Toledo technology firm Roost gets big-time mentoring

Story excerpt provided by The Blade.

Written by Jon Chavez.

A Toledo technology start-up firm has been chosen to take part in a prestigious Silicon Valley mentorship program that has helped nurture some of the tech industry’s bigger success stories.

Roost, a two-year old local company that focuses on Web and Web browser “push” notification technology, is one of 80 start-ups selected by Y Combinator of Mountain View, Calif., to receive its help.

“It’s hard to imagine this kind of opportunity for a start-up. You cannot buy this opportunity. Each day is like a month’s worth of learning,” said Toledoan Tim Varner, one of Roost’s three co-founders.

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Originally published June 12, 2014.