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" Strong community and mentorship are the lifeblood of any successful entrepreneurial ecosystem, and it's exciting the Boulder is showing the world just what sort of impact these things can actually have. "

David Cohen
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" What Techstars is fundamentally a global ecosystem in which entrepreneurs are enabled and empowered to bring new technologies to the market. "
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" Focusing on the right priorities can help you do more faster. "
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" I've just always been interested in moving past the keyboard and mouse. "
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" There will always be a capital shortage from the perspective of entrepreneurs. "
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" I think entrepreneurs should demand transparency for startup accelerators. "
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" 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. "
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" People look up to Techstars because they get funded by Techstars; they go through the accelerator. What we do impacts what they do. What we care about we hope has a meta impact on those entrepreneurs and how they think about the world. "
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" I think just calling up a VC and saying 'I want to pitch you' is an enormous waste of time. "
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" 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. "
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" Quality and a great product matters, in startups, and in accelerators. "
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" If you're not working on something you're passionate about, it's a long, hard road. "
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" I was lucky to have amazing mentors like Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson. "
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" 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. "
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" Company naming is a key part of the branding process, but it's subject to contrasting tastes and an illiquid domain name market that results in startups wasting their time during the branding process. "
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" 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. "
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