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20th February 2012

How to Tell a Mentor He’s Wrong

I write a monthly column for Inc Magazine called Dispatches from TechStars. Here’s an excerpt from a January 17, 2012 Inc Magazine article. Rule No. 1 about start-up mentors: They are not omniscient. In fact, sometimes they’re just plain wrong. It’s something that’s not always easy to see as an entrepreneur. You go to mentors Read more…

18th November 2011

The Kinect Accelerator – What will you do with Kinect next?

Today, Microsoft announced the launch of the Kinect Accelerator. This is an accelerator in Seattle focused on helping startups building the next generation of innovative experiences for the Kinect. The Kinect Accelerator is “powered by” TechStars, which means that TechStars is helping Microsoft to create and operate the program using what we’ve learned from accelerating Read more…

10th November 2011

Don’t Forget to Bootstrap

I recently spent some time with a long time friend and entrepreneur who I’ve funded in the past. He’s working on a new company which I think is really neat and I’m already a user of. He called me for feedback on his fundraising strategy as well as to see if it’s something that we’d Read more…

26th October 2011

2011 Funding: Boulder

Hi, everyone! Clare Tischer here, new social media manager for TechStars. You have likely been seeing some catch up here on the ol’ blog as I bring it up to date with everything that’s been happening in our non-stop world. Let’s get straight to it. I wanted to cover some of the funding news regarding Read more…

25th October 2011

A Week After NYC Demo Day

A week ago, the 12 startups and 31 entrepreneurs fresh out of our of NYC program took the stage for Demo Day. The companies pitched to the 500 investors present and welcomed Mayor Bloomberg for a surprise appearance halfway through the presentations. Bloomberg recalled his younger days and encouraged the hard-won entrepreneurial spirit. He recommended Read more…

24th October 2011

This Week in TechStars: Mayor Bloomberg and Demo Day NYC

On This Week in TechStars #12, David Cohen talks about Mayor Bloomberg’s appearance at last weeks’s NYC Demo Day, explains the companies that pitched to inquisitive cameraman Michael Sitarzewski (moonlighting as a co-host), and the excitement of being filmed on live television for the Bloomberg reality series finale. View all the past episodes at our Read more…