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Website title: Hi, I'm David G. Cohen - Thoughts from a geeky ex-hacker turned investor and founder of Techstars.

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Someone asked me recently how many engineers a startup will need in two years. When I said “maybe a tenth of what you’d guess,” they laughed. I wasn’t joking.

Here’s what I believe is happening. In the near future, most of the features in most software systems won’t be written by software engineers. They’ll be contributed by domain experts, in the form of high-f...


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When Amir Hegazi and I first started talking about writing a book together, we kept coming back to one central puzzle. Over the last two decades at Techstars, I’ve had the privilege of working with more than 5,000 startup teams. Across thousands of pitch decks, late-night mentoring sessions, and board meetings, you start to spot patterns.

Most of these startups had ...


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Have you heard the news? We’re planning to bring the Techstars accelerator back to Boulder in 2025!

Huge thanks to Nicole Glaros and Natty Zola for making it happen! We are excited to be partnering with the Colorado startup community ...


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Last week, I announced that I have returned the the CEO seat at Techstars. It’s a unique situation, because I’ve led or co-led Techstars for 13 of the 17 years it has existed and have been Chairman for the last several years. Since the announcem...


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Recently, this post about our evolution came out from Techstars. Of course, as Chairman, I know of, and strongly support, the strategic changes that are happening at Techstars. We are strengthening our ability to invest in more startups and ...


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