Educational Resources for Founders
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Explore Techstars' curated courses, tools, and events.
Entrepreneur's Toolkit
The Techstars Entrepreneur's Toolkit is an online educational resource to help you learn the fundamentals of entrepreneurship in order to accelerate your success.
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Venture Deals Online Course
The Venture Deals online course helps you demystify venture capital deals and early-stage startup financing to give both first-time and experienced entrepreneurs guidance to secure funding.
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Techstars Startup Digest
Startup Digest brings you the best in startup events, news, and resources. See the most relevant content from the best local curators.
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Techstars Events
Techstars offers events and programs to help you build, expand your network, and connect with founders at every stage.
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Foundational reading from Techstars and the broader network.
Give First: The Power of Mentorship
Brad Feld, Techstars co-founder, venture capitalist, and bestselling author, reveals the mindset and methods of powerful mentorship driving startup and VC success.
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Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist
The venture capital deal process is complex and competitive, but with this book by Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson as your guide, you'll discover what it takes to navigate it.
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Do More Faster: Techstars Lessons to Accelerate Your Startup
The founders of Techstars identify the key issues first-time entrepreneurs encounter and offer proven advice from successful founders who have worked with the program.
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Startup Communities: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your City
Brad Feld boils down 20 years of experience working with entrepreneurs into simple steps to build an entrepreneurial ecosystem in your city.
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The Startup Community Way: Evolving an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
Brad Feld and Ian Hathaway help you take your startup community to the next level, using the theory of complex systems.
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Chasing Unicorns: The Techstars Playbook for Building Billion-Dollar Startups
Chasing Unicorns draws on 20+ years across 5,000+ Techstars startups to reveal PRIDE, the five-stage framework behind 13 Techstars unicorns, for building enduring companies in the right order.
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