Allen Stern has a >great interview up with Jon Fox, the co-founder of Intense Debate. Jon and Intense Debate were part of the first year's crop of companies from TechStars and are going great guns right now. They create the comment replacement system that I use on my blog - if you are a blogger and haven't tried it yet, wander on over to Intense Debate and take a look.
Jon covers a lot of ground in his interview, but I especially like his answer to Allen's last question: "What tips do you have for aspiring entrepreneurs?"
Jon: I would say two things. First, find yourself a mentor, or at least a friend in the business that can help to get you hooked in. If you don't know anybody yet, reach out to a handful. My experience is that these people are generally more than willing to help, and happy to bring someone new into the mix.
Second, don't be afraid to just dive in. I realize not everyone can do this, but it's really hard to go half way into the startup lifestyle. Recruiting a team, raising money, building a product, etc all require lots of time and effort and you really can't do it only on the weekend. It's a bit scary at first, but once you get in it's tough to believe you've lived any other way.
As the second year's group of TechStars' companies gear up for investor day in a few weeks, it's fun to ponder how far some of last year's companies have come.
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Brad Feld
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Brad Feld is currently a Managing Director
at Mobius Venture Capital and has been
with the firm since 1996. Prior to Mobius,
Brad founded Feld Technologies, which was
sold to AmeriData Technologies in 1993,
where he became Chief Technology Officer.
Brad currently serves on the boards of a
number of private companies, including
Atreus, Comergent, ePartners, FeedBurner,
Gold Systems, Judy's Book, Klocwork,
NewsGator, Quova, Rally Software, and
StillSecure. In addition, he is on the
board of The National Center for Women &
Information Technology, The Community
Foundation Serving Boulder County, and The
Colorado Conservation Trust. Brad has
previously been a member of the board of
directors of the Young Entrepreneurs
Organization and founded the Boston and
Colorado chapters. He holds Bachelor of
Science and Master of Science degrees in
Management Science from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.
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