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- June 23rd, 2009
- Posted by: Andrew Hyde
“Skills & Persistence” Episode 4 of The Founders
Another episode!
We have quite a few requests for a single place for all the video files, so we created a home for The Founders.
Here is episode 4, which revolves around a trip to Denver to visit KKO to play poker and meet some more of the fantastic mentors.
The three teams ideas are evolving and growing, sharing details about their companies and lives. We hope you enjoy!
You can also view the video at TechStars.tv, Vimeo, iTunes, YouTube or RSS.
- June 22nd, 2009
- Posted by: David Cohen
Devver starts to lift the covers
Devver is a company from last summer (TechStars 08) that offers cloud-based testing and code quality tools to agile software teams. By utilizing the power of cloud computing, Devver’s services dramatically enhance developer’s productivity.
One of the things I always loved about they guys from Devver is their ability to figure out what they needed to go build, and then no matter how hard it was they just put their heads down and built it. And they did it well. We’re just now starting to see Devver lift the covers on their first first service, which is a cloud-based Ruby testing service. This product has recently moved into private beta and now supports the Test::Unit and RSpec testing libraries. They are now actively looking for Ruby developers to play around with their private beta.
In addition, they’ve also recently announced the fact they raised a $500,000 round from O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures.
If you’re a Ruby shop and you want to run your test 4 times faster, get signed up for Devver’s beta and offer them some feedback.
- June 17th, 2009
- Posted by: Andrew Hyde
Episode 3 of The Founders: A Community Party
Another exciting episode of The Founders is launched! This week is A Community Party.
You can also view the video at TechStars.tv, Vimeo, iTunes, YouTube or RSS.
- June 14th, 2009
- Posted by: David Cohen
Jeffrey Kalmikoff
Jeffrey Kalmikoff is a Partner and Chief Creative Officer of skinnyCorp, the company behind Threadless. He’s also a TechStars mentor.
Threadless is about their community, and Jeffrey has worked with many TechStars companies such as Foodzie and some of the new 2009 companies to help them work effectively with their own communities. As he’s fond of saying, “If you treat your customers as your friends, they will respond in kind.”
Jeffrey recently shared his thoughts on being a TechStars mentor in his thoughtful post “What’s in it for me?” saying “While I may have expertise to offer this class of TechStars, they also have a lot to offer me by way of inspiration.”
We’re psyched to have Jeffrey helping out at TechStars, along with so many other fantastic mentors.
- June 11th, 2009
- Posted by: Andrew Hyde
“The Founders” Episode 2- Orientation
Our weekly video series is creating some buzz. Thanks to everyone that has shared this with their friends and colleagues.
This weeks episode is all about the initial orientation after the teams move to Boulder. The first day is called the longest day of the year by founders, and David shows why. They meet Brad Feld, the mentor network, and are introduced to the term ‘coopertition.’
Anand Iyer and Dave Drach from Microsoft (BizSpark!) comes for a visit to meet with the teams and talk about Boulder being a hot spot for tech.
The teams wrap up the next day, and enjoy some Boulder flavor with the ‘Happy Thursday Cruiser Bike Ride.’ Enjoy!
You can also view the video at TechStars.tv, Vimeo, iTunes or YouTube.
