Denise + Jim Franklin on building a startup ecosystem with #GiveFirst.

By techstars - 2020-12-22

Description

Angel investors and startup supporters Denise and Jim Franklin on how to build a thriving startup ecosystem and the value of Give First in daily practice.

Summary

  • Denise and Jim Franklin on how a scrappy startup grows into a thriving ecosystem December 18th, 2020 Angel investors and startup supporters Denise and Jim Franklin speak with David Cohen about how a scrappy startup can build into a thriving ecosystem through the magic of Give First.
  • Denise Franklin, angel investor and startup veteran, and husband Jim Franklin, former CEO of SendGrid and University of Colorado Boulder MBA Instructor for VC, unpack the mystery of the Give First ethos, from benefiting from the kindness of others early on in their careers, to using their good fortune to help fellow entrepreneurs.
  • They were instrumental in the very first Techstars Startup Week Denver, and give practical advice on how to build a thriving startup ecosystem.
  • “ If you’re a Series B or later founder or executive, you can pay it forward in a very important way, especially if you’ve been acquired by a large company," says Jim Franklin.

 

Topics

  1. Management (0.11)
  2. Machine_Learning (0.01)

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