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The amazing value of the Techstars network

The amazing value of the Techstars network

About a year ago, I was given an once-in-a-decade career opportunity: Join Adam Sachs & Dan Osit to help start Ignighter.com, an online group dating website, at Techstars, the startup incubator program based in Boulder, CO. Techstars typically takes a small equity stake in your company in exchange for a small amount of seed money, a summer of office space, mentorship, and connections. While Read the article >>
Techstars Investor Day: Afternoon Wrap Up

Techstars Investor Day: Afternoon Wrap Up

Here's a wrapup of the Techstars companies who presented in the afternoon, today at Techstars Investor Day: Kicking off the after-lunch demos, occipital - they aim to be a revolution in how we organize and categorize photos. They can do some pretty freakin' cool things with Photo visualization and organizing photos, including geotagging, finding landmarks in your photos, and showing a panoramic view Read the article >>
Techstars Investor Day : Morning Wrap Up

Techstars Investor Day : Morning Wrap Up

Today is Techstars demo & Investor day. Ten of the companies from the 2008 Techstars class are presenting their work for the summer to an audience of 150 investors in the Boulder, CO area. Here is my wrap up of the teams that presented in the morning. Gyminee demoed their fitness-centered social network. Their system provides fitness motivation and accountability through the social network. Read the article >>
Running for your life

Running for your life

The last month I've been participating in the Gyminee Techstars Running Challenge . You can see our progress below. At the time of this post, I'm in 2nd place with 59 miles, behind, the ever elusive Krista Paul. Brad Feld is in third place (hey, the guy's got a treadputer, who can compete with that!?). Gyminee Challenges have been a huge motivation, keeping me in shape, while I'm out here Read the article >>