 ![Business Insider logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/business%20insider%20logo.jpg?itok=0MJSCdPh)>

Excerpt from [Business Insider](http://www.businessinsider.com/meet-11-startups-that-beat-out-1700-others-for-spots-in-new-yorks-hottest-accelerator-program-techstars-2013-4) -- "Today Chung announced the newest Techstars NYC class. According to Chung, nearly 1,700 startups applied to the program but only eleven were chosen – that's a 0.6% acceptance rate. Applications poured in from 460 cities, six continents and 66 countries. That's the highest number of applicants TechStars NYC has ever received."

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