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title: XapiX at Techstars’ Alexa Accelerator Office Hours
description: Tech enthusiast gathered at Factory Berlin HQ, the birthplace of XapiX, for a networking and information session on the Alexa Accelerator, powered by Techstars
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# [XapiX at Techstars’ Alexa Accelerator Office Hours](https://x.xapix.io/blog/xapix-at-techstars-alexa-accelerator-office-hours)

 Written by [Joi Anderson](https://x.xapix.io/blog/author/joi-anderson) | Apr 13, 2017 2:20:04 AM

Entrepreneurs and tech enthusiast gathered at Factory Berlin HQ - the “birthplace” of XapiX - for a networking and information session on the Alexa Accelerator, powered by Techstars.

Techstars Managing Director Aviel Ginzburg, joined by XapiX co-founder Oliver Thamm and Rodrigo Prudencio of Amazon’s Alexa Fund, lead an informative discussion that gave attendees more insight on Alexa technologies and Techstars’ accelerator program.

 

> Nice evening at [@FactoryBerlin](https://twitter.com/FactoryBerlin) with [@techstars](https://twitter.com/techstars) Alexa's [@aviel](https://twitter.com/aviel) and [@rigomundo](https://twitter.com/rigomundo) on stage. Shout out to [@techstarsjohn](https://twitter.com/techstarsjohn) and my [@xapix\_io](https://twitter.com/xapix_io) team! [pic.twitter.com/qw0IjkM6lw](https://t.co/qw0IjkM6lw)
> 
>  — pickledolives (@POSoftware) [March 21, 2017](https://twitter.com/POSoftware/status/844290325506088960)

 

Last year, XapiX was a member of  Techstars’ first class to complete its New York-based internet of things accelerator. During the talk, Oliver shared his experience  as a  Techstars program participant:

**Question**: What was the biggest surprise at Techstars?

**Oliver**: Me personally: How much I was able to learn about doing business in general. Company: The success we were able to achieve: Growing from 3 to 10 team, landing Bosch as a customer.

**Question:** What was a life changing Techstars mentor lesson?

**Oliver:** David Cohen's workshop on social behaviour techniques in fundraising: Taking the awkwardness out of money talks and other sensitive areas. I applied those to many other areas of similar nature.

**Question:** How's connection making different with Techstars behind you vs. without / outside?

**Oliver:** Techstars gives us a lot of validation and a trigger to email individual people. They heard about Techstars and are curious what it's like to be involved.

 

The discussion ended with a Q&A session, where attendees primarily asked about the Alexa Accelerator conditions and the future of Alexa technologies.  Techstars will grant companies selected for the new accelerator access to the  world’s most widely-adopted voice-activated computing platform and to work alongside entrepreneurs and developers advancing voice-powered technologies.

Interested in apply for Techstars? To learn more about XapiX's experience with Techstars, check out this [recently posted article](http://factoryberlin.com/magazine/techstars-graduates-talk-tips-and-takeaways/) by Factory Berlin where Oliver shares more about his and XapiX's experience with Techstars and provides useful tips and takeaways. 

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