Changing the World through Entrepreneurship

Sandy Grason drops in on a packed house at BDNT- Boulder Denver New Tech Meet UP on a night when The Unreasonable Institute takes over. The Unreasonable Institute's mission is to get entrepreneurs what they need to scale impact. They work with entrepreneurs that are solving social and environmental problems around the world. They run a mentorship and training program for 6 months.

Sandy got a chance to talk with Debbie Ally of BDNT about what tonight's presentations were all about along with a couple of The Unreasonable Institute's entrepreneurs:

• Cameron Goldi-Scot of Musoni-  they use mobile phone technology to give people financial services that don't normally qualify for traditional banking services.
• Erine Gray from Aunt Bertha.com which is like travelocity for social services.

Along with Teju Ravilochan from The Unreasonable Institute who breaks it all down and explains how you can get involved with some of these companies that are seriously, Changing The World.

Check it out:

If you want to learn more visit www.UnreasonableInstitute.org or write to wisdom (at) unreasonableinstitute.org

How to Get Into Tech Stars

David Cohen tells Starto TV about this year's group of Tech Stars Founders and how to improve your chances of getting accepted into the accelerator that's harder to get  into than Harvard.

Top Tips from David for getting into Tech Stars:

Do Stuff

It's about lines not dots

It's a relationship not an application

How Do You Start the Next Great American Company?

Starto Shorts: Great Companies are created by great entrepreneurs, this week we talk to Brad Feld & David Cohen about how you create a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem in your community. Brad Feld dropped by the garage to give us a sneak peek at his new book StartUp Communities: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your Community, he explained one of his key ideas called The Boulder Thesis.  Brad suggests that taking a long range, 20 year view and staying invested in your community will get you some pretty amazing results.

We also took a trip behind the scenes at Tech Stars, met some of this year's founders and sat down with David Cohen to learn more about what the last six years of working with new start ups has taught him.