TechStars Boston

TechStars is pleased to announce that we have expanded our reach and added a Boston-based operation.

TechStars will operate programs concurrently in both Boulder and Boston starting in the summer of 2009. Applications for both locations are open now and run through March 21. Applicants will be able to specify a preference for either Boulder or Boston when applying to the program. The new program will be managed by Boston entrepreneur Shawn Broderick.

Boston-based mentors Colin Angle, Dan Bricklin, Don Dodge, Eran Egozy, David Beisel, Chris Heidelberger, Will Herman, Nabeel Hyatt, Dharmesh Shah, Warren Katz, John Landry, Rich Levandov, Bijan Sabet, Ronald Schmelzer, Bill Warner and many more have signed-on to the already impressive roster of TechStars mentors. You can see the full Boston mentor list here.

The decision to expand and create the Boston program was promoted by Warner, founder of Boston-based Avid Technology and Wildfire Communications, who had been interested in the TechStars model for some time because of the community-oriented mentorship-driven model that it employs. He visited the TechStars’ Boulder operation last year, got involved, and ultimately invested in one of the companies.

Coupled with Warner’s enthusiasm Boston became the logical next step for TechStars.

The TechStars founders have deep East Coast roots as well. Brad Feld is a MIT graduate who built, operated, and sold his early businesses in Boston. David Brown and David Cohen sold their first company to ZOLL Medical Corporation in Chelmsford, MA in 1999. Many TechStars mentors such as Howard Diamond, David Hose, Neil Robertson, Eric Marcoullier and Seth Levine are also very connected to the Boston entrepreneurial community.

Boston entrepreneur Shawn Broderick, who has signed on to run the program, has more than 20 years in founding and operational roles in Boston including stints with Monitor Company, Genetic Anomalies/THQ, and most recently portable reputation company TrustPlus.