Most people have a business idea but never take the first step, and with community support, free resources, and AI now within reach, there's no better time to stop waiting for someday and start.
Entrepreneurial ecosystems grow like forests, so funders who want real results should back the whole community with patient capital and track new connections and activity, rather than expecting a quick three-to-one return.
Top startup founders and investors recommend focusing on product defensibility, crystal-clear messaging, and solving genuine customer problems over chasing buzzwords or quick fixes.
A startup community isn't built. It's grown. It's closer to a coral reef than a bridge: reefs form from thousands of small, local relationships over years, none of them centrally planned. You can't decree a reef into existence by writing a bigger check for coral.
At the 2026 Colorado Startup Week, Techstars Founder & CEO David Cohen sat down with PBS12's Business of Colorado to talk about Boulder's comeback, the Give First philosophy, and what AI means for the next generation of founders.
Comparison is stealing your joy: the founder two years ahead of you is running a different race, at a different speed, toward a different finish line, so borrowing their scoreboard to grade your own game only makes you feel small.
Techstars Founder & CEO David Cohen reflects on how AI is reshaping the earliest days of building a startup.
Two centers competing for the same 40-minute radius will split a small ecosystem into two smaller, weaker ones.
The best community builders I know aren't the ones with the loudest newsletter. They're the ones who ask a lot of questions and actually change course based on the answers.
Great ecosystems are made up of many leaders who are both driven by their vision and collaborative in applying their vision.
Here's what the research says about the real value of an accelerator, and why picking the right partner makes all the difference.
Building a company is often treated as a solo sport, but Chris Heivly and Katie Smith make the case that your startup community might be the biggest shortcut you're not using.
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