HI, I'M DAVID G. COHEN A huge thank you to Brad Feld and Amy Batchelor and Anchor Point Foundation for getting the ball rolling in a big way with the ParentPreneur Foundation, by nominating them for the Techstars Foundation Accelerate Equity program and providing a $100,000 lead
grant.
MY TOP POSTS
Here are some of the popular blog posts I’ve written. If you think that one deserves to make this list, please let me know. –You have acquisition interest, now what? —The Mentor Manifesto –Make believe –The perfect email –Small asks first –What I learned from a bunch of middle school kids –The easy out –Boulder Continue Reading >
DO MORE FASTER
Do More Faster: Techstars Lessons To Accelerate Your Startup. Proven Advice from Successful Entrepreneurs. In the book “Do More Faster“, the founders of Techstars identify the key issues that first-time entrepreneurs encounter, and offer proven advice from successful entrepreneurs who have worked with the Techstars program. The book was originally printed in English, and has been BOOK: THE NEW BUILDERS Seth Levine (Foundry Group) and Elizabeth McBride (international business journalist) have released their new book “The New Builders: Face to Face with the True Future of Business.” It’s a fascinating look into who is really driving the entrepreneurial spirit forward today. The truth will surprise you. It’s not the white male tech founder that we Continue Reading > TECHSTARS - HI, I'M DAVID G. COHEN I am a Co-Founder and Chairman of Techstars, the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed. We’ve funded over 2,600 companies who have gone on to raise more than $14.5B and create market cap of more than $44B as of April, 2021. Apply here! THE TECHSTARS FOUNDATION AND BLACK PARENTPRENEURS A huge thank you to Brad Feld and Amy Batchelor and Anchor Point Foundation for getting the ball rolling in a big way with the ParentPreneur Foundation, by nominating them for the Techstars Foundation Accelerate Equity program and providing a $100,000 lead grant.Amazing! The ParentPreneur Foundation is an awesome organization and peer network started by James Oliver Jr. that empowers CONGRATS TO DIGITALOCEAN ON THEIR IPO THIS WEEK This week, DigitalOcean became a public company. Moisey Uretsky, Ben Uretsky, Alec Hartman, Mitch Wainer, and Jeff Carr founded the company and it’s been an incredible journey for them since they were in the Techstars Boulder Accelerator in 2012. That was class #17! In 2019, Yancey Spruill became CEO of DigitalOcean. I had gotten to Continue Reading >
A REVIEW OF THE FIRST ELEVEN TECHSTARS UNICORNS Someone asked me the other day “How many unicorns has Techstars funded?” When I asked them to guess they said “2 or 3.” I told them it was closer to ten. Actually, there are currently eleven. Here’s quick review of the eleven companies valued at $1B or more that Techstars has funded to date. These Continue Reading > LISTEN TO TECHSTARS NEW CEO MAËLLE GAVET ON THE #GIVEFIRST Brad Feld and I recently chatted with Maëlle Gavet who is the CEO of Techstars. I really encourage you to get to know her by listening in to hear more about where Techstars is headed in the future. Maëlle has only been in the job for about two months, and I have to say I’m Continue Reading >
THERE IS NO TONE IN EMAIL Consider the email chain below. I’ve assembled it in sequential order and bracketed out some parts that are not public. On Feb 8, 2012, at 10:56 AM, David Cohen wrote: Hi Mark, . Who knew. Can you send me [the address I need Continue Reading > HI, I'M DAVID G. COHEN A huge thank you to Brad Feld and Amy Batchelor and Anchor Point Foundation for getting the ball rolling in a big way with the ParentPreneur Foundation, by nominating them for the Techstars Foundation Accelerate Equity program and providing a $100,000 lead grant.
MY TOP POSTS
Here are some of the popular blog posts I’ve written. If you think that one deserves to make this list, please let me know. –You have acquisition interest, now what? —The Mentor Manifesto –Make believe –The perfect email –Small asks first –What I learned from a bunch of middle school kids –The easy out –Boulder Continue Reading >
DO MORE FASTER
Do More Faster: Techstars Lessons To Accelerate Your Startup. Proven Advice from Successful Entrepreneurs. In the book “Do More Faster“, the founders of Techstars identify the key issues that first-time entrepreneurs encounter, and offer proven advice from successful entrepreneurs who have worked with the Techstars program. The book was originally printed in English, and has been BOOK: THE NEW BUILDERS Seth Levine (Foundry Group) and Elizabeth McBride (international business journalist) have released their new book “The New Builders: Face to Face with the True Future of Business.” It’s a fascinating look into who is really driving the entrepreneurial spirit forward today. The truth will surprise you. It’s not the white male tech founder that we Continue Reading > TECHSTARS - HI, I'M DAVID G. COHEN I am a Co-Founder and Chairman of Techstars, the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed. We’ve funded over 2,600 companies who have gone on to raise more than $14.5B and create market cap of more than $44B as of April, 2021. Apply here! THE TECHSTARS FOUNDATION AND BLACK PARENTPRENEURS A huge thank you to Brad Feld and Amy Batchelor and Anchor Point Foundation for getting the ball rolling in a big way with the ParentPreneur Foundation, by nominating them for the Techstars Foundation Accelerate Equity program and providing a $100,000 lead grant.Amazing! The ParentPreneur Foundation is an awesome organization and peer network started by James Oliver Jr. that empowers CONGRATS TO DIGITALOCEAN ON THEIR IPO THIS WEEK This week, DigitalOcean became a public company. Moisey Uretsky, Ben Uretsky, Alec Hartman, Mitch Wainer, and Jeff Carr founded the company and it’s been an incredible journey for them since they were in the Techstars Boulder Accelerator in 2012. That was class #17! In 2019, Yancey Spruill became CEO of DigitalOcean. I had gotten to Continue Reading >
A REVIEW OF THE FIRST ELEVEN TECHSTARS UNICORNS Someone asked me the other day “How many unicorns has Techstars funded?” When I asked them to guess they said “2 or 3.” I told them it was closer to ten. Actually, there are currently eleven. Here’s quick review of the eleven companies valued at $1B or more that Techstars has funded to date. These Continue Reading > LISTEN TO TECHSTARS NEW CEO MAËLLE GAVET ON THE #GIVEFIRST Brad Feld and I recently chatted with Maëlle Gavet who is the CEO of Techstars. I really encourage you to get to know her by listening in to hear more about where Techstars is headed in the future. Maëlle has only been in the job for about two months, and I have to say I’m Continue Reading >
