This Week in TechStars - Video

This Week in TechStars #36 – Brad Feld of Foundry Group

Carolyn — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 20:24:21 +0000

Today, on This Week in TechStars, David Cohen welcomed special guest Brad Feld, managing director of Foundry Group, to join him in the analysis of Kapost’s pitch video.

This Week in TechStars #35 – Jim Franklin of SendGrid

Carolyn — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:54:00 +0000

Today, on This Week in TechStars, David Cohen welcomed the CEO of SendGrid, Jim Franklin. Jim recently gave a talk in Boulder about how to be a great CEO, so we are pleased to share that session with you. And, as a reminder, we’re now accepting applications for the Seattle TechStars program so get your [...]

This Week in TechStars #34 – Raj Aggarwal of Localytics

Carolyn — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 22:39:47 +0000

Today, on This Week in TechStars, David Cohen and Clare Tischer sat down with Raj Aggarwal, the CEO of Localytics, to talk about his mobile app analytics platform. We also take a look at footage from Jason Mendelson’s speech, “The Top 10 Ways to F&*k up Your Company.”

This Week in TechStars #33 – Howard Diamond and Alex White

Carolyn — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:37:41 +0000

Today, on This Week in TechStars, we’re bringing some footage from the recent “TechStars for a Day” event with speakers Howard Diamond, the CEO of Aventura, and Alex White, CEO of Next Big Sound. Big thanks to SendGrid and Twilio for their support of the show!

This Week in TechStars #32 – Sravish Sridhar of Kinvey.com

Carolyn — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:36:48 +0000

On This Week in TechStars, Dave Cohen and Clare Tischer were joined by Sravish Sridhar, the founder of Kinvey.com. Big thanks to SendGrid and Twilio for their support of the show!

This Week in TechStars #31 – Ethan Kurzweil of Bessemer Venture Partners

Carolyn — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 00:11:45 +0000

On This Week in TechStars, Dave Cohen and Clare Tischer were joined by Ethan Kurzweil, a VP at Bessemer Venture Partners. Big thanks to SendGrid and Twilio for their support of the show!

This Week in TechStars #30 – Erika Trautman and Cameron McCaddon of Flixmaster.com

Carolyn — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:15:18 +0000

On This Week in TechStars, Dave Cohen and Clare Tischer were joined by the co-founders of Flixmaster, Erika Trautman and Cameron McCaddon. Big thanks to SendGrid and Twilio for their support of the show!

This Week in TechStars #29 – Phu Nguyen and Peter Seid of Romotive

Carolyn — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 22:54:12 +0000

On This Week in TechStars, Dave Cohen and Clare Tischer were joined by the co-founders of Romotive, Phu Nguyen and Peter Seid. Romotive is building a flexible and open robotic platform that will allow people to create their own fun and useful robots. Big thanks to SendGrid and Twilio for their support of the show! [...]

This Week in TechStars #28 – Wendy Lea of Get Satisfaction

Carolyn — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:45:49 +0000

On This Week in TechStars, Get Satisfaction CEO Wendy Lea joined the program to discuss her role as a founder and as a TechStars mentor. Also, Clare Tischer delivered an update on the success of Founder Dating in Boulder, New York’s 4th annual Social Media Week and made a call for HackStars. Big thanks to [...]

This Week in TechStars #27 – Jud Valeski of Gnip

Carolyn — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:56:53 +0000

On This Week in TechStars, Jud Valeski of Gnip joined the program with David Cohen. Jud is a TechStars mentor and Gnip is a social network API that delivers rich data to its customers to help them gain insight into nearly every topic imaginable. David and Clare also discussed CourseKit, co-founded by Joseph Cohen. CourseKit [...]

This Week in TechStars #26 – Toby Murdock and Mike Lewis of Kapost

Carolyn — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:10:36 +0000

On This Week in TechStars, Toby Murdock and Mike Lewis of content marketing platform Kapost share the lessons they’ve learned during their first few years in business. We also announced a new perk from Microsoft: They’re giving all TechStars companies $60,000 credit toward Windows Azure. To learn more about that and all the incredible offers [...]

