A week or so ago, we quietly launched a new feature on the TechStars web site called “Ask TechStars“. This is an easy place for anyone who has any questions for the 200+ TechStars mentors and 70+ past TechStars companies to get quick answers. Already, some great questions have been asked and answered, such as: Read more…

Are you happy at your current job?  Have you ever dreamed of working for something and someone you believe in?  Have you dreamed of having an impact?  Of being heard?  Of being part of a small team that can get it done?  Have you ever dreamed of working for a startup? The TechStars Smackdown is Read more…

About a year ago David Cohen and I were having a beer together talking about ways to capture all the different things we’d learned about early stage entrepreneurship from running the TechStars program. In a moment of insanity, we decided to write a book. The result is Do More Faster: TechStars Lessons to Accelerate Your Read more…

Robert Scoble needs no introduction, right?  Everyone knows The Scobleizer. It was great to have him in Boulder for our Demo Day last month, and even better that he hung around for a few days to interview many of the TechStars companies. Best of all, we loved that he stayed for and documented our margarita Read more…

We owe a big (and overdue) thanks to Noeleen McGrath for spending a day at TechStars in Boulder this past summer to help the founders polish their presentation skills in preparation for Demo Day.  As a former TV news anchor and celebrity media trainer, Noeleen brought a unique perspective and extremely valuable feedback to pitch Read more…

I spent the previous 36 hours in Washington DC, primarily at the O’Reilly Gov 2.0 conference. I did a ten minute speech on the Startup Visa and a ten minute interview about entrepreneurship, innovation, and the Startup Visa. The conference was well attended – about 700 or so folks – and I enjoyed a number Read more…