GE Ep 52 [2014]: How Techstars provides real value through a strong network of entrepreneurs, mentors and investors
b"Join me as I talk with\\xa0David Brown\\xa0from\\xa0Techstars. David is a serial entrepreneur and helped found Techstars along with David Cohen, Brad Feld and Jared Polis in 2006. The Co-founders wanted to leverage what they had learned in their previous startups to help entrepreneurs avoid those same mistakes. Techstars'\\xa0startup accelerator offers a three-month bootcamp and surrounds entrepreneurs with mentors to help you navigate everything from choosing the right product and testing it.\\n Today the\\xa0accelerator runs 13 different programs across Boulder, New York and Boston among other locations. Nearly 500 companies have graduated from Techstars, 1,200 founders have been through the system, 1,200 mentors have participated and over 1,00 investors and hundreds of corporations have gotten involved.\\n Click here for show notes and transcript.\\n Leave some feedback:\\n Who should I interview next?\\xa0Please let me know on\\xa0Twitter\\xa0or in the comments below.\\n Did you enjoy this episode?\\xa0If so, leave a\\xa0short review here.\\n Subscribe\\xa0to\\xa0Growth Everywhere on iTunes.\\n Get the non-iTunes RSS feed\\n Connect with Eric Siu:\\n Growth Everywhere\\n Single Grain\\n Twitter @ericosiu\\n \\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"