This Week in TechStars #25 – Alex White of Next Big Sound

Carolyn — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:34:01 +0000

This week, we took a look at a pitch from Alex White of the music analytics platform Next Big Sound and Clare gave us an update on the funding of some TechStars companies. Big thanks to SendGrid and Twilio for their support of the show!

This Week in TechStars #24 – Joshua Baer, Founder of OtherInbox and Capital Factory

Carolyn — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 20:22:24 +0000

On This Week in TechStars, we interview Joshua Baer and David Cohen checks in with Clare Tischer to talk about all things TechStars.

This Week in TechStars #23 – TechStars at CES 2012

Carolyn — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:16:16 +0000

What do Romotive, Startup America, Shelby.tv, the Foundry Group, Orbotix, Veri, and Sendgrid have in common? They were all at CES 2012. We checked in with the TechStars friends and family in Las Vegas to bring you the best of CES.

This Week in TechStars #22 – The Everlater Founders

admin — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:07:02 +0000

David Cohen checks in with Nate Abbott and Natty Zola of Everlater.

This Week in TechStars #21 – Don Dodge of Google

admin — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:00:03 +0000

Don Dodge talks at the TechStars Las Vegas meetup about the power of making small failures and setting impossible goals.

This Week in TechStars #20 – Ben Huh of Cheezburger Network

admin — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:00:54 +0000

I Can Haz Cheezburger? Ben Huh spills the secrets of Cheezburger Network’s success at the TechStars Vegas retreat.

This Week in TechStars #19 – Paul Berberian & Adam Wilson of Orbotix

admin — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:17:46 +0000

Las Vegas, Boston, and Orbotix – did we mention we have balls? David Cohen talks news with Clare Tischer and interviews Paul Berberian and Adam Wilson of Orbotix.

This Week in TechStars #18 – Mark Solon

admin — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 02:01:00 +0000

David Cohen talks to Mark Solon, Managing Partner of Highway 12 Ventures. David may be on vacation but that doesn’t mean we’ll miss an episode!

This Week in TechStars #17 – Fred Wilson

admin — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 20:00:13 +0000

David Cohen gives an inside look at the TechStars tv show on Bloomberg – plus we get a Behind The Scenes session with TechStars mentor Fred Wilson, partner at Union Square Ventures.

This Week in TechStars #16 – Irving Fain of CrowdTwist

admin — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 08:00:03 +0000

Why would you do TechStars if you already raised a seed round? Irving Fain talks to David Cohen about why he put CrowdTwist through the TechStars process.

This Week in TechStars #15 – Jesse Lamb and Adam Godin of Dispatch.io

admin — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 20:01:52 +0000

David Cohen is joined by Michael and Clare as they talk to Jesse Lamb and Alex Godin of Dispatch.io

This Week in TechStars #14 – John L Baptiste of OnSwipe

admin — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 18:38:10 +0000

John L Baptiste talks about OnSwipe and David introduces Clare Tischer, TechStars Social Media Manager.

This Week in TechStars #13 – Reece Pacheco of Shelby.tv

admin — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:55:17 +0000

Reece Pacheco of Shelby.tv joins David and Michael to talk about the company’s time in the TechStars program and where they are now.

This Week in TechStars #12 – Mayor Bloomberg and Demo Day NYC

admin — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:03:47 +0000

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg surprised TechStars for a short talk in NYC and David Cohen talks about the finale of the TechStars TV show.

This Week in TechStars #11 – Gnip & SnapEngage

admin — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 21:25:03 +0000

David Cohen talks to Chris Moody, President & COO of Gnip, and Jerome Breche, Founder & CEO of SnapEngage. Stay tuned to the end of the episode where we share SnapEngage’s Techstars pitch!

This Week in TechStars #10 – ReportGrid & Slice of Lime

admin — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 01:32:45 +0000

This week David Cohen checks in with Kevin Menzie and Jeff Rodanski of Slice of Lime, the team behind the new TechStars.com website, as well as John De Goes of ReportGrid. Slice of Lime is celebrating their tenth year and they talk with David not only about their work on results-oriented marketing websites and user [...]

This Week in TechStars #9 – “TechStars Cloud” with Managing Directors Nicole Glaros & Jason Seats

admin — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 23:50:32 +0000

This week, as TechStars announces their journey to the cloud, David welcomes Nicole Glaros, TechStars managing director, as well as Jason Seats, who handles all things “cloud” over at TechStars to discuss the new relationship that TechStars will have now that they are cloud-based. Many thanks to the sponsors of our show, SendGrid: For the [...]

This Week in TechStars #8 – “$100K Per TechStars Company” with Brad Feld of Foundry Group and Roger Ehrenberg of IA Ventures

admin — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 08:10:07 +0000

This week host David Cohen covers the announcement of a brand new $24 million in funding for TechStars, which comes out to a solid $100,000 per TechStars company. Brad Feld of Foundry Group and Roger Ehrenberg of IA Ventures stop by to chat with David about what this means for the future of TechStars. [...]

This Week in TechStars #7 – The TechStars Network with Patrick Riley, director of the TechStars Network, Troy Henikoff of Excelerate Labs, & Rob Kunz of BoomStartup

admin — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 00:44:09 +0000

This week is a big one for David and team TechStars as “TechStars” airs the first episode on BloombergTV! Join David as he welcomes Patrick Riley of the TechStars Network, Troy Henikoff of Excelerate Labs, and Rob Kunz of BoomStartup to the Boulder studio. Many thanks to the sponsors of our show, SendGrid: For [...]

This Week in TechStars #6 – Behind the Scenes of “I’m a VC” Music Video

admin — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 21:53:19 +0000

David is back in the states this week as he brings us the brand new “I’m a VC” music video from the Foundry Group. Also, we’ve got Jaon Mendelson of Foundry group and Jay Levy of Zelkova VC stopping by to give us the scoop on the NYC tech scene. Many thanks to the [...]

This Week in TechStars #5 – Straight From Tuscany, Italy with Brad Feld

admin — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:08:48 +0000

This week David is coming to us all the way from Tuscany, Italy as he hunts down Foundry Group’s Brad Feld to discuss business and the balance between running a company and having a personal life. Join the two as they chat outside and by the pool (A This Week in TechStars FIRST!!). Many [...]

This Week in TechStars #4 – “Community, Rackspace, and Vanilla” with Andrew Hyde, Rackspace Founders, & VanillaForums.com

admin — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 03:22:05 +0000

This week, David welcomes back Andrew Hyde, former Community Director of TechStars to see what he’s been up to since leaving the company, such as creating Startup Weekend and more. Also, Nick Longo and Jeff Lamboy of the Rackspace Startup Program drop by and David asks VanillaForums founders Mark O’Sullivan and Todd Burry about balancing [...]

This Week in TechStars #3 – “TechStars on Bloomberg TV” With Executive Producers Elizabeth Gould and David Tisch

admin — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 20:12:25 +0000

This week, David welcomes a few new faces as he discusses the amazing new project “TechStars” on Bloomberg TV. In the studio (via Skype) this week is Elizabeth Gould, Executive Producer for the show, and David Tisch, managing director of TechStars NYC. Many thanks to the sponsor of our show, SendGrid. For the best [...]

This Week in TechStars #2 – Demo Day: Boulder 2011 with Founders of GoSpotCheck, SocialEngine & TruantToday

admin — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 22:51:56 +0000

In the second episode of This Week in TechStars, David Cohen welcomes several companies from Demo Day in Boulder, CO 2011. Coming to the show to chat are Matt Talbot and Samantha Holloway of GoSpotCheck.com, Char Genevier and Alex Benzer of SocialEngine.com, Zak Kukoff of TruantToday.com, and TechStars managing director Nicole Glaros. Many thanks to [...]

This Week in TechStars #1 with Brad Feld of Foundry Group, Jeff Clavier of SofTech VC & Ari Newman of Filtrbox

admin — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 20:31:48 +0000

In our very first episode of This Week in TechStars, host David Cohen welcomes a full dais of guests from Brad Feld of Foundry Group to Jeff Clavier of SofTech VC and finally Ari Newman, founder of Filtrbox.