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Small Business Rules: The TechStars Rule

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January 5, 2010

“Do more faster.” David Cohen founded TechStars, a seed funding start-up, based on his own experience building and selling his own company, Pinpoint Technologies. In exchange for a common equity stake, TechStars offers up to $18,000 per start-up and arranges meetings with angel investors. Alums include successful start-ups like Brightkite and Socialthing. In an episode of Small Business RulesTM, David Cohen advises entrepreneurs to pick one thing and be the best in the world at it to succeed.

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  • Megan Leigh Sweeney 2 years 1 months and 4 days ago

    Megan Leigh Sweeney

    Wow! Cool to see soooo much of my footage used from "The Founders"!

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