THERE IS NO TONE IN EMAIL Consider the email chain below. I’ve assembled it in sequential order and bracketed out some parts that are not public. On Feb 8, 2012, at 10:56 AM, David Cohen wrote: Hi Mark, . Who knew. Can you send me [the address I need Continue Reading > MY INVESTMENTS
I am currently investing in early stage web/software companies through the fourth Techstars fund ($150M). For more information, please visit this page. Please note that we only make initial seed investments via the Techstars accelerator programs. I’m a a first round investor in approximately 2,100 internet startups such as Uber, Twilio, SendGrid, and Pillpack. In total, Continue Reading > MY TOP POSTS
Here are some of the popular blog posts I’ve written. If you think that one deserves to make this list, please let me know. –You have acquisition interest, now what? —The Mentor Manifesto –Make believe –The perfect email –Small asks first –What I learned from a bunch of middle school kids –The easy out –Boulder Continue Reading >
CONTACT - HI, I'M DAVID G. COHEN Looking for investment? Please read -> If you’re contacting me for funding, please know that the only way that I currently make initial investments is via our Techstars accelerator programs. Techstars companies have raised >$11.7B so far after the accelerator programs and have created well over $33B in enterprise value. You can see the latest Continue Reading > TECHSTARS - HI, I'M DAVID G. COHEN I am a Co-Founder and Chairman of Techstars, the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed. We’ve funded over 2,600 companies who have gone on to raise more than $14.5B and create market cap of more than $44B as of April, 2021. Apply here! CU TECH FRONTIERS DATA SCIENCE AND ML COURSES LOOK AWESOME I was looking at the University of Colorado Tech Frontiers offering this summer. Wow, it looks amazing. Tech Frontiers is the professional development program of the College of Engineering and Applied Science of the University of Colorado Boulder, offering short-form learning on contemporary topics in engineering. HI, I'M DAVID G. COHEN Recently, on my social accounts I said that my new years resolution was something that began with E. That was a fun little game, and here are the “guesses” that I received. AN OPEN LETTER TO STARTUP FOUNDERS EVERYWHERE IN A TIME OF March 30, 2020 Founders, I’m talking to you. I’m one of you. Your world and mine are different than they were three weeks ago. A virus has changed everything for your businesses and for your family. You’re being bombarded by advice for what to do (including mine), and trying to figure out how to make Continue Reading > NEVER ASK ANYONE TO BE YOUR LEAD INVESTOR Let me explain why you should never ask anyone to be your lead investor. First, if you’re talking to a venture capital firm that writes large checks (>50% of the round size you’re seeking), just ask them to commit to investing. Let them know they’re wanted. If they want to invest, they’re going to want Continue Reading > YOU HAVE ACQUISITION INTEREST Through Techstars, my other investments or just at random, I’m often approached by entrepreneurs who want advice on what to do when a potential acquirer first brings up the idea of buying their company. Often, the company being targeted for acquisition is “up and coming” and is very early stage. For that reason, the entrepreneurs are often rightfully concerned that the “acquirer” is HERE'S SENDGRID'S SEED ROUND PITCH DECK In 2009, coming out of Techstars, SendGrid set out to raise a seed round. The original target was $300,000. They ended up raising $750,000 in that round. Eight years later, they went public at around a $1B valuation. Shortly thereafter, Twilio acquired SendGrid for $2B. Great success stories have humble beginnings. This was true for Continue Reading >
HI, I'M DAVID G. COHEN This week, DigitalOcean became a public company. Moisey Uretsky, Ben Uretsky, Alec Hartman, Mitch Wainer, and Jeff Carr founded the company and it’s been an incredible journey for them since they were in the Techstars Boulder Accelerator in 2012. That was class #17! In 2019, Yancey Spruill became CEO of DigitalOcean. DO MORE FASTER
Do More Faster: Techstars Lessons To Accelerate Your Startup. Proven Advice from Successful Entrepreneurs. In the book “Do More Faster“, the founders of Techstars identify the key issues that first-time entrepreneurs encounter, and offer proven advice from successful entrepreneurs who have worked with the Techstars program. The book was originally printed in English, and has been MY TOP POSTS
My Top Posts. Here are some of the popular blog posts I’ve written. If you think that one deserves to make this list, please let me know. – You have acquisition interest, now what? — The Mentor Manifesto. – Make believe. – The perfect email. – Small asks first. – What I learned from a BOOK: THE NEW BUILDERS Seth Levine (Foundry Group) and Elizabeth McBride (international business journalist) have released their new book “The New Builders: Face to Face with the True Future of Business.” It’s a fascinating look into who is really driving the entrepreneurial spirit forward today. The truth will surprise you. It’s not the white male tech founder that we Continue Reading > TECHSTARS - HI, I'M DAVID G. COHEN Techstars. I am a Co-Founder and Chairman of Techstars, the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed. We’ve funded over 2,600 companies who have gone on to raise more than $14.5B and create market cap of more than $44B as of April, 2021. THE TECHSTARS FOUNDATION AND BLACK PARENTPRENEURS A huge thank you to Brad Feld and Amy Batchelor and Anchor Point Foundation for getting the ball rolling in a big way with the ParentPreneur Foundation, by nominating them for the Techstars Foundation Accelerate Equity program and providing a $100,000 lead grant.Amazing! The ParentPreneur Foundation is an awesome organization and peer network started by James Oliver Jr. that empowers A REVIEW OF THE FIRST ELEVEN TECHSTARS UNICORNS Actually, there are currently eleven. Here’s quick review of the eleven companies valued at $1B or more that Techstars has funded to date. These are sorted by the year that we funded them. In total, they are valued at more than $100 billion today. #1: SendGrid (2009) CONGRATS TO DIGITALOCEAN ON THEIR IPO THIS WEEK Congrats to DigitalOcean on their IPO this week. This week, DigitalOcean became a public company. Moisey Uretsky, Ben Uretsky, Alec Hartman, Mitch Wainer, and Jeff Carr founded the company and it’s been an incredible journey for them since they were in the Techstars Boulder Accelerator in 2012. That was class #17! AN OPEN LETTER TO STARTUP FOUNDERS EVERYWHERE IN A TIME OF You are the employers of tomorrow. In the early 1990s, we were in a recession triggered by reduced defense spending at the end of the cold war, the 1990 oil price shock, and a savings and loan crisis. This recession lasted until 1994. I started my first business in 1993, right in the middle of the recession, because I didn’t know any better.
