The Man Who Brought TechStars To NYC – with David Tisch

David Tisch, TechStars, B2B

TechStars is now accepting applications for its upcoming program.

The TechStars accelerator program is big with my audience because it helps launch dozens of smart startups every year.

I did this interview to learn about David Tisch, the man who brought TechStars to New York and is the local Managing Director of the program. In this interview you’ll hear about his entrepreneurial background (including a good example of why entrepreneurs shouldn’t allow themselves to be trapped inside big companies) and how he makes his investment decisions.

David Tisch

TechStars

David Tisch is the Managing Director of TechStars, the mentorship-driven, seed stage investment program. (TechStars is accepting applications now.)

 

Andrew: Hey everyone. It’s Andrew Warner. I am the founder of Mixergy.com,

home of the ambitious upstart, and I’ve been hearing a lot of compliments from my friends about the TechStars New York program which is led by David Tisch. Thing is I don’t know very much about David, and I couldn’t find much about him on the web. And when I admitted my ignorance online I got an intro to David by TechStars co-founder, which led to today’s interview. TechStars of course is the incubator and accelerator program that start-ups are fighting to get into because of its mentor-ship program and David, your leading the New York program, welcome to Mixergy.

David: Thanks Andrew, thanks for having me, I really appreciated it.

Andrew: So, here’s what I do know, apart from being at TechStars, you through a company called Box Group have made a bunch of investments in start-ups, right?

David: Yep.

Andrew: How many investments?

David:...

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Published: Mar 9, 2011