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David Cohen

Co-Founder and CEO, Techstars

David Cohen is the Founder and CEO of Techstars, a pre-seed investor that provides access to capital, programming and connections to early-stage entrepreneurs. Since founding Techstars in 2006, the company has invested in more than 4,000 startups, including notable investments in over 20 unicorns such as Alloy, Chainalysis, Classpass, DataRobot, Digital Ocean, Outreach, Pillpack, Remitly, SalesLoft, SendGrid and Zipline. David is a life-long entrepreneur. Prior to Techstars, he was the Founder and CEO of ear Feeder which was later sold to SonicSwap. Before that, he was a co-founder of Pinpoint Technologies which was acquired by Zoll Medical Corporation (NASDAQ: ZOLL). David is active with several non-profit organizations, including his work as a founding Board Member of Endeavor Colorado and as a co-founder and Advisory Board Member of the Techstars Foundation. He is also an Advisory Board Member of the Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology and Entrepreneurship at the University of Colorado. David is the co-author of Do More Faster; Techstars Lessons to Accelerate Your Startup. He lives in Boulder and is married with three children. Outside of work he enjoys reading non-fiction books and playing tennis.

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From Start-Ups to Scale-Ups: Nurturing Small Business Innovation

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The Road to the American Dream: Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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