LISTEN TO TECHSTARS NEW CEO MAËLLE GAVET ON THE #GIVEFIRST Listen to Techstars new CEO Maëlle Gavet on the #GiveFirst podcast. Brad Feld and I recently chatted with Maëlle Gavet who is the CEO of Techstars. I really encourage you to get to know her by listening in to hear more about where Techstars is headed in the future. Maëlle has only been in the job for about two months, and I have to say I’m HI, I'M DAVID G. COHEN This week, DigitalOcean became a public company. Moisey Uretsky, Ben Uretsky, Alec Hartman, Mitch Wainer, and Jeff Carr founded the company and it’s been an incredible journey for them since they were in the Techstars Boulder Accelerator in 2012. That was class #17! In 2019, Yancey Spruill became CEO of DigitalOcean. DO MORE FASTER
Do More Faster: Techstars Lessons To Accelerate Your Startup. Proven Advice from Successful Entrepreneurs. In the book “Do More Faster“, the founders of Techstars identify the key issues that first-time entrepreneurs encounter, and offer proven advice from successful entrepreneurs who have worked with the Techstars program. The book was originally printed in English, and has been MY TOP POSTS
My Top Posts. Here are some of the popular blog posts I’ve written. If you think that one deserves to make this list, please let me know. – You have acquisition interest, now what? — The Mentor Manifesto. – Make believe. – The perfect email. – Small asks first. – What I learned from a BOOK: THE NEW BUILDERS Seth Levine (Foundry Group) and Elizabeth McBride (international business journalist) have released their new book “The New Builders: Face to Face with the True Future of Business.” It’s a fascinating look into who is really driving the entrepreneurial spirit forward today. The truth will surprise you. It’s not the white male tech founder that we Continue Reading > TECHSTARS - HI, I'M DAVID G. COHEN Techstars. I am a Co-Founder and Chairman of Techstars, the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed. We’ve funded over 2,600 companies who have gone on to raise more than $14.5B and create market cap of more than $44B as of April, 2021. THE TECHSTARS FOUNDATION AND BLACK PARENTPRENEURS A huge thank you to Brad Feld and Amy Batchelor and Anchor Point Foundation for getting the ball rolling in a big way with the ParentPreneur Foundation, by nominating them for the Techstars Foundation Accelerate Equity program and providing a $100,000 lead grant.Amazing! The ParentPreneur Foundation is an awesome organization and peer network started by James Oliver Jr. that empowers A REVIEW OF THE FIRST ELEVEN TECHSTARS UNICORNS Actually, there are currently eleven. Here’s quick review of the eleven companies valued at $1B or more that Techstars has funded to date. These are sorted by the year that we funded them. In total, they are valued at more than $100 billion today. #1: SendGrid (2009) CONGRATS TO DIGITALOCEAN ON THEIR IPO THIS WEEK Congrats to DigitalOcean on their IPO this week. This week, DigitalOcean became a public company. Moisey Uretsky, Ben Uretsky, Alec Hartman, Mitch Wainer, and Jeff Carr founded the company and it’s been an incredible journey for them since they were in the Techstars Boulder Accelerator in 2012. That was class #17! AN OPEN LETTER TO STARTUP FOUNDERS EVERYWHERE IN A TIME OF You are the employers of tomorrow. In the early 1990s, we were in a recession triggered by reduced defense spending at the end of the cold war, the 1990 oil price shock, and a savings and loan crisis. This recession lasted until 1994. I started my first business in 1993, right in the middle of the recession, because I didn’t know any better.
LISTEN TO TECHSTARS NEW CEO MAËLLE GAVET ON THE #GIVEFIRST Listen to Techstars new CEO Maëlle Gavet on the #GiveFirst podcast. Brad Feld and I recently chatted with Maëlle Gavet who is the CEO of Techstars. I really encourage you to get to know her by listening in to hear more about where Techstars is headed in the future. Maëlle has only been in the job for about two months, and I have to say I’m MY INVESTMENTS
I am currently investing in early stage web/software companies through the fourth Techstars fund ($150M). For more information, please visit this page. Please note that we only make initial seed investments via the Techstars accelerator programs. I’m a a first round investor in approximately 2,100 internet startups such as Uber, Twilio, SendGrid, and Pillpack. In total, Continue Reading > OBLIGATORY BIO
Obligatory Bio. David Cohen is the Founder and Chairman at Techstars, the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed. David has been an entrepreneur and investor for his entire life. He has only had one job interview in his career, successfully got that job MY TOP POSTS
My Top Posts. Here are some of the popular blog posts I’ve written. If you think that one deserves to make this list, please let me know. – You have acquisition interest, now what? — The Mentor Manifesto. – Make believe. – The perfect email. – Small asks first. – What I learned from a CONTACT - HI, I'M DAVID G. COHEN Looking for investment? Please read -> If you’re contacting me for funding, please know that the only way that I currently make initial investments is via our Techstars accelerator programs. Techstars companies have raised >$11.7B so far after the accelerator programs and have created well over $33B in enterprise value. You can see the latest Continue Reading > HI, I'M DAVID G. COHEN Recently, on my social accounts I said that my new years resolution was something that began with E. That was a fun little game, and here are the “guesses” that I received. CU TECH FRONTIERS DATA SCIENCE AND ML COURSES LOOK AWESOME I was looking at the University of Colorado Tech Frontiers offering this summer. Wow, it looks amazing. Tech Frontiers is the professional development program of the College of Engineering and Applied Science of the University of Colorado Boulder, offering short-form learning on contemporary topics in engineering. AN OPEN LETTER TO STARTUP FOUNDERS EVERYWHERE IN A TIME OF You are the employers of tomorrow. In the early 1990s, we were in a recession triggered by reduced defense spending at the end of the cold war, the 1990 oil price shock, and a savings and loan crisis. This recession lasted until 1994. I started my first business in 1993, right in the middle of the recession, because I didn’t know any better.
ARE YOU SURE?
