David G. Cohen

David Cohen wrote a check as part of the angel round for Uber [1]. The "$80 Billion in value created" seems to include companies which may not have directly been part of the Techstars Accelerator program like Uber [2]. I am not sure if all the others were part of Techstars.

"Join our network of amazing mentors and portfolio companies such as Sphero, Digital Ocean, Localytics, SendGrid, Occipital, Next Big Sound, ClassPass, Simply Measured, FullContact, Realty Mogul, GrabCAD, Placester, Scopely, DataRobot, Remitly, LeanPlum, Synack, Tap Influence, Bluecore, Outreach, Cloudability, Distil Networks, Pilot, Yesware, Bellhops, Twilio, Spothero, Bench, Uber, GoSpotCheck, Ginger.io, Threat Stack, Timehop, PillPack, Plated and GameTime."

Having said that, I love the transparency that Techstars provides on each batch of investments and status (acquired / failed / active) etc. I wish every investor provided this level of transparency on failure rates.

[1] http://davidgcohen.com/2014/07/14/the-ponys-lucky-horseshoe/

[2] http://www.techstars.com/companies/

Here are some links I've collected over time:

http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/12/9-important-things-sell-startup/

http://jacquesmattheij.com/How+To+Sell+Your+Company

http://maplebutter.com/getting-your-startup-ready-for-an-acquisition/

http://www.davidgcohen.com/2010/06/18/you-have-acquisition-interest-now-what/

http://www.slideshare.net/VentureArchetypes/startup-exit-strategy-thought-piece-v76

http://blog.asmartbear.com/how-value-company-1.html

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2154106

http://startups.ryanjunee.com/acquisitions-pulling-back-the-covers

http://horizonpartners.com/article/things-fall-apart-part-i

http://horizonpartners.com/article/timing-ma-part-i-it%E2%80%99s-complicated

http://walkercorporatelaw.com/ma-issues/5-biggest-mistakes-entrepreneurs-make-in-selling-their-company/

http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2011/02/ma-issues-breakup-fees.html

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2253869

Most of the time even a handshake can be too much.

Reminds me a post from David Cohen [1] who pointed to Brad Feld on the same topic [2].

Time to wake up that bro courage and start fist-bumping people ;)

With hugging there's always also the dilemma of whether to pat a few times or just a strong hug, so the CPU cycles just drive me mad.

[1] http://www.davidgcohen.com/2012/11/20/not-shaking-hands/

[2] http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/01/im-done-with-handshakes.html