We sat down with Jason Mendelson last week to talk about what happens when success does not come. Some very interesting commentary.
This is part of a summer long series about three of the ten teams in Boulder, Colorado going through the 2009 summer class of TechStars. TechStars is a mentorship-driven seed stage investment fund. You can find out more at http://www.techstars.org or see the rest of the series at http://www.techstars.org/thefounders Time to play some poker, or do a startup. The teams visit a poker night hosted by KKO kkofirm.com/ "Startups play poker, big companies play chess." Alex got to the final table (top 8 of 180
TechStars mentor Tim Ferriss and Kevin Rose meet up/hang out & talk their talk, take 1.
Tim Ferriss - How to Build a High Traffi Blog without Killing Yourself
TechStars mentor Bijan Sabet (of Spark Capital) is interviewed on WallStrip
TechStars mentor Bijan Sabet (Spark Capital) discusses how co-investing works
Welcome to TechStarsTV, a weekly video series showing you the places, companies and mentors that make TechStars what it is. The first episode is hosted in Chautauqua Park, and features: 1. Lecture series from Brad Feld and Phil Weiser on what makes Boulder, well, Boulder and how TechStars plays a role 2. Brad Bernthal from CU talking about how this great university is playing into the startup culture in the area 3. Julie Penner says why she loves Boulder as a CU MBA / JD student 4. Finally 2007 TechStars
TechStars mentor Fred Wilson (Union Square Ventures) talks with WallStrip
"People are going to be more conservative," says venture capitalist Fred Wilson in a video interview with Tech Confidential about the impact of the crisis in the capital markets on the technology industry. "Everyone's going to think harder about writing a check for anything," says Wilson, whose Union Square Ventures backs microblogging firm Twitter Inc. and other Web 2.0 startups. "There are times when people want to take risks and times when people don't want to take risks. Clearly, no one's going to want
On the train ride between Brussels and London, I got the chance to interview Dion Almaer, of Google,
David Cohen ( davidgcohen.com/ ), Brad Feld ( feld.com/ ), Eric Marcoullier ( marcoullier.com/blog/ ), Bob Frankston ( frankston.com/ ), Shawn Broderick ( broderick.wordpress.com/ ) talk through the cliches of starting your startup
At a TechStars panel on May 24, 2007, Brad Feld, Jason Mendelson, Andrew Currie and Greg Reinacker talk about the key issues for early stage startups.