Are you sure? February 20, 2021 By David Cohen |. One of my favorite new questions to ask is “Are you sure?”. As I’ve been helping Techstars CEO Maëlle Gavet get up to speed, I noticed she’s been asking me that question quite often! I’m pretty certain that she asks many people at
THE MENTOR MANIFESTO The Mentor Manifesto. August 28, 2011 By David Cohen |. I’ve been running Techstars for six years now. I’ve watched eleven batches of companies interact with hundreds of mentors. Because of that mentorship (focused on amazingly talented companies) we’ve seen those companies go on to raise about $100M in funding (averaging about $1M each
YOU HAVE ACQUISITION INTEREST Step 6. Identify mentors. Now that you have a ballpark offer, you have what I would consider serious interest. Now make sure that you’re working with someone who has been involved in multiple acquisitions, ideally on both sides of the table. Perhaps one HI, I'M DAVID G. COHEN This week, DigitalOcean became a public company. Moisey Uretsky, Ben Uretsky, Alec Hartman, Mitch Wainer, and Jeff Carr founded the company and it’s been an incredible journey for them since they were in the Techstars Boulder Accelerator in 2012. That was class #17! In 2019, Yancey Spruill became CEO of DigitalOcean. MY INVESTMENTS
I am currently investing in early stage web/software companies through the fourth Techstars fund ($150M). For more information, please visit this page. Please note that we only make initial seed investments via the Techstars accelerator programs. I’m a a first round investor in approximately 2,100 internet startups such as Uber, Twilio, SendGrid, and Pillpack. In total, Continue Reading > MY TOP POSTS
My Top Posts. Here are some of the popular blog posts I’ve written. If you think that one deserves to make this list, please let me know. – You have acquisition interest, now what? — The Mentor Manifesto. – Make believe. – The perfect email. – Small asks first. – What I learned from a BOOK: THE NEW BUILDERS Seth Levine (Foundry Group) and Elizabeth McBride (international business journalist) have released their new book “The New Builders: Face to Face with the True Future of Business.” It’s a fascinating look into who is really driving the entrepreneurial spirit forward today. The truth will surprise you. It’s not the white male tech founder that we Continue Reading > DO MORE FASTER
Do More Faster: Techstars Lessons To Accelerate Your Startup. Proven Advice from Successful Entrepreneurs. In the book “Do More Faster“, the founders of Techstars identify the key issues that first-time entrepreneurs encounter, and offer proven advice from successful entrepreneurs who have worked with the Techstars program. The book was originally printed in English, and has been TECHSTARS - HI, I'M DAVID G. COHEN Techstars. I am a Co-Founder and Chairman of Techstars, the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed. We’ve funded over 2,600 companies who have gone on to raise more than $14.5B and create market cap of more than $44B as of April, 2021. A REVIEW OF THE FIRST ELEVEN TECHSTARS UNICORNS Actually, there are currently eleven. Here’s quick review of the eleven companies valued at $1B or more that Techstars has funded to date. These are sorted by the year that we funded them. In total, they are valued at more than $100 billion today. #1: SendGrid (2009) CONGRATS TO DIGITALOCEAN ON THEIR IPO THIS WEEK Congrats to DigitalOcean on their IPO this week. This week, DigitalOcean became a public company. Moisey Uretsky, Ben Uretsky, Alec Hartman, Mitch Wainer, and Jeff Carr founded the company and it’s been an incredible journey for them since they were in the Techstars Boulder Accelerator in 2012. That was class #17! LISTEN TO TECHSTARS NEW CEO MAËLLE GAVET ON THE #GIVEFIRST Listen to Techstars new CEO Maëlle Gavet on the #GiveFirst podcast. Brad Feld and I recently chatted with Maëlle Gavet who is the CEO of Techstars. I really encourage you to get to know her by listening in to hear more about where Techstars is headed in the future. Maëlle has only been in the job for about two months, and I have to say I’m THERE IS NO TONE IN EMAIL There is no tone in email. February 8, 2012 By David Cohen |. Consider the email chain below. I’ve assembled it in sequential order and bracketed out some parts that are not public. On Feb 8, 2012, at 10:56 AM, David Cohen wrote: Hi Mark, . Who knew. HI, I'M DAVID G. COHEN This week, DigitalOcean became a public company. Moisey Uretsky, Ben Uretsky, Alec Hartman, Mitch Wainer, and Jeff Carr founded the company and it’s been an incredible journey for them since they were in the Techstars Boulder Accelerator in 2012. That was class #17! In 2019, Yancey Spruill became CEO of DigitalOcean. MY INVESTMENTS
I am currently investing in early stage web/software companies through the fourth Techstars fund ($150M). For more information, please visit this page. Please note that we only make initial seed investments via the Techstars accelerator programs. I’m a a first round investor in approximately 2,100 internet startups such as Uber, Twilio, SendGrid, and Pillpack. In total, Continue Reading > MY TOP POSTS
My Top Posts. Here are some of the popular blog posts I’ve written. If you think that one deserves to make this list, please let me know. – You have acquisition interest, now what? — The Mentor Manifesto. – Make believe. – The perfect email. – Small asks first. – What I learned from a BOOK: THE NEW BUILDERS Seth Levine (Foundry Group) and Elizabeth McBride (international business journalist) have released their new book “The New Builders: Face to Face with the True Future of Business.” It’s a fascinating look into who is really driving the entrepreneurial spirit forward today. The truth will surprise you. It’s not the white male tech founder that we Continue Reading > DO MORE FASTER
