I love my NewsGator and Technorati key word search feeds – they help me find the most interesting things. A NewsGator key word search on “Ryan McIntyre” picked up this post by Chan Chaiyochlarb titled If you are going to launch a startup, how many friends would you need? It’s a neat table of the Read more…

As part of EntrepreneurshipWeek USA, TechStars and FundingUniverse.com are presenting LivePitch in Boulder on March 2nd. Thanks to the kind folks at CU, the event will take place in the beautiful new Wolf Law Building from 9:00am to 10:30am. The purpose of EntrepreneurshipWeek USA is to promote the importance of being entrepreneurial throughout the country. Read more…

By far, the most common question I get about TechStars from those interested in applying relates to finding co-founders. I’ve addressed this briefly before, but I thought I’d add some more detail here. First things first. You’re most likely to find a co-founder among your current friends or through your personal network. Start exploring it. Read more…

Larry Nelson of W3W3 recently interviewed David Cohen and me about TechStars. Listen here. We hid a few easter eggs there for those of you thinking of applying.

I’ve been pleased to see that the reaction to TechStars has generally been very positive. We’ve been pleasantly overwhelmed with quality applications for the program � over 75 to date for the 10 spots. There are still 52 days to apply, so if you are thinking about it, I encourage you to give it a Read more…

Last night I spoke about TechStars at the New Tech Meetup in Boulder. Thanks to Brian at OnSight Media for recording this and to ClickCaster for hosting it.

One of the common questions I’m getting is “what makes for a good idea?” I’ve shared my thoughts on this in the past, but to summarize: Solve a real problem by making something valuable that people actually want. Go and find at least ten people who want this problem solved. Make sure they’re in real Read more…