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" To have a diverse set of perspectives and backgrounds enables you to understand the market at large much more effectively. "
David Cohen
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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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" Every year, it seems to be there are more people right out of college who are willing to jump into a start-up. "
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" The rise of digital technologies has eroded boundaries: Anyone can participate, start a business, and reach a global audience. "
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" I had to quit a 'real job' to start my first company. "
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" 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. "
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" The Internet is full of choices, and nobody is going to make the choice to use a product that is hard to use or unattractive. "
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" Clearly, there is a gender imbalance when it comes to venture capital and entrepreneurship. "
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" I've done a bunch of consulting; I've actually spent time in Singapore, England, Denmark, all over. "
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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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" I think motivation and drive, coupled with raw talent, help make founders successful. "
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" We're pretty broad as investors. Our thesis is work with great entrepreneurs that believe they can change the world. But there are specific areas that we get excited about - areas like hard tech, deep tech, companies that deal with really difficult technology, etc. "
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" Ultimately, even if you follow the advice of a mentor or board member, it's still your fault if they were wrong! "
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" I had done six or eight traditional angel investments and basically just thought it sucked. "
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" Part of the thing that's magic about TechStars is it's about a community that wants to make itself better. "
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" There are not enough female VCs in an industry so traditionally dominated by males. There are not enough female mentors who are actively engaged with female founders. We need women VCs and entrepreneurs to stand up, get loud, and help guide their peers. "
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" Aspiring entrepreneurs are often advised to work at a startup for a couple of years first, to understand what's involved. But often, each company's approach to success is very narrow. So my advice is, 'Just do it.' "
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" Consumers have zero time for products that are not simple, intuitive, and attractive to use. This is especially true with Internet products, where clean and useful design is a prerequisite to keeping anyone on your site for more than 30 seconds. "
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" You may have a small network, but growing that network has become easier with the use of social tools. LinkedIn, Conspire, even Facebook and Twitter allow you to grab branches that may have previously seemed out of reach. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Techstars has done a great job accelerating and providing venture capital to the most promising companies to make the biggest long-term economic impact. "
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" My attitude is there are at least hundreds of interesting startups that are going to get going in every year. "
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" Going public is one step in the life cycle of a company; it's not the last step. "
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" 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. "
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" San Francisco is a great startup community that you shouldn't even try to model yourself after because it's just special. "
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" In innovation, you're trying to create something from nothing. "
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" I'm most proud of helping so many others achieve their dreams as founders. "
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