Do More Faster: Techstars Lessons To Accelerate Your Startup. Proven Advice from Successful Entrepreneurs. In the book “Do More Faster“, the founders of Techstars identify the key issues that first-time entrepreneurs encounter, and offer proven advice from successful entrepreneurs who have worked with the Techstars program. The book was originally printed in English, and has been TECHSTARS - HI, I'M DAVID G. COHEN Techstars. I am a Co-Founder and Chairman of Techstars, the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed. We’ve funded over 2,600 companies who have gone on to raise more than $14.5B and create market cap of more than $44B as of April, 2021. A REVIEW OF THE FIRST ELEVEN TECHSTARS UNICORNS Actually, there are currently eleven. Here’s quick review of the eleven companies valued at $1B or more that Techstars has funded to date. These are sorted by the year that we funded them. In total, they are valued at more than $100 billion today. #1: SendGrid (2009) CONGRATS TO DIGITALOCEAN ON THEIR IPO THIS WEEK Congrats to DigitalOcean on their IPO this week. This week, DigitalOcean became a public company. Moisey Uretsky, Ben Uretsky, Alec Hartman, Mitch Wainer, and Jeff Carr founded the company and it’s been an incredible journey for them since they were in the Techstars Boulder Accelerator in 2012. That was class #17! LISTEN TO TECHSTARS NEW CEO MAËLLE GAVET ON THE #GIVEFIRST Listen to Techstars new CEO Maëlle Gavet on the #GiveFirst podcast. Brad Feld and I recently chatted with Maëlle Gavet who is the CEO of Techstars. I really encourage you to get to know her by listening in to hear more about where Techstars is headed in the future. Maëlle has only been in the job for about two months, and I have to say I’m THERE IS NO TONE IN EMAIL There is no tone in email. February 8, 2012 By David Cohen |. Consider the email chain below. I’ve assembled it in sequential order and bracketed out some parts that are not public. On Feb 8, 2012, at 10:56 AM, David Cohen wrote: Hi Mark, . Who knew. MY INVESTMENTS
I am currently investing in early stage web/software companies through the fourth Techstars fund ($150M). For more information, please visit this page. Please note that we only make initial seed investments via the Techstars accelerator programs. I’m a a first round investor in approximately 2,100 internet startups such as Uber, Twilio, SendGrid, and Pillpack. In total, Continue Reading > MY TOP POSTS
My Top Posts. Here are some of the popular blog posts I’ve written. If you think that one deserves to make this list, please let me know. – You have acquisition interest, now what? — The Mentor Manifesto. – Make believe. – The perfect email. – Small asks first. – What I learned from a OBLIGATORY BIO
Obligatory Bio. David Cohen is the Founder and Chairman at Techstars, the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed. David has been an entrepreneur and investor for his entire life. He has only had one job interview in his career, successfully got that job BOOK: THE NEW BUILDERS Seth Levine (Foundry Group) and Elizabeth McBride (international business journalist) have released their new book “The New Builders: Face to Face with the True Future of Business.” It’s a fascinating look into who is really driving the entrepreneurial spirit forward today. The truth will surprise you. It’s not the white male tech founder that we Continue Reading > CONTACT - HI, I'M DAVID G. COHEN Looking for investment? Please read -> If you’re contacting me for funding, please know that the only way that I currently make initial investments is via our Techstars accelerator programs. Techstars companies have raised >$11.7B so far after the accelerator programs and have created well over $33B in enterprise value. You can see the latest Continue Reading > BLOG - HI, I'M DAVID G. COHEN 2021 David G. Cohen. All rights reserved. Website development by Relish Studio. by Relish Studio. HI, I'M DAVID G. COHEN Recently, on my social accounts I said that my new years resolution was something that began with E. That was a fun little game, and here are the “guesses” that I received. AN OPEN LETTER TO STARTUP FOUNDERS EVERYWHERE IN A TIME OF You are the employers of tomorrow. In the early 1990s, we were in a recession triggered by reduced defense spending at the end of the cold war, the 1990 oil price shock, and a savings and loan crisis. This recession lasted until 1994. I started my first business in 1993, right in the middle of the recession, because I didn’t know any better.
THE MENTOR MANIFESTO The Mentor Manifesto. August 28, 2011 By David Cohen |. I’ve been running Techstars for six years now. I’ve watched eleven batches of companies interact with hundreds of mentors. Because of that mentorship (focused on amazingly talented companies) we’ve seen those companies go on to raise about $100M in funding (averaging about $1M each
YOU HAVE ACQUISITION INTEREST Step 6. Identify mentors. Now that you have a ballpark offer, you have what I would consider serious interest. Now make sure that you’re working with someone who has been involved in multiple acquisitions, ideally on both sides of the table. Perhaps one HI, I'M DAVID G. COHEN This week, DigitalOcean became a public company. Moisey Uretsky, Ben Uretsky, Alec Hartman, Mitch Wainer, and Jeff Carr founded the company and it’s been an incredible journey for them since they were in the Techstars Boulder Accelerator in 2012. That was class #17! In 2019, Yancey Spruill became CEO of DigitalOcean. MY INVESTMENTS
I am currently investing in early stage web/software companies through the fourth Techstars fund ($150M). For more information, please visit this page. Please note that we only make initial seed investments via the Techstars accelerator programs. I’m a a first round investor in approximately 2,100 internet startups such as Uber, Twilio, SendGrid, and Pillpack. In total, Continue Reading > OBLIGATORY BIO
Obligatory Bio. David Cohen is the Founder and Chairman at Techstars, the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed. David has been an entrepreneur and investor for his entire life. He has only had one job interview in his career, successfully got that job MY TOP POSTS
My Top Posts. Here are some of the popular blog posts I’ve written. If you think that one deserves to make this list, please let me know. – You have acquisition interest, now what? — The Mentor Manifesto. – Make believe. – The perfect email. – Small asks first. – What I learned from a BOOK: THE NEW BUILDERS Seth Levine (Foundry Group) and Elizabeth McBride (international business journalist) have released their new book “The New Builders: Face to Face with the True Future of Business.” It’s a fascinating look into who is really driving the entrepreneurial spirit forward today. The truth will surprise you. It’s not the white male tech founder that we Continue Reading > DO MORE FASTER
