Quotes by David Cohen - Page 2

I think the best developers can learn any language; if they are a good developer, they can learn whatever. But the raw talent, the ability to learn it and do it and demonstrate the ability is helpful.
David Cohen /
Demonstrate
Best Good Talent
Developer
Raw
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If you're pitching to investors for the first time and expecting them to be so blown away by how thoroughly amazing your pitch is that they write a check on the spot - well, prepare to be disappointed.
David Cohen /
Blown Away
Disappointed
Expecting
Investors
Pitching
Time Amazing Your
Blown
Check
Pitch
Spot
Prepare
Thoroughly
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Strong community and mentorship are the lifeblood of any successful entrepreneurial ecosystem, and it's exciting the Boulder is showing the world just what sort of impact these things can actually have.
David Cohen /
Entrepreneurial
Impact
Boulder
Ecosystem
Lifeblood
Showing
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We think of the Techstars product as not really the accelerator but the network. That's what entrepreneurs should be valuing here. I think it's the most undervalued thing that many entrepreneurs don't get.
David Cohen /
Undervalued
Accelerator
Entrepreneurs
Network
Product
Valuing
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At TechStars, I have the privilege of working with hundreds of the best and brightest start-up mentors on the planet. We coach our mentors to take a Socratic approach and to provide data rather than decisions.
David Cohen /
Data
Brightest
Hundreds
Mentors
Start-Up
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Entrepreneurship transparency, I think, is important because there are so many problems that you just have to be real about them. There are so many ways for a startup to die, so the transparency attitude is key.
David Cohen /
Attitude
Entrepreneurship
Transparency
Die
Be Real
Startup
Ways
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Aspiring entrepreneurs are often advised to work at a startup for a couple of years first, to understand what's involved. But often, each company's approach to success is very narrow. So my advice is, 'Just do it.'
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Advice
Approach
Involved
Just Do It
Aspiring
Entrepreneurs
Narrow
Startup
Success Is
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Meetings with no goal, also known as 'coffee shop' meetings, can be huge time wasters if you're not efficient with them. 'Always know why you're meeting, and make sure it's important - try to keep them to 30 minutes, max.
David Cohen /
Coffee
Efficient
Max
Meetings
Minutes
Time Always Keep
Meeting
Shop
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You may have a small network, but growing that network has become easier with the use of social tools. LinkedIn, Conspire, even Facebook and Twitter allow you to grab branches that may have previously seemed out of reach.
David Cohen /
Branches
Easier
Linkedin
Social
Tools
Allow
Facebook
Facebook And Twitter
Grab
Small
Network
Reach
Seemed
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Because Techstars is an intensely productive three-month program in which product development and iteration are primary goals, we're constantly looking to streamline our program to help entrepreneurs avoid recurring obstacles.
David Cohen /
Obstacles
Recurring
Entrepreneurs
Intensely
Three-Month
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Techstars is truly global; you'll see us continue to expand all our programs worldwide, including accelerators, our venture capital, as well as the UP Global programs including Startup Weekend, Startup Next, Startup Digest, etc.
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Etc
Including
Venture
Venture Capital
Weekend
Capital
Digest
Expand
Global
Programs
Startup
Truly
Worldwide
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In Boulder entrepreneurship circles, there is a genuine desire to see others succeed and a general belief that karma matters. There's a sense that together we're building something here, and that we're all a meaningful part of it.
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Belief
Circles
Desire
Entrepreneurship
Genuine
Meaningful
Succeed
Boulder
Matters
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People look up to Techstars because they get funded by Techstars; they go through the accelerator. What we do impacts what they do. What we care about we hope has a meta impact on those entrepreneurs and how they think about the world.
David Cohen /
Care
Impact
Accelerator
Hope World Look
Entrepreneurs
Hope Look World
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The more you're real with people, and the more you let people help you, the more they get to understand how you operate as an entrepreneur. The stronger that relationship is, then the more likely there's a future together in that relationship.
David Cohen /
Stronger
Operate
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Consumers have zero time for products that are not simple, intuitive, and attractive to use. This is especially true with Internet products, where clean and useful design is a prerequisite to keeping anyone on your site for more than 30 seconds.
David Cohen /
Zero
Design
Attractive
Clean
Intuitive
Products
Seconds
Site
Useful
Prerequisite
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There are not enough female VCs in an industry so traditionally dominated by males. There are not enough female mentors who are actively engaged with female founders. We need women VCs and entrepreneurs to stand up, get loud, and help guide their peers.
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Engaged
Founders
Loud
Males
Peers
Actively
Dominated
Entrepreneurs
Guide
Mentors
Stand Up
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We've been publishing the TechStars data fully since the beginning on TechStars.com. For every single company, you can see if it's a failure, success, how much they raised. Entrepreneurs deserve that sort of transparency from accelerators, and it's not hard to do.
David Cohen /
Data
Deserve
Publishing
Transparency
Entrepreneurs
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We're pretty broad as investors. Our thesis is work with great entrepreneurs that believe they can change the world. But there are specific areas that we get excited about - areas like hard tech, deep tech, companies that deal with really difficult technology, etc.
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Etc
Excited
Investors
Thesis
Change Work Technology
Area
Broad
Change The World
Companies
Entrepreneurs
Tech
Specific
Tech Companies
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If you look at the history of innovation, the innovations coming through the defence department have been some of the most important innovations ever. Little things like drones, sensors, and the Internet of Things are defence-type initiatives, but the big one is the Internet itself.
David Cohen /
Defence
Department
Drones
Internet
Little Things
Sensors
Big One
Itself
Coming
Initiatives
Innovations
The Most Important
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I think there are ways that perhaps organic partnerships can occur in local geographies with groups that are extremely focused on their communities. That's really how Techstars began, as a grassroots movement in Boulder, Colo., that happened to catch fire and expand around the world.
David Cohen /
Fire
Focused
Grassroots
Groups
Movement
Began
Boulder
Catch
Communities
Expand
Extremely
Local
Occur
Organic
Partnerships
Perhaps
Ways
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In the rare cases where I've had to cut a company loose, I just tell them why and wish them luck and hope they learn something from it. I don't spend more mental energy on it than I have to, and I try very hard not to hold a grudge or try to negatively affect them either. It's just done for me.
David Cohen /
Cases
Company
Done
Energy
Grudge
Luck
Wish
Affect
Rare
Cut
Either
Hold
Spend
Loose
Mental
Mental Energy
Negatively
Tell
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There is no doubt that Boulder was a supportive and open-door community well before TechStars ever existed. But one of the things that I'm most proud of is that TechStars has provided a real focal point for this sort of activity and has brought attention to just how impactful one community can be when it works together.
David Cohen /
Focal Point
No Doubt
Supportive
Boulder
Existed
Focal
Provided
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