Feld Thoughts

APRIL 20, 2023

After my post about the Founder Mental Health Pledge , I received a note from Kari Palazzari, the Executive Director of Studio Arts Boulder , a local nonprofit that manages a community pottery studio. She lamented that very few members of the Boulder startup community seem to take advantage of their programs.

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DECEMBER 28, 2011

Recently, Microsoft announced the Microsoft Kinect Accelerator , a program created to incubate startups building the next generation of innovative experiences for the Kinect. The companies will interact with and have access to mentors during the course of the program including Microsoft executives, entrepreneurs, and investors.

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MAY 6, 2013

TechStars Patriot Boot Camp is an intense three-day program that will educate and mentor Veterans and Service Members to innovate, build technology companies, and create jobs.

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AUGUST 20, 2013

It’s super exciting to me to do an accelerator program specifically around connected devices with Techstars. If you’re a founder or startup focused on an innovative idea for a product and/or service in the connected devices space, please consider applying. Applications are open today and due October 11th.

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APRIL 16, 2011

So when Jim Franklin, the CEO of SendGrid (one of our portfolio companies and a TechStars Boulder mentor) asked if I would write a post about the Founder Institute program in Boulder, I told him that I’d give him control of my blog to write a guest post on it. Last summer Founder Institute held its inaugural class in Denver.

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JUNE 6, 2016

To address this, Heather Terenzio, founder and CEO of Boulder’s Techtonic Group, developed Techtonic Academy , an innovative solution in the form of Colorado’s first federally recognized by the Department of Labor technology apprenticeship. The benefits are obvious.

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APRIL 2, 2011

While I was on vacation Founder Labs announced their New York program this summer. I’m a big fan of Shaherose Charania and Baat Enosh and agreed to help support the program along with Fred and Joanne Wilson and a number of other folks that support entrepreneurship in New York.

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MAY 6, 2021

The program has been running in Colorado supporting pre-seed to post-seed stage startups at the intersection of conservation and technology since 2018. They have graduated 20 founders (see 2018 class here and 2019 class here ) and are taking applications now through May 12th for their next class. The program starts in September 2021.

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DECEMBER 9, 2013

Barclays and Techstars are today launching a program that will give ten innovative businesses the chance to shape the future of financial services. The post Calling All FinTech Founders: The Barclays Accelerator, Powered by Techstars appeared first on Feld Thoughts. TechStars accelerator barclays fintech'

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AUGUST 13, 2020

Amy and I, through our Anchor Point Foundation , are supporting the Grid110 – South LA program. Among other things, he told me about Grid110 and why he was helping create and lead Grid110’s new program in South LA. I committed to providing funding for the program at the end of the call.

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APRIL 22, 2010

A handful of folks that I know and respect have gotten involved in the Founder Institute’ Denver program. Andy Vuong of the Denver Post wrote a nice article on it titled Founder Institute is training minds for a great idea. And it’s a part time program vs. something that is fully immersive.

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OCTOBER 7, 2012

Are you watching The Founders Season 3 on TechStars.TV? And you get to see the teams struggle with their shitty elevator pitches at the very beginning of the program. TechStars TV: The Founders, Season 3 Episode 1 – Be Part of the Dream. TechStars TV: The Founders Trailer with Ubooly. If not, why not?

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AUGUST 10, 2010

The last two episodes of the Founders 2010 series are up. “Hard at Play&# The Founders | TechStars Boulder | Episode 11 from TechStars on Vimeo. “Hard at Play&# The Founders | TechStars Boulder | Episode 11 from TechStars on Vimeo. Tags: TechStars the founders. Episode 11 is called Hard at Play.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 20, 2018

In case you don’t know about Jason, prior to co-founding Foundry Group, Jason was a co-founder of SRS Acquiom and a Managing Director and General Counsel for Mobius Venture Capital. The Detroit chapter has recently been reignited by Ben Seidman and Dwain Watkins, the co-organizers, who breathed new life into the program.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2011

As part of this, TechStars announced the TechStars Network , an affiliation of TechStars-like programs across the country along with our commitment to the Startup America Partnership to help 5000 experienced mentors work with 6000 entrepreneurs to create 25,000 new jobs by 2015.

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JULY 27, 2010

Among other things, you get to hear Jeff define the Three Asses Rule and Rob explain what happens after you finish the TechStars program. “People Product Market&# The Founders | TechStars Boulder | Episode 10 from TechStars on Vimeo. . Tags: TechStars the founders. And some funny running footage. And a glider.

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APRIL 20, 2021

Each of the authors has experience both as a founder and an investor. Trevor Boehm was formerly Program Director at Techstars Austin and Impact and then Managing Director at the Techstars Amazon Alexa Next program. However, even though the instructions are easy, the work isn’t.

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OCTOBER 4, 2010

I met them through TechStars – they were founders of Orbotix , one of the 11 teams to go through this TechStars Boulder this summer. As part of my involvement in TechStars, I choose one or two companies from each program to mentor. By the end of the program they decided to join forces with Paul becoming CEO of Orbotix.