Do More Faster: Techstars Lessons To Accelerate Your Startup. Proven Advice from Successful Entrepreneurs. In the book “Do More Faster“, the founders of Techstars identify the key issues that first-time entrepreneurs encounter, and offer proven advice from successful entrepreneurs who have worked with the Techstars program. The book was originally printed in English, and has been A REVIEW OF THE FIRST ELEVEN TECHSTARS UNICORNS Actually, there are currently eleven. Here’s quick review of the eleven companies valued at $1B or more that Techstars has funded to date. These are sorted by the year that we funded them. In total, they are valued at more than $100 billion today. #1: SendGrid (2009) THE TECHSTARS FOUNDATION AND BLACK PARENTPRENEURS A huge thank you to Brad Feld and Amy Batchelor and Anchor Point Foundation for getting the ball rolling in a big way with the ParentPreneur Foundation, by nominating them for the Techstars Foundation Accelerate Equity program and providing a $100,000 lead grant.Amazing! The ParentPreneur Foundation is an awesome organization and peer network started by James Oliver Jr. that empowers CONGRATS TO DIGITALOCEAN ON THEIR IPO THIS WEEK Congrats to DigitalOcean on their IPO this week. This week, DigitalOcean became a public company. Moisey Uretsky, Ben Uretsky, Alec Hartman, Mitch Wainer, and Jeff Carr founded the company and it’s been an incredible journey for them since they were in the Techstars Boulder Accelerator in 2012. That was class #17! LISTEN TO TECHSTARS NEW CEO MAËLLE GAVET ON THE #GIVEFIRST Listen to Techstars new CEO Maëlle Gavet on the #GiveFirst podcast. Brad Feld and I recently chatted with Maëlle Gavet who is the CEO of Techstars. I really encourage you to get to know her by listening in to hear more about where Techstars is headed in the future. Maëlle has only been in the job for about two months, and I have to say I’m HI, I'M DAVID G. COHEN This week, DigitalOcean became a public company. Moisey Uretsky, Ben Uretsky, Alec Hartman, Mitch Wainer, and Jeff Carr founded the company and it’s been an incredible journey for them since they were in the Techstars Boulder Accelerator in 2012. That was class #17! In 2019, Yancey Spruill became CEO of DigitalOcean. MY INVESTMENTS
I am currently investing in early stage web/software companies through the fourth Techstars fund ($150M). For more information, please visit this page. Please note that we only make initial seed investments via the Techstars accelerator programs. I’m a a first round investor in approximately 2,100 internet startups such as Uber, Twilio, SendGrid, and Pillpack. In total, Continue Reading > OBLIGATORY BIO
Obligatory Bio. David Cohen is the Founder and Chairman at Techstars, the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed. David has been an entrepreneur and investor for his entire life. He has only had one job interview in his career, successfully got that job MY TOP POSTS
My Top Posts. Here are some of the popular blog posts I’ve written. If you think that one deserves to make this list, please let me know. – You have acquisition interest, now what? — The Mentor Manifesto. – Make believe. – The perfect email. – Small asks first. – What I learned from a BOOK: THE NEW BUILDERS Seth Levine (Foundry Group) and Elizabeth McBride (international business journalist) have released their new book “The New Builders: Face to Face with the True Future of Business.” It’s a fascinating look into who is really driving the entrepreneurial spirit forward today. The truth will surprise you. It’s not the white male tech founder that we Continue Reading > DO MORE FASTER
Do More Faster: Techstars Lessons To Accelerate Your Startup. Proven Advice from Successful Entrepreneurs. In the book “Do More Faster“, the founders of Techstars identify the key issues that first-time entrepreneurs encounter, and offer proven advice from successful entrepreneurs who have worked with the Techstars program. The book was originally printed in English, and has been A REVIEW OF THE FIRST ELEVEN TECHSTARS UNICORNS Actually, there are currently eleven. Here’s quick review of the eleven companies valued at $1B or more that Techstars has funded to date. These are sorted by the year that we funded them. In total, they are valued at more than $100 billion today. #1: SendGrid (2009) THE TECHSTARS FOUNDATION AND BLACK PARENTPRENEURS A huge thank you to Brad Feld and Amy Batchelor and Anchor Point Foundation for getting the ball rolling in a big way with the ParentPreneur Foundation, by nominating them for the Techstars Foundation Accelerate Equity program and providing a $100,000 lead grant.Amazing! The ParentPreneur Foundation is an awesome organization and peer network started by James Oliver Jr. that empowers CONGRATS TO DIGITALOCEAN ON THEIR IPO THIS WEEK Congrats to DigitalOcean on their IPO this week. This week, DigitalOcean became a public company. Moisey Uretsky, Ben Uretsky, Alec Hartman, Mitch Wainer, and Jeff Carr founded the company and it’s been an incredible journey for them since they were in the Techstars Boulder Accelerator in 2012. That was class #17! LISTEN TO TECHSTARS NEW CEO MAËLLE GAVET ON THE #GIVEFIRST Listen to Techstars new CEO Maëlle Gavet on the #GiveFirst podcast. Brad Feld and I recently chatted with Maëlle Gavet who is the CEO of Techstars. I really encourage you to get to know her by listening in to hear more about where Techstars is headed in the future. Maëlle has only been in the job for about two months, and I have to say I’m BOOK: THE NEW BUILDERS Seth Levine (Foundry Group) and Elizabeth McBride (international business journalist) have released their new book “The New Builders: Face to Face with the True Future of Business.” It’s a fascinating look into who is really driving the entrepreneurial spirit forward today. The truth will surprise you. It’s not the white male tech founder that we Continue Reading > MY TOP POSTS
My Top Posts. Here are some of the popular blog posts I’ve written. If you think that one deserves to make this list, please let me know. – You have acquisition interest, now what? — The Mentor Manifesto. – Make believe. – The perfect email. – Small asks first. – What I learned from a CONTACT - HI, I'M DAVID G. COHEN Looking for investment? Please read -> If you’re contacting me for funding, please know that the only way that I currently make initial investments is via our Techstars accelerator programs. Techstars companies have raised >$11.7B so far after the accelerator programs and have created well over $33B in enterprise value. You can see the latest Continue Reading > BLOG - HI, I'M DAVID G. COHEN 2021 David G. Cohen. All rights reserved. Website development by Relish Studio. by Relish Studio. HI, I'M DAVID G. COHEN Recently, on my social accounts I said that my new years resolution was something that began with E. That was a fun little game, and here are the “guesses” that I received. AN OPEN LETTER TO STARTUP FOUNDERS EVERYWHERE IN A TIME OF You are the employers of tomorrow. In the early 1990s, we were in a recession triggered by reduced defense spending at the end of the cold war, the 1990 oil price shock, and a savings and loan crisis. This recession lasted until 1994. I started my first business in 1993, right in the middle of the recession, because I didn’t know any better.
ARE YOU SURE?
