Quotes from David Cohen

I've just always been interested in moving past the keyboard and mouse.

We think of the Techstars product as not really the accelerator but the network. That's what entrepreneurs should be valuing here. I think it's the most undervalued thing that many entrepreneurs don't get.

If you're in a squeeze for capital and you have a solid, mutually beneficial relationship with a VC, your chances of raising will increase dramatically.

There are not enough female VCs in an industry so traditionally dominated by males. There are not enough female mentors who are actively engaged with female founders. We need women VCs and entrepreneurs to stand up, get loud, and help guide their peers.

I'm often asked what it takes to be 'Series A ready' in terms of metrics, progress, and traction. Unfortunately, there's no easy answer.

At TechStars, I have the privilege of working with hundreds of the best and brightest start-up mentors on the planet. We coach our mentors to take a Socratic approach and to provide data rather than decisions.

Every year, it seems to be there are more people right out of college who are willing to jump into a start-up.

San Francisco is a great startup community that you shouldn't even try to model yourself after because it's just special.

The two big startup killers are when there's just no market for what you are doing, and team problems.

We believe that startups can be built anywhere.

If I had a do over, I'd indubitably start investing in startups earlier in life!

Quality and a great product matters, in startups, and in accelerators.

My attitude is there are at least hundreds of interesting startups that are going to get going in every year.

The future is going to happen in Toronto or Berlin or Bengaluru and not necessarily in the Valley.

For most people, their home is their most valuable asset. Yet most of us don't take care of it.

Because one of the main jobs of a CEO is to set the vision and strategy for the company, I'm a big believer in making one of the founders the default CEO.

The more you're real with people, and the more you let people help you, the more they get to understand how you operate as an entrepreneur. The stronger that relationship is, then the more likely there's a future together in that relationship.

The best mentors present their opinions simply as data and not as direction.

Clearly, there is a gender imbalance when it comes to venture capital and entrepreneurship.

In Boulder entrepreneurship circles, there is a genuine desire to see others succeed and a general belief that karma matters. There's a sense that together we're building something here, and that we're all a meaningful part of it.

Our goal is simply to make entrepreneurship more accessible to everyone around the world throughout the entrepreneurial journey, from inspiration to IPO.