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

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

" Our goal is simply to make entrepreneurship more accessible to everyone around the world throughout the entrepreneurial journey, from inspiration to IPO. "

" I think there are ways that perhaps organic partnerships can occur in local geographies with groups that are extremely focused on their communities. That's really how Techstars began, as a grassroots movement in Boulder, Colo., that happened to catch fire and expand around the world. "

" TechStars is mentorship-driven. "

" There will always be a capital shortage from the perspective of entrepreneurs. "

" When we talk about Techstars, we think of it as this worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed. "

" 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. "

" The rise of digital technologies has eroded boundaries: Anyone can participate, start a business, and reach a global audience. "

" Because Techstars is an intensely productive three-month program in which product development and iteration are primary goals, we're constantly looking to streamline our program to help entrepreneurs avoid recurring obstacles. "

" There is no doubt that Boulder was a supportive and open-door community well before TechStars ever existed. But one of the things that I'm most proud of is that TechStars has provided a real focal point for this sort of activity and has brought attention to just how impactful one community can be when it works together. "

" The best mentors present their opinions simply as data and not as direction. "

" I'm most proud of helping so many others achieve their dreams as founders. "

" Because one of the main jobs of a CEO is to set the vision and strategy for the company, I'm a big believer in making one of the founders the default CEO. "

" I'm often asked what it takes to be 'Series A ready' in terms of metrics, progress, and traction. Unfortunately, there's no easy answer. "

" Entrepreneurship transparency, I think, is important because there are so many problems that you just have to be real about them. There are so many ways for a startup to die, so the transparency attitude is key. "

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

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

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

" To have a diverse set of perspectives and backgrounds enables you to understand the market at large much more effectively. "

" We've been publishing the TechStars data fully since the beginning on TechStars.com. For every single company, you can see if it's a failure, success, how much they raised. Entrepreneurs deserve that sort of transparency from accelerators, and it's not hard to do. "

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

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

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

" Ultimately, even if you follow the advice of a mentor or board member, it's still your fault if they were wrong! "

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

" Twilio is a great example of a company executing tremendously well on its vision and delivering a beautiful set of products that solves real problems. "

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

" 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. "

" I think the best developers can learn any language; if they are a good developer, they can learn whatever. But the raw talent, the ability to learn it and do it and demonstrate the ability is helpful. "