Are you sure? February 20, 2021 By David Cohen |. One of my favorite new questions to ask is “Are you sure?”. As I’ve been helping Techstars CEO Maëlle Gavet get up to speed, I noticed she’s been asking me that question quite often! I’m pretty certain that she asks many people at
NEW MIT ENTREPRENEURSHIP BOOK: CELEBRATING ENTREPRENEURS My friend and an investor in various Techstars funds, MIT Professor Edward Roberts, who founded the MIT entrepreneurship program and still chairs the MIT entrepreneurship center, has just published “Celebrating Entrepreneurs: How MIT Nurtured Pioneering Entrepreneurs Who Built Great Companies”. At the website CelebratingEntrepreneurs.com, you can get more information about the THE MENTOR MANIFESTO The Mentor Manifesto. August 28, 2011 By David Cohen |. I’ve been running Techstars for six years now. I’ve watched eleven batches of companies interact with hundreds of mentors. Because of that mentorship (focused on amazingly talented companies) we’ve seen those companies go on to raise about $100M in funding (averaging about $1M each
NEVER ASK ANYONE TO BE YOUR LEAD INVESTOR Let me explain why you should never ask anyone to be your lead investor. First, if you’re talking to a venture capital firm that writes large checks (>50% of the round size you’re seeking), just ask them to commit to investing. Let them know they’re wanted. If they want to invest, they’re going to want Continue Reading > HI, I'M DAVID G. COHEN This week, DigitalOcean became a public company. Moisey Uretsky, Ben Uretsky, Alec Hartman, Mitch Wainer, and Jeff Carr founded the company and it’s been an incredible journey for them since they were in the Techstars Boulder Accelerator in 2012. That was class #17! In 2019, Yancey Spruill became CEO of DigitalOcean. MY INVESTMENTS
I am currently investing in early stage web/software companies through the fourth Techstars fund ($150M). For more information, please visit this page. Please note that we only make initial seed investments via the Techstars accelerator programs. I’m a a first round investor in approximately 2,100 internet startups such as Uber, Twilio, SendGrid, and Pillpack. In total, Continue Reading > OBLIGATORY BIO
Obligatory Bio. David Cohen is the Founder and Chairman at Techstars, the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed. David has been an entrepreneur and investor for his entire life. He has only had one job interview in his career, successfully got that job MY TOP POSTS
My Top Posts. Here are some of the popular blog posts I’ve written. If you think that one deserves to make this list, please let me know. – You have acquisition interest, now what? — The Mentor Manifesto. – Make believe. – The perfect email. – Small asks first. – What I learned from a BOOK: THE NEW BUILDERS Seth Levine (Foundry Group) and Elizabeth McBride (international business journalist) have released their new book “The New Builders: Face to Face with the True Future of Business.” It’s a fascinating look into who is really driving the entrepreneurial spirit forward today. The truth will surprise you. It’s not the white male tech founder that we Continue Reading > DO MORE FASTER
Do More Faster: Techstars Lessons To Accelerate Your Startup. Proven Advice from Successful Entrepreneurs. In the book “Do More Faster“, the founders of Techstars identify the key issues that first-time entrepreneurs encounter, and offer proven advice from successful entrepreneurs who have worked with the Techstars program. The book was originally printed in English, and has been A REVIEW OF THE FIRST ELEVEN TECHSTARS UNICORNS Actually, there are currently eleven. Here’s quick review of the eleven companies valued at $1B or more that Techstars has funded to date. These are sorted by the year that we funded them. In total, they are valued at more than $100 billion today. #1: SendGrid (2009) THE TECHSTARS FOUNDATION AND BLACK PARENTPRENEURS A huge thank you to Brad Feld and Amy Batchelor and Anchor Point Foundation for getting the ball rolling in a big way with the ParentPreneur Foundation, by nominating them for the Techstars Foundation Accelerate Equity program and providing a $100,000 lead grant.Amazing! The ParentPreneur Foundation is an awesome organization and peer network started by James Oliver Jr. that empowers CONGRATS TO DIGITALOCEAN ON THEIR IPO THIS WEEK Congrats to DigitalOcean on their IPO this week. This week, DigitalOcean became a public company. Moisey Uretsky, Ben Uretsky, Alec Hartman, Mitch Wainer, and Jeff Carr founded the company and it’s been an incredible journey for them since they were in the Techstars Boulder Accelerator in 2012. That was class #17! LISTEN TO TECHSTARS NEW CEO MAËLLE GAVET ON THE #GIVEFIRST Listen to Techstars new CEO Maëlle Gavet on the #GiveFirst podcast. Brad Feld and I recently chatted with Maëlle Gavet who is the CEO of Techstars. I really encourage you to get to know her by listening in to hear more about where Techstars is headed in the future. Maëlle has only been in the job for about two months, and I have to say I’m HI, I'M DAVID G. COHEN This week, DigitalOcean became a public company. Moisey Uretsky, Ben Uretsky, Alec Hartman, Mitch Wainer, and Jeff Carr founded the company and it’s been an incredible journey for them since they were in the Techstars Boulder Accelerator in 2012. That was class #17! In 2019, Yancey Spruill became CEO of DigitalOcean. MY INVESTMENTS
I am currently investing in early stage web/software companies through the fourth Techstars fund ($150M). For more information, please visit this page. Please note that we only make initial seed investments via the Techstars accelerator programs. I’m a a first round investor in approximately 2,100 internet startups such as Uber, Twilio, SendGrid, and Pillpack. In total, Continue Reading > OBLIGATORY BIO
Obligatory Bio. David Cohen is the Founder and Chairman at Techstars, the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed. David has been an entrepreneur and investor for his entire life. He has only had one job interview in his career, successfully got that job MY TOP POSTS
My Top Posts. Here are some of the popular blog posts I’ve written. If you think that one deserves to make this list, please let me know. – You have acquisition interest, now what? — The Mentor Manifesto. – Make believe. – The perfect email. – Small asks first. – What I learned from a BOOK: THE NEW BUILDERS Seth Levine (Foundry Group) and Elizabeth McBride (international business journalist) have released their new book “The New Builders: Face to Face with the True Future of Business.” It’s a fascinating look into who is really driving the entrepreneurial spirit forward today. The truth will surprise you. It’s not the white male tech founder that we Continue Reading > DO MORE FASTER
