Cardinal Blue is Fast, Furious and 500

We are excited to be part of the Fast & Furious at 500 Startups: Cardinal Blue has joined the 500 Startups Accelerator, a three-month intensive program in Mountain View, CA culminating in a demo day in August.  

500 Startups claims the top floor of the tallest building in Mountain View (where you actually get a panoramic “mountain view”), walled by huge lego-like windows:

Space aside, we also love the people and energy.  Walking around 500Startups, it’s hard not to get inspired and motivated by the buzz of teams brainstorming, scribbling ideas excitedly on whiteboards, working with each other and learning from experienced entrepreneurs from the wonderful mentor network.  They also organize great events such as design workshops, field trips, Thursday night fireside chats with interesting speakers and… Friday night beer pong. :)

We’re really enjoying getting to know the teams in both batches #000 and #001, learning from each other and bouncing ideas off of one another.  Having a workspace to talk, relax, and be creative together has been a great experience so far, and we’re really looking forward to next few months with the #500STRONG family!  

A special word of thanks goes to our friend Waleed at ninua (from batch #000), who introduced us to 500.  ”Wa-leed, Wa-leed, Wa-leed…”

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John and Mei