Want TechStars Clothing?
The official TechStars Store is up. Shirts, hats, hoodies, and stickers. And of course the books Do More Faster and Venture Deals. What – no sweatbands? Cohen – we need sweatbands. [&helli
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Another $100,000 For Every TechStars Company
Today, TechStars announced that they’ve raised $24 million from a broad syndicate of investors to fund an additional $100,000 for every TechStars company going forward. The investors include Fou
MakerBot Deals, TechStars Cloud, and Convertible Notes
Before we invested in MakerBot, we bought and assembled a Thing-O-Matic. When I say we, I mean me, Jason, and Ross. It took us about 20 hours (Jason and I [...]
Behind The Making of I'm A VC
On This Week In TechStars #6, David Cohen interviews Jason Mendelson on the making of our hard hitting documentary on VCs music video “I’m A VC.” The interview happens in Jason
TechStars In Tuscany
I’m back in Boulder after living in Paris for the month of July and Tuscany for the month of August. I had an incredible time in both places, got a [...]
Vote For My SXSW Panel – An Inside Look at BigDoor’s Venture Funding
I’ve thrown my hat into the SXSW Panel Picker this year – please click here to upvote my panel titled An Inside Look at BigDoor’s Venture Funding. I’ve never presented at [...]
The TechStars Mentor Manifesto
When David Cohen and I first talked about TechStars in 2006, the concept of a “mentor” was front and center. Early on, we defined TechStars as a “mentorship-driven seed stage [&helli
Come To The TechStars Documentary Launch Parties!
On September 13th the Bloomberg TV Show TechStars launches. TechStars will be having launch parties in Boulder, New York, Boston, and Seattle. If you are an entrepreneur, or part of [...]
The Making Of The Bloomberg TechStars Show
David Cohen, the CEO of TechStars, is doing a weekly show called ThisWeekIn TechStars. Episode 3 – which is now up – is the story of the making of the [...]
Defrag 2011 Scholarships
One of my favorite conferences of the year is Defrag happening in Boulder on November 9th and 10th. Eric Norlin is gearing up for it and just announced several scholarships for [...]