If you wanted to catch a glimpse of the future, there was no better spot than the main theater at Walt Disney Studios on Tuesday afternoon.
Disney Chairman and CEO Bob Iger applauded the achievements of the entrepreneurs behind 10 startups supported by Disney Accelerator powered by Techstars as they presented their businesses to an audience of industry and investment executives on Tuesday’s Demo Day.
“Tech has the power to disrupt a number of our businesses,” Iger told the audience, as he described working with participants in the Accelerator as “a mutually beneficial process.”
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The afternoon was the culmination of 15 weeks of work where accelerator participants completed immersive program with access to mentorship from more than 60 Disney executives as well as 70 entrepreneurs and investors from the business community.