12th July 2010
by With both excitement and disappointment I’ve decided that at the end of this summer after Demo Day, I am leaving my position as Community Manager at TechStars in order to travel the world. This is a really tough thing to do. The TechStars family really is family to me, but after four years the travel Read more…
29th January 2010
by The class of 2007 TechStars is turning out to be something special, as outlined by David here. I went over the FiltrBox offices today and presented Ari Newman and Tom Chikoore their gold shirts (my favorite TechStars tradition). Excited for their future at Jive!
18th December 2009
by Last holiday season TechStars Boston 09 founder Laura Fitton (also known as @pistachio) decided to do something a little different by supporting Charity Water. This year she sent out a Well Wishes “What can YOU do” challenge. Challenge eh? We can do that. http://mycharitywater.org/techstarswellwishes We set the bar at $3000 to raise, which will do Read more…
16th December 2009
by 2008 TechStars Alumni Occipital have been bringing in the sales on top of the iTunes App Store for almost three months now. RedLaser is their app that turns any iPhone into a bar code scanner. How does an app get to the top though? The growth, by early charts, happened by every paid user resulting Read more…
9th October 2009
by Boston kicked off this year with nine investments and some fantastic energy in the great Boston startup scene. They just completed investor day and are working hard at raising their rounds. Megan Sweeney came to Boston to film another episode of The Founders (full series here). Hope you enjoy learning about Sensobi, LangoLab and TempMine.
18th August 2009
by Tuesday at noon, another episode of The Founders. This weeks episode focuses on investor day which we had at the historic Boulder Theater. David Hoffman references this post written by Vanilla founder Mark O’Sullivan. The episode shows what investor day is like through the three companies. Retel, Everlater and Next Big Sound did a fantastic Read more…
11th August 2009
by This weeks The Founders focuses on the days leading up to investor day. Jason Mendelson leads a session on negotiations. The teams demo to almost 400 people at the Boulder New Tech Meetup. Niel Robertson leads a session on Product Management and the episode caps off with a road bike ride up Sunshine Canyon Read more…
4th August 2009
by Boulder is just a few days away from investor day, where over 200 investors and up to 200 community members will pack the largest venue in town to watch their demos and pitches. This weeks episode is about the final days before the big day. Paul Berberian came to talk about his fifth company that Read more…
29th July 2009
by This weeks episode features Dave McClure, Howard Lindzon, and Jeff Clavier. What weekend?
22nd July 2009
by Last year for the 2008 Boulder Demo and Investor Day we opened up the balcony to the community to come and cheer on the teams as they demo their products. It was both fun and inspiring for those who attended. This year we are doing the same. Tickets are free or for a donation to Read more…