The Blog of Graham Mann

Making the Most of College

Background

This fall, my two brothers are both applying to college (used interchangeably with university throughout). Both are in different situations, and separated by three years; they’re likely going to have very different experiences. But the…

Techstars Boston Week 11 — Last Workshop

This week was the last “normal” week in Techstars, before the pitch practice madness begins. The final week was full of workshops, with the last workshop on Friday, and the topics varied from selling techniques, to common VC (venture capital) pitch mistakes…

Techstars Boston Week 10 — Acquisition

Customer acquisition is usually the foremost topic on a founder’s mind. This week was full of workshops, focused on various aspects of this topic.

We also heard one of the most powerful Founder Stories of the program.

Techstars Boston Week 9 — Product

After dipping briefly following Mentor Madness (at least in feel), the pace here has started to noticeably increase again. That mostly means founders and teams have less time for distractions, and are putting in even longer hours than usual. New product is being…

Techstars Boston Week 8 — Enterprise

For whatever reason, this week the workshops focused largely on enterprise-oriented companies, and the Founder Stories happened to come from two people involved with an enterprise-focused company.

Techstars Boston Week 7 — Fundraising

While I didn’t get to reflect on Techstars during the last couple weeks as much as I would have liked, given that I was traveling back to Montreal and Nova Scotia on the weekends, last week was yet another week full of learning.