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Get Comfortable With the Uncomfortable

Perfection shows up for founders, but it never sticks around for long. Every solved problem trades for a bigger one, and you’ll never have enough data to make the next call easy. The founders who thrive learn to get comfortable with the uncomfortable, decide with about seventy percent of the picture, and adjust as they go.

October 26, 2026

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Your Meetup Is Missing Half Your Founders

More founders are choosing to build without venture capital, and community builders who only program pitch nights and investor mixers risk losing them without ever noticing.

October 19, 2026

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When Someday Is Now

Most people have a business idea but never take the first step, and with community support, free resources, and AI now within reach, there's no better time to stop waiting for someday and start.

October 5, 2026

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Stop Investing in Startup Communities Like They're Stocks

Entrepreneurial ecosystems grow like forests, so funders who want real results should back the whole community with patient capital and track new connections and activity, rather than expecting a quick three-to-one return.

September 28, 2026

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Inside the Battle of the Accelerators: 5 Key Founder Takeaways

Top startup founders and investors recommend focusing on product defensibility, crystal-clear messaging, and solving genuine customer problems over chasing buzzwords or quick fixes.

September 21, 2026

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The Government Capital Trap: Why More Money Rarely Makes a Startup Community

A startup community isn't built. It's grown. It's closer to a coral reef than a bridge: reefs form from thousands of small, local relationships over years, none of them centrally planned. You can't decree a reef into existence by writing a bigger check for coral.

September 21, 2026

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Inside Colorado Startup Week: A Conversation With Techstars Founder & CEO David Cohen

At the 2026 Colorado Startup Week, Techstars Founder & CEO David Cohen sat down with PBS12's Business of Colorado to talk about Boulder's comeback, the Give First philosophy, and what AI means for the next generation of founders.

September 18, 2026

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The Thief in Every Founder's Pocket

Comparison is stealing your joy: the founder two years ahead of you is running a different race, at a different speed, toward a different finish line, so borrowing their scoreboard to grade your own game only makes you feel small.

September 14, 2026

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This Is the First Founder Class That Doesn't Need a Backlog

Techstars Founder & CEO David Cohen reflects on how AI is reshaping the earliest days of building a startup.

September 11, 2026

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The Drive-Time Test for Startup Community Reach

Two centers competing for the same 40-minute radius will split a small ecosystem into two smaller, weaker ones.

September 7, 2026

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Kill Your Own Darlings Before Someone Else Does

The best community builders I know aren't the ones with the loudest newsletter. They're the ones who ask a lot of questions and actually change course based on the answers.

August 31, 2026

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The Leader Trap: Lots of Vision — No Collaboration

Great ecosystems are made up of many leaders who are both driven by their vision and collaborative in applying their vision.

August 24, 2026