26th February 2007

How Many Founders Does A Startup Need?

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…

25th February 2007

LivePitch Boulder on March 2

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…

19th February 2007

Finding co-founders

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…

7th February 2007

Is TechStars Worth 5%?

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…

6th February 2007

What makes for a good idea?

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…