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2026

The New Shape of Software Engineeringoriginal ↗
2 Sept 2026
Why Some Startups Hit $1B (And Why Most Stall)original ↗
29 Jul 2026

2024

Techstars Colorado, a startup community partnershiporiginal ↗
29 Oct 2024
My return to CEO at Techstarsoriginal ↗
28 May 2024
Techstars is evolving and growingoriginal ↗
26 Feb 2024
Volunteering in Guatemalaoriginal ↗
25 Feb 2024

2022

The Give First podcast playlistsoriginal ↗
16 Dec 2022
Which is more important: a big vision or a specific focus?original ↗
10 Oct 2022
The Power of Mentorshiporiginal ↗
4 Oct 2022
What Freedom Looks Likeoriginal ↗
18 Jun 2022
The Essential Guide to Startup Boardsoriginal ↗
15 Jun 2022
The worst emailoriginal ↗
10 Feb 2022
Practicing—and Perfecting—Your 60-Second Pitchoriginal ↗
24 Jan 2022

2021

Give First… Build First… or Both?original ↗
30 Sept 2021
Guest Blog: A Message on Juneteenthoriginal ↗
19 Jun 2021
How to convince an investororiginal ↗
15 Jun 2021
CU Tech Frontiers Data Science and ML courses look awesome!original ↗
10 Jun 2021
The Techstars Foundation and Black ParentPreneursoriginal ↗
18 May 2021
Gig Wage demo day pitchoriginal ↗
17 May 2021
Book: The New Buildersoriginal ↗
6 May 2021
Talking about Scaled Operationsoriginal ↗
29 Apr 2021
Congrats to DigitalOcean on their IPO this weekoriginal ↗
26 Mar 2021
Listen to Techstars new CEO Maëlle Gavet on the #GiveFirst podcastoriginal ↗
18 Mar 2021
How did the 2020 pandemic impact startups?original ↗
13 Mar 2021
Are you sure?original ↗
20 Feb 2021
E is for Engageoriginal ↗
16 Jan 2021
Introducing Maëlle Gavet as CEO of Techstarsoriginal ↗
12 Jan 2021

2020

How are startup financings and M&A impacted by the pandemic? (through November 2020)original ↗
10 Dec 2020
Conflicting Adviceoriginal ↗
27 Nov 2020
University credit and talent for Techstars alumnioriginal ↗
12 Nov 2020
Techstars Foundation Accelerates Equityoriginal ↗
10 Nov 2020
How are startup financings and M&A impacted by the pandemic? (through Oct 2020)original ↗
6 Nov 2020
A review of the first eleven Techstars Unicornsoriginal ↗
19 Sept 2020
Are financings and M&A slowing down during the pandemic? (Update through July, 2020)original ↗
9 Aug 2020
Are financings and M&A slowing down during the pandemic? (Update through June, 2020)original ↗
2 Jul 2020
New MIT Entrepreneurship book: Celebrating Entrepreneursoriginal ↗
3 May 2020
Supporting the 1K projectoriginal ↗
26 Apr 2020
Are financings and M&A slowing down during the pandemic?original ↗
25 Apr 2020
Making Elections Resilient Against Pandemicsoriginal ↗
21 Apr 2020
An Open Letter to Startup Founders Everywhere in a Time of Crisisoriginal ↗
30 Mar 2020

2019

No Vision, All Drive – updated!original ↗
12 Dec 2019
Micro-VC fund management and capital account statementsoriginal ↗
13 Sept 2019
The Trouble with Titlesoriginal ↗
8 Sept 2019
Give First: Harry Stebbingsoriginal ↗
13 Aug 2019
New book: “Sell More Faster”!original ↗
31 Jul 2019
Do More Faster, 2nd Edition!original ↗
28 Jul 2019
Introducing Techstars Talentoriginal ↗
22 Jul 2019
Watch out for unfair indemnity during acquisitionsoriginal ↗
15 Jul 2019
Here’s SendGrid’s seed round pitch deckoriginal ↗
28 May 2019
Managing communication tools in distributed companiesoriginal ↗
22 May 2019
Never ask anyone to be your lead investororiginal ↗
18 Mar 2019
Air Force Pitch Day was awesomeoriginal ↗
13 Mar 2019
True Blue – an Internet public art storyoriginal ↗
10 Mar 2019
How to Build a Successful Startup Ecosystem in your Cityoriginal ↗
7 Mar 2019
Sphero does it again with RVRoriginal ↗
19 Feb 2019
The Twenty Minute VC – Second Appearanceoriginal ↗
11 Feb 2019
Perspective entering 2019original ↗
1 Jan 2019

2018

A Rule of 40 walkthroughoriginal ↗
4 Aug 2018
Deciding to say no should be easy sometimesoriginal ↗
2 Aug 2018
A bridge (round) to somewhereoriginal ↗
2 Aug 2018
Deep Work out of the officeoriginal ↗
9 Jul 2018
PillPack – Journey to a billionoriginal ↗
29 Jun 2018
Making a KPI or metric usefuloriginal ↗
29 Jun 2018
Volunteering in Costa Ricaoriginal ↗
1 Apr 2018
The Startup Playbookoriginal ↗
6 Feb 2018
One Last Talk in Boulderoriginal ↗
21 Jan 2018

2017

The pessimist in the roomoriginal ↗
12 Dec 2017
FaceID vs TouchIDoriginal ↗
8 Dec 2017
The moment of integrityoriginal ↗
1 Nov 2017
Assume good intentoriginal ↗
18 Aug 2017
How to fail gracefullyoriginal ↗
18 Jul 2017
True Blue by Eliot Peperoriginal ↗
22 Jun 2017
Sexual harassment: where there’s smoke there’s usually fireoriginal ↗
2 Jun 2017
Some Recommended Reading for Investorsoriginal ↗
24 Apr 2017
The negative space of your wordsoriginal ↗
22 Apr 2017
I’m loving Soundwalloriginal ↗
12 Apr 2017
Simplifyoriginal ↗
11 Apr 2017
The Business Blockchain: the future of authenticity and trust on the weboriginal ↗
26 Mar 2017
How Microsoft, Uber, Twitter, and Google came to Boulderoriginal ↗
14 Mar 2017
How much should a growing SaaS business burn?original ↗
1 Mar 2017
Metrics for Startup Successoriginal ↗
28 Feb 2017
Don’t Make Yourself Indispensableoriginal ↗
27 Feb 2017
Coaching Up!original ↗
25 Feb 2017
Australia, We Hear You!original ↗
24 Feb 2017
“No” Doesn’t Mean “You Suck”original ↗
21 Feb 2017
Katie Rae and the Engine at MIToriginal ↗
13 Feb 2017
Alexa, what is the Alexa Accelerator?original ↗
11 Feb 2017
Make Price the Last Thingoriginal ↗
10 Feb 2017
Techstars Impact Report 2016: a year of milestonesoriginal ↗
9 Feb 2017
What is Leadership?original ↗
7 Feb 2017
Thank you Upfront Summitoriginal ↗
6 Feb 2017
The story of Mattoriginal ↗
5 Feb 2017
A few thoughts on inclusive hiringoriginal ↗
4 Feb 2017
A week in Australiaoriginal ↗
27 Jan 2017

2016

Don’t go darkoriginal ↗
21 Nov 2016
Rethinking corporate innovation at Techstarsoriginal ↗
4 Nov 2016
20 years without my fatheroriginal ↗
23 Sept 2016
My first post about Yoga Pantsoriginal ↗
15 Sept 2016
Dropping an investororiginal ↗
22 Aug 2016
Pitch Your Insiders Firstoriginal ↗
19 Jul 2016
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