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Fellowship

Companies

Team

Content

Fellowship

Companies

Team

Content

Contrary's Class of 2021

Announcing our new class of venture partners for 2021.

Feb 24, 2021

News
How to Start a Startup

We've mapped out the startup ecosystem for 35+ universities.

Feb 02, 2021

Report
How to Onboard New Hires Like Top Tech Companies

Tactics that companies like Netflix and Zapier use to get new hires up to speed.

Jan 28, 2021

Article
From Organizing Cap Tables to Building a Stock Marketplace

A deep dive on Carta's growth and long-term strategy.

Jan 22, 2021

Article
The Guide to Getting Press

A tactical guide for working with journalists.

Jan 13, 2021

Article
Danielle Frider

Danielle is joining Contrary as our Head of Community.

Jan 13, 2021

News
Term Sheet Red Flags

A list of what founders should watch out for.

Jan 08, 2021

Article
2020 University Report

Read about the top universities in tech entrepreneurship.

Dec 15, 2020

Report
DeepTech Funding Guide

A guide to the grant programs and active investors in deeptech.

Dec 09, 2020

Article
The Obscure Government Agency Changing Venture Investing

Who they are, what they're doing, and how the tech world is reacting.

Dec 02, 2020

Article
Trilogy Software

The biggest tech mafia you've never heard of.

Nov 25, 2020

Article
Lightyear

Announcing Lightyear's $3.7mm seed round.

Oct 27, 2020

News
Growing the Contrary Team

We're expanding our team with three new hires.

Sep 28, 2020

News
Julie Chen: Contrary's 2020 Chief of Staff

We're excited to have Julie join us to build Contrary over the coming year.

Aug 27, 2020

News
Join the Contrary Team

We're recruiting a new generation of venture partners.

Aug 26, 2020

News
Gap Year 2020

Take a gap year from school. Get up to $100,000 to start a company of your own.

Jul 14, 2020

News
Contrary Fellowship

We're opening up our network to the top early-career engineers, designers, and product minds.

Jul 01, 2020

News
Home(work)

A virtual community for the brightest technologists, designers, and product minds to collaborate on projects remotely.

Mar 23, 2020

News
Contrary 2020 Accelerator

Announcing our accelerator for 2020.

Jan 30, 2020

News
2019 University Report

Read about the top universities in tech entrepreneurship.

Jun 27, 2019

Report
Contrary Spotlight: Will Robbins

Will joined Contrary in 2017. Although officially an investor, he wears every hat within the firm.

Sep 26, 2019

Article
Demo Day 2019

Contrary exists to identify the very best talent coming out of universities and put a world-class roster of backers on their side from the beginning.

Sep 12, 2019

News
Contrary Radio: Airbnb cofounder Nathan Blecharczyk

Why Nathan shut down his first successful software company, how to think about building a diverse “college experience”, and lessons learned from the early days of Airbnb.

Dec 03, 2018

Radio
Contrary Radio: Josh Abramson

Josh Abramson of College Humor, BustedTees, and Vimeo discusses building a media business as a freshman at the University of Richmond, team culture and how opportunities pop up, and more.

May 02, 2019

Radio
Contrary Radio: Tina Sharkey

Tina talks about her time studying International Relations at the University of Pennsylvania, sessons from 20 years of e-commerce and brand-building, and the importance of team-building from day one.

Apr 26, 2019

Radio

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