OAF 7 on May 2, 2013

The Techstars office will be hosting the next Open Angel Forum in Boulder on Thursday, May 2nd. The application deadline for entrepreneurs is on Monday, April 22nd. Open Angel Forum is special because only very active angels are invited, and there are never any fees to present. Generally this draws angels who travel to Boulder …

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Big Data Meetup at CU on 2/13 @ 6:00

Are you in Boulder and interested in Big Data? It’s way better than medium data or small data if you ask me. Are you amazed at how the big data technologies of the last few years have transformed the way you look at data? Are you interested in what the next “big thing” is in …

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Denver PUC is being Uber-Annoying

If you’ve ever ridden in an Uber, you know it’s a great innovation. Now Denver’s PUC is trying to shut Uber down by inventing new rules targeted directly at it. It’s a sickening defense of a poor incumbent.   Right! Who needs clean, comfortable rides on demand from your smart phone anyway? Please read this, …

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TechStars NYC – Welcome Eugene Chung

Techstars NYC is on a roll. I couldn’t believe my eyes when more than 500 companies applied on the last day of the application period (about one company every three minutes!), bringing the total to just under 1,700 companies. Man, do we have our work cut out for us! There are some amazing companies in …

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Want to be Powered by TechStars?

Both the Microsoft Accelerator and the Nike+ Accelerator are powered by Techstars, and both provide $20,000 in startup funding, intensive mentorship, and the chance to pitch to investors at demo day. Working on a quantified self startup? Or, are you on any startup that would benefit from integration with Nike? Need some ideas? Check out …

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This Week in Startups

Today I’m in LA visting LaunchPad LA and I had a fun appearance on “This Week in Startups” with the always entertaining Jason Calacanis.  The video is below. Thanks @Jason for the show, and for all you do for the startup community. If you’re not going to the LAUNCH Festival in March in SF, you’re …

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