I am the Founder and CEO of TechStars, a mentorship-driven seed accelerator based in Boulder, Colorado. Each summer, TechStars funds ten new web companies and surrounds the founders with incredible mentors for three months. It’s been described as a “startup bootcamp”, “a 3 month MBA in entrepreneurship”, and “incubator 2.0.” TechStars now also operates in Seattle each fall, and in Boston each spring, and is funding and supporting approximately 30 raw new startups each year.
Current TV did a great documentary about TechStars. Two companies we’ve funded are featured in the video (Foodzie, Ignighter). Follow them from acceptance through the program and finally to investor day at the end of the summer in this brief video which aired on Current TV on November 17, 2008. Since then, we’ve made weekly episodes about the program called “The Founders.”
When I read Brad Feld’s latest post “Random Acts of Kindness – Marathon Fundraising“, it made me think that If I had to create a fake tag cloud of words that have to do with Brad, the word “random” would be in it, as would the word “kindness.” You see, I met Brad on one [...]
I get asked to make many introductions. I’ve noticed a trend lately, which is that more and more of them go something like this: Hey David, can you introduce me to investors that you think might be interested in my company? To me, this is the lazyweb version of asking for introductions, and it has [...]
I’m an investor in a company called GiveForward which helps raise money for loved ones, for medical needs. This company has so much “heart” that it’s hard to describe. You feel it in the founders every day, and in the stories that come in from their customers. I am incredibly proud of them for what [...]