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JUNE 13, 2017

Since then, Global EIR has grown to 13 university programs across the country, helping 42 international founders start companies. And there is still an overwhelming demand of visionary international founders that want to start companies in the US. These companies have created 123 new jobs and raised $29.9

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JANUARY 7, 2015

These are typically four to 12 week programs. In fact, I know a few companies that put computer science grads through these types of programs as an on boarding process. I just saw my first proposal for a Coding School Rollup. As you are probably aware, 2014 saw the explosion of coding schools all over the US. I’d argue the 0.5x

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MARCH 30, 2019

So I was excited that one of our Techstars programs – the MetLife Digital Accelerator powered by Techstars – is looking closely at mental health startups for their 2019 class. If you’re a founder innovating in the mental health market, I encourage you to apply for this program.

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MAY 16, 2019

I’ve been working on the Startup Visa since I first wrote about it 2009 in my post The Founders Visa Movement. Interested applicants can learn more about the program , fill out an application form , and reach out to Millie Chu at Global Detroit. As of today, Global EIR has helped over 80 founders solve their visa issues.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

My long-time friend and former MIT professor, Professor Edward Roberts, who founded and still chairs the MIT entrepreneurship program, recently published “Celebrating Entrepreneurs: How MIT Nurtured Pioneering Entrepreneurs Who Built Great Companies”.

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JANUARY 23, 2020

Yesterday, Josh Felser of Freestyle Ventures wrote a post titled For the Love of Founders and their mental health. My founder stress and burnout couldn’t be contained despite my best efforts. To begin, they are underwriting 100% of the cost for two programs – Meru Health and Hoffman Institute , for all of their founders.

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AUGUST 29, 2019

We also run Startup Weekends and Startup Weeks in over 150 cities globally, have a venture capital fund that invests in companies after they go through the accelerator program, and have a set of corporate innovation and ecosystem development programs that help bridge the gap between large enterprises, cities, and startups.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Today Techstars announced an “ equity back guarantee ” for any company that goes through the Techstars program starting in 2015. We periodically encounter founders during the selection process who question the value of Techstars. We’ve been talking about this for a while.

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AUGUST 3, 2011

Implementation of enhancements to EB-5 immigrant investor program , including premium processing. I’ve been working on this issue since I wrote the post The Founders Visa Movement on 9/10/09 (all my posts can be seen in the category summary Startup Visa on my blog).

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MAY 14, 2020

I highlighted what Josh Felser and his team at Freestyle were doing, which included underwriting 100% of the cost for two programs – Meru Health and Hoffman Institute , for all of their founders. We got to know Kristian Ranta and his team at Meru Health through Josh.

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JANUARY 16, 2019

Today, Techstars announced a new initiative called Techstars Studio which will allow Techstars to source new company concepts from Techstars alumni founders, community leaders, venture capitalists, mentors, and corporate partners. The first Techstars Studio will be in Boulder, just like the first Techstars accelerator was in 2007.

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JANUARY 31, 2012

My partners and I spend time at CES each year along with a bunch of the founders from different companies we’ve invested in due to our human computer interaction theme. We’re helping to invent that future and we’re always looking for hackers, program managers, and experienced engineering leads.

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OCTOBER 15, 2013

When David Cohen and I came up with the idea for the Global Accelerator Network (GAN) in 2010, we counted roughly 100 accelerator programs around the US that were founded following the Techstars model. From that initial outreach, 16 high quality accelerator programs joined us to launch the network.

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DECEMBER 10, 2014

At Techstars, we’ve put a huge amount of energy into building a pipeline of female founders and getting women involved in Techstars in many roles, especially at the leadership level in companies and the program. The program is industry-agnostic, but startups need to have some level of traction.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Today my friends from GoodApril, who went through the Techstars Boulder 2013 program, just gave $20,000 to EFCO to help with the victims of the massive Boulder-area floods. A month ago, the sun was shining in Boulder, Colorado as my co-founder, Benny Joseph, and I as we announced the biggest news of our lives. Co-Founders.

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JULY 24, 2018

If you’ve ever played with a MakerBot or Form 2, have a Structure sensor in your backpack, know what volumetric video is, or have 3D creation programs like Maya, Unity, or Blender on your computer, then you should get a Looking Glass. Check out this video on their Kickstarter page.

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AUGUST 27, 2014

FG Press recently released its third book, Accelerate: Founder Insights Into Accelerator Programs. If you want to understand how an accelerator program works from the inside or are considering applying to an accelerator, this is the book for you.

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APRIL 3, 2013

TechStars Seattle applications for year four of the program are now open ! TechStars Seattle teams will be working out of Founders Co-op which is also home to The Microsoft Accelerator (powered by TechStars) and CodeFellows programs. We love Seattle as a startup community! Think you might be a good fit for TechStars Seattle?

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MAY 9, 2018

Alex has been the Managing Director of Techstars NY for a number of years and I think he’s now run seven programs and built an impressive portfolio of around 80 companies. Some of my favorites include: 30 Questions Investors Will Ask Founders. 11 Questions Founders Need to Ask Investors. Founders, Beware of Happy Ears.

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