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"In the last episode of TechStars, we watched what it's like to prepare for the pressure cooker of a five minute demo day pitch to hundreds of prospective investors.\nIn this episode, we'll see a pair of startups learn that nothing happens in a bubble and everything you do can affect your team's chances for success.\n\nWatch the Full Season of TechStars on Mashable\u00A0\nWhen you're head-down on a project, it can be easy to forget about the rest of the world. But outside factors can still creep into your startup bubble.  While one team struggles through the financial issues of its founder, another loses an investor due to certain business choices.  What do these two stories have in common?  They show that a startup is a fragile beast, and decisions made inside and outside the team can leave a mark.\nCheck out the latest episode above, and be sure to leave your thoughts on the topic in the comments below.\nMore Recent Episodes of TechStars:\n\nStartup Stakes: Everything's Riding on the Pitch\nIt Takes a Great Name to Launch a Successful Startup\nStartup Life: Risking It All to Change Direction\n\nGetting into a top startup accelerator program can make the difference between a company making it big and being lost in the ether. Mashable is going behind the scenes of that experience by bringing the show TechStars to our community.\nWe've made the entire series available on-demand, and chopped it up into short segments that are ideal for Internet viewