Every founder bootstraps at the start. The only real question is how long. Among startup founders, a dangerous myth persists: that the first step in building a company is raising capital. Pitch decks ...

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Comparison is stealing your joy: the founder two years ahead of you is running a different race, at a different speed, toward a different finish line, so borrowing their scoreboard to grade your own ...

Techstars Founder & CEO David Cohen reflects on how AI is reshaping the earliest days of building a startup. Someone asked me last week what the incoming Techstars class is going to look like. I told ...

Techstars' Fall 2026 accelerator class kicks off Sept. 8, welcoming a new group of founders into our global network. We are excited to introduce the startups selected for our Fall 2026 accelerator ...

Two centers competing for the same 40-minute radius will split a small ecosystem into two smaller, weaker ones. In my veins, I bleed geographer. Not sure that will ever go away. So, when I meet a new ...

Techstars alumni gathered virtually to celebrate the founders who joined the Gold Shirt club this year, trading stories about their journeys from first pitch to exit. Techstars has a simple rule about ...

Greg Rogers is an experienced entrepreneur, senior advisor, and angel investor with a career dedicated to scaling early-stage technology companies. Currently serving as a Senior Advisor at Techstars, ...

Our instructions for how to be a great mentor. 2-min read Techstars Cofounder and Managing Partner David Cohen, with the help of Jon Bradford and Brad Feld, wrote Techstars Mentor Manifesto in order ...

Techstars Healthcare is proud to announce the 12 startups selected for the Class of 2024. These teams are tackling some of the most pressing issues in healthcare using innovative solutions across ...

Discover the innovative startups selected for Techstars' Fall 2025 accelerator programs. Techstars is thrilled to announce the startups selected for our Fall 2025 accelerator programs, which kick off ...

At Techstars, we find and fund the world's most ambitious founders. See what we were up to in August. Techstars is No. 1 on TIME and Statista's America's Best Incubators & Accelerators of 2026, and ...