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" Quality and a great product matters, in startups, and in accelerators. "

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" Techstars is truly global; you'll see us continue to expand all our programs worldwide, including accelerators, our venture capital, as well as the UP Global programs including Startup Weekend, Startup Next, Startup Digest, etc. "

" Focusing on the right priorities can help you do more faster. "

" If I'm an entrepreneur and I have an idea, and I don't have the development talent around me but I need to find a developer, I would do my selection just like I would with hiring an employee. "

" If you're not working on something you're passionate about, it's a long, hard road. "

" Every year, it seems to be there are more people right out of college who are willing to jump into a start-up. "

" The two big startup killers are when there's just no market for what you are doing, and team problems. "

" In the rare cases where I've had to cut a company loose, I just tell them why and wish them luck and hope they learn something from it. I don't spend more mental energy on it than I have to, and I try very hard not to hold a grudge or try to negatively affect them either. It's just done for me. "

" I had to quit a 'real job' to start my first company. "

" People are starting companies at young ages. They fail fast, learn a lot, and keep going. "

" Techstars has done a great job accelerating and providing venture capital to the most promising companies to make the biggest long-term economic impact. "

" Rules designed to ensure competition ensure that innovators with new ideas can challenge incumbents on a level playing field. "

" Part of the thing that's magic about TechStars is it's about a community that wants to make itself better. "

" I think entrepreneurs should demand transparency for startup accelerators. "

" I wish I had had more mentorship and more access, not only for capital, but the critical thinking. "

" I had done six or eight traditional angel investments and basically just thought it sucked. "

" In Boulder entrepreneurship circles, there is a genuine desire to see others succeed and a general belief that karma matters. There's a sense that together we're building something here, and that we're all a meaningful part of it. "

" The more you're real with people, and the more you let people help you, the more they get to understand how you operate as an entrepreneur. The stronger that relationship is, then the more likely there's a future together in that relationship. "

" I think just calling up a VC and saying 'I want to pitch you' is an enormous waste of time. "

" Twitter needs to become more of a platform on the web. If Twitter went away today, people would just turn to Facebook. If Facebook went away, people would start screaming - it's so universal. "

" Deciding whether or not to bring in an outside CEO is one of the most gut-wrenching decisions that a founder will ever need to make. "

" The future is going to happen in Toronto or Berlin or Bengaluru and not necessarily in the Valley. "

" We believe that startups can be built anywhere. "

" The hot deal is often the one that does not work. "

" If you're in a squeeze for capital and you have a solid, mutually beneficial relationship with a VC, your chances of raising will increase dramatically. "

" San Francisco is a great startup community that you shouldn't even try to model yourself after because it's just special. "

" We think of the Techstars product as not really the accelerator but the network. That's what entrepreneurs should be valuing here. I think it's the most undervalued thing that many entrepreneurs don't get. "

" I'm an investor in a lot of things that have to do with human-computer interaction. "

" Ultimately, we measure ourselves on the success of our investments. "

" There's no law that says you have to do what your mentor suggests. And the sooner you learn how to say 'no' confidently, the easier it will be to manage these key relationships. "

" TechStars is mentorship-driven. "