Home Details Mentors Sessions FAQs News & Events Blog About Contact Apply! Boulder is a fantastic place to do a startup, and TechStars embodies the spirit for entrepreneurship we have in our community. Mark Sawyer Entrepreneur in Residence, Borealis Ventures and former CEO of @Last Software (acquired by Google) 01/25/07 TechCrunch, Michael Arrington TechStars: Summer Camp (and cash) For Entrepreneurs Printer Friendly Version TechStars is solidly backed, with investments from David Cohen, Brad Feld, Jared Polis (founder of Blue Mountain and ProFlowers) and David Brown. There's a long list of mentors as well who've promised to help guide startups over the summer. We are seeing a dramatic shift as (some) investors are lurching away from providing big capital to over funded web startups to these structured, mentor-driven angel investments. YCombinator and TechStars fill a definite niche, as does Charles River Ventures recent foray into small (and quick) investments as well. I'm definitely going to take at least one trip to TechStars this summer and do some interviews and meet this new crop of startups. TechStars will repeat the program each summer. Read more on TechCrunch... See Story (will open in a new window) back to top