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This is Water

On April 24, 2022 By Nicole GlarosIn MusingsLeave a comment

I've been doing a lot of thinking recently around the impact of attention, awareness, and responsibility in our lives, specifically how it impacts entrepreneurs and the performance of early-stage startups. I've always believed that what you focus on expands, and some of this has been shown in both quantum physics and in sport psychology. In …

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Grateful Dead on repeat and marriage

On November 10, 2019November 10, 2019 By Nicole GlarosIn Musings2 Comments

How listening to Grateful Dead on repeat helps me to understand that life isn't about sacrifices, it's about goals to happiness and fulfillment.

Managing your chaos

On October 27, 2019October 27, 2019 By Nicole GlarosIn Most Popular3 Comments

Most of my days are full of meetings, in 30 minute increments, sometimes in 15 minute increments, and occasionally a rare 60 min meeting.  At one point in my career, I could have 30 meetings in a day (not lying, 15 min back to back meetings with maybe 2 breaks all day) for days, and …

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My secret rock

On October 13, 2019October 13, 2019 By Nicole GlarosIn Musings3 Comments

Relaxing on my secret rock I have a secret rock. It's 3/4 through my weekly hike, and I always stop there to relax for a few before returning to my car.  It's obfuscated by the tall golden grass of the hillside meadow in which it sits, with views south and east in Boulder. It's a …

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Crown complications and musings on details

On November 16, 2018 By Nicole GlarosIn MusingsLeave a comment

It’s 7:40am ET, or 5:40am MT, my home time zone. I’ve been up for 2+ hours to catch this flight from Montreal back to Denver. It’s too early to have been awake for 2 hours, my jaw hurts, and I’m navigating eating an unripened cherry tomato.   The vegetable plate was the only item at …

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Congrats to Simple Energy

On March 19, 2018 By Nicole GlarosIn On EntrepreneursLeave a comment

I've known the founders of Simple Energy, Yoav Lurie & Justin Segall since 2011, when they accepted my offer to go through the Techstars program in Boulder.  Back then, they were driven, focused, intelligent, and passionate about changing the face of the energy industry.  I was hooked.  Over the years, I stayed in touch with …

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The best meeting request

On March 9, 2018 By Nicole GlarosIn FunLeave a comment

On Monday, I walked into my office to find it filled, and I do mean filled to head height, with balloons.  Check out the video of us frolicking in my balloon office. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5EPWW8OC9E Wait, what? Who would do such a thing? Let me answer that by telling you a story that dates back probably 5ish …

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Finding your next thing…

On February 22, 2018 By Nicole GlarosIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

I work closely with Monday - a company that went through the Techstars Boulder class a couple of programs ago.  Monday helps match companies with talent, and they're doing this a couple of different ways. One way is... well.... it's still confidential (dammit!) but I promise it's interesting and you'll just have to watch Monday to …

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The Startup Playbook

On February 19, 2018 By Nicole GlarosIn On EntrepreneursLeave a comment

At Techstars, through our accelerator programs, we work with close to 400 companies a year across 5 continents.  Through Startup Weekend and Startup Week, - the numbers are in the thousands of companies.  But yet we can't help them all. However when two of our mentors told me they were writing a book on the …

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Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

On February 5, 2018 By Nicole GlarosIn MusingsLeave a comment

I am surrounded by change, in fact my very career in tech entrepreneurship bets on change.  But sometimes we don’t fully understand the impact of our actions and our innovations.  And in tech, we have been accused (rightfully so) of not understanding how the rest of the world lives.  The tech bubble isn’t just economic, …

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Nicole Glaros

I grow startups through access to funding and helping entrepreneurs become their best selves. I work at Techstars, I’m a mom, I live in CO, I love all things outside, and I do all my own stunts.

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