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Community Direction

First, I’d like to say thank you to those of you that have made this community so strong. It is an honor to join the team.

TechStars has a special place in my heart. I was lucky enough to sit in on last year’s session, observe how the program worked and what made the teams tick. I am excited to help out the teams, the program, and the greater community.

Though TechStars is primarily about fostering the success of the 10 companies, in the end, it is all about community. A large part of my participation here is to build upon that by connecting with these groups:

Local Community

Boulder is an amazing place; in all my travels, I would argue that it is the best place to start a startup. I love it here, and the local community is both helpful and humble. One of the challenges I face is ‘how I can help the founders integrate into the community?’

Founder Community

How do we make the program better for the founders? What additions can be made to last year’s program?

Startup Community

Although there are 10 teams every summer, thousands watch their progress. I think it would be great to create easy ways for the founders to interact with the community via blogging, podcasting, vlogging, live streaming and anything else that would be contribute to interaction between the founders and the greater community.

I am very excited for this chance to work with an incredibly driven, bright and talented group of startups this summer. To start it off right, here is a podcast with David Cohen and I talking about choosing the companies for TechStars.