Do More Faster: Techstars Lessons To Accelerate Your Startup. Proven Advice from Successful Entrepreneurs. In the book “Do More Faster“, the founders of Techstars identify the key issues that first-time entrepreneurs encounter, and offer proven advice from successful entrepreneurs who have worked with the Techstars program. The book was originally printed in English, and has been A REVIEW OF THE FIRST ELEVEN TECHSTARS UNICORNS Actually, there are currently eleven. Here’s quick review of the eleven companies valued at $1B or more that Techstars has funded to date. These are sorted by the year that we funded them. In total, they are valued at more than $100 billion today. #1: SendGrid (2009) THE TECHSTARS FOUNDATION AND BLACK PARENTPRENEURS A huge thank you to Brad Feld and Amy Batchelor and Anchor Point Foundation for getting the ball rolling in a big way with the ParentPreneur Foundation, by nominating them for the Techstars Foundation Accelerate Equity program and providing a $100,000 lead grant.Amazing! The ParentPreneur Foundation is an awesome organization and peer network started by James Oliver Jr. that empowers CONGRATS TO DIGITALOCEAN ON THEIR IPO THIS WEEK Congrats to DigitalOcean on their IPO this week. This week, DigitalOcean became a public company. Moisey Uretsky, Ben Uretsky, Alec Hartman, Mitch Wainer, and Jeff Carr founded the company and it’s been an incredible journey for them since they were in the Techstars Boulder Accelerator in 2012. That was class #17! LISTEN TO TECHSTARS NEW CEO MAËLLE GAVET ON THE #GIVEFIRST Listen to Techstars new CEO Maëlle Gavet on the #GiveFirst podcast. Brad Feld and I recently chatted with Maëlle Gavet who is the CEO of Techstars. I really encourage you to get to know her by listening in to hear more about where Techstars is headed in the future. Maëlle has only been in the job for about two months, and I have to say I’m BOOK: THE NEW BUILDERS Seth Levine (Foundry Group) and Elizabeth McBride (international business journalist) have released their new book “The New Builders: Face to Face with the True Future of Business.” It’s a fascinating look into who is really driving the entrepreneurial spirit forward today. The truth will surprise you. It’s not the white male tech founder that we Continue Reading > MY TOP POSTS
My Top Posts. Here are some of the popular blog posts I’ve written. If you think that one deserves to make this list, please let me know. – You have acquisition interest, now what? — The Mentor Manifesto. – Make believe. – The perfect email. – Small asks first. – What I learned from a CONTACT - HI, I'M DAVID G. COHEN Looking for investment? Please read -> If you’re contacting me for funding, please know that the only way that I currently make initial investments is via our Techstars accelerator programs. Techstars companies have raised >$11.7B so far after the accelerator programs and have created well over $33B in enterprise value. You can see the latest Continue Reading > BLOG - HI, I'M DAVID G. COHEN 2021 David G. Cohen. All rights reserved. Website development by Relish Studio. by Relish Studio. HI, I'M DAVID G. COHEN Recently, on my social accounts I said that my new years resolution was something that began with E. That was a fun little game, and here are the “guesses” that I received. AN OPEN LETTER TO STARTUP FOUNDERS EVERYWHERE IN A TIME OF You are the employers of tomorrow. In the early 1990s, we were in a recession triggered by reduced defense spending at the end of the cold war, the 1990 oil price shock, and a savings and loan crisis. This recession lasted until 1994. I started my first business in 1993, right in the middle of the recession, because I didn’t know any better.
ARE YOU SURE?
Are you sure? February 20, 2021 By David Cohen |. One of my favorite new questions to ask is “Are you sure?”. As I’ve been helping Techstars CEO Maëlle Gavet get up to speed, I noticed she’s been asking me that question quite often! I’m pretty certain that she asks many people at
NEW MIT ENTREPRENEURSHIP BOOK: CELEBRATING ENTREPRENEURS My friend and an investor in various Techstars funds, MIT Professor Edward Roberts, who founded the MIT entrepreneurship program and still chairs the MIT entrepreneurship center, has just published “Celebrating Entrepreneurs: How MIT Nurtured Pioneering Entrepreneurs Who Built Great Companies”. At the website CelebratingEntrepreneurs.com, you can get more information about the THE MENTOR MANIFESTO The Mentor Manifesto. August 28, 2011 By David Cohen |. I’ve been running Techstars for six years now. I’ve watched eleven batches of companies interact with hundreds of mentors. Because of that mentorship (focused on amazingly talented companies) we’ve seen those companies go on to raise about $100M in funding (averaging about $1M each
NEVER ASK ANYONE TO BE YOUR LEAD INVESTOR Let me explain why you should never ask anyone to be your lead investor. First, if you’re talking to a venture capital firm that writes large checks (>50% of the round size you’re seeking), just ask them to commit to investing. Let them know they’re wanted. If they want to invest, they’re going to want Continue Reading > Search: __
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CONFLICTING ADVICE
November 27, 2020 By David Cohen |
I’ve had several conversations recently where the idea came up that advice is situational. And, for any often used piece of advice, it’s sometimes easy to give exactly the opposite advice. The hard part is deciding what advice (if any) to take in your situation. As I was saying this, I kept remembering a table … Continue Reading >
file under: Startups UNIVERSITY CREDIT AND TALENT FOR TECHSTARS ALUMNI November 12, 2020 By David Cohen |
Today, Techstars announced something really interesting – a partnership with leading educational institutions (so far this includes The University of Colorado and Northeastern University) to offer Techstars accelerator alumni instant credit towards degree programs at those universities. Think of it as a head start on an MBA or other degree, based on the direct experience … Continue Reading >
file under: Startups TECHSTARS FOUNDATION ACCELERATES EQUITY November 10, 2020 By David Cohen |
In 2015, I helped get the Techstars Foundation going. The Techstars Foundation focuses on gifts of both cash and network support for organizations that improve access to entrepreneurship for underrepresented entrepreneurs. So far, we’ve given around $1.1M in grants, and we hope that the active help from the Techstars network has been an even more … Continue Reading >
file under: Startups HOW ARE STARTUP FINANCINGS AND M&A IMPACTED BY THE PANDEMIC? (THROUGH OCT 2020)
November 6, 2020 By David Cohen |
Back in April of this year I wrote “Are financings and M&A slowing down during the pandemic?” with the goal of sharing the Techstars view of how things have been changing given the events of 2020. Here’s an update to that data through the end of October, 2020. Remember, the graphs show when the activity … Continue Reading >
file under: Startups A REVIEW OF THE FIRST ELEVEN TECHSTARS UNICORNS September 19, 2020 By David Cohen |
Someone asked me the other day “How many unicorns has Techstars funded?” When I asked them to guess they said “2 or 3.” I told them it was closer to ten. Actually, there are currently eleven. Here’s quick review of the eleven companies valued at $1B or more that Techstars has funded to date. These … Continue Reading >
file under: Startups ARE FINANCINGS AND M&A SLOWING DOWN DURING THE PANDEMIC? (UPDATE THROUGH JULY, 2020)
August 9, 2020 By David Cohen |
Back in April of this year I wrote “Are financings and M&A slowing down during the pandemic?” with the goal of sharing the Techstars view of how things have been changing over the events of the first half of 2020. Here’s an update to that data through the end of June, 2020. Remember, the graphs … Continue Reading >
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