Startup Incubator TV

by Nathaniel Whittemore · 2009-06-10 19:53:00 UTC
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Every time I watch a TED Talk or discover new information on Wikipedia, I'm once again reminded of the power of the internet for sharing information and democratizing education. Today I discovered that the Boulder (and now Boston) based TechStars incubator has started their very own behind the scenes reality show.

TechStars has really great mojo. It's a summer education and mentorship program for (generally) software/web tech startups through which 70% of the participating companies have either received funding or left the program profitable already. Similar to Y-Combinator, they provide $6,000 per founder for 6% equity, but the real value is in their unique mentorship program, and the access to institutional investors they provide.

Maybe their most impressive accomplishment though is that everytime someone talks about the program - from the founder and executive director David Cohen to their participants - there's a big smile on their face. Today, co-founder (not to mention one of my favorite venture bloggers) Brad Feld posted about their new, once a week five-minute segment about the program.

The videos (two of which have been released so far) are an incredibly cool behind the scenes look at the program. What's more, they led me to TechStars.tv where the group has just tons of awesome videos and content from their educational section. The absurd amount of information could keep any entrepreneur busy for weeks and that gives the program and the community around it even bigger ups in my book.

I'm going to be watching the TechStars show weekly, particularly since the very first company they feature in the very first video is the super-cool Northwestern University-started The Next Big Sound, which makes it easy for anyone to become a mogul and discover new musical talent.

For all the aspiring entrepreneurs out there, get over to TechStars.tv and soak up the knowledge.

Nathaniel Whittemore is the founder of Assetmap. Previously he was the founding director of the Northwestern University Center for Global Engagement.
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