In late 2009, when Gabriella Draney-Zielke started Dallas-based startup accelerator Tech Wildcatters, the accelerator was still a relatively new idea; there were only a handful at that time; by now, there are hundreds.
Soon enough, Draney-Zielke began to realize what all accelerator founders inevitably realize: Some startups admitted to the program were better than others. The best startups, especially, were willing to critically rethink their assumptions, particularly when it came to what customers want. Draney-Zielke recalls the case of Validic, a company now focused on aggregating data from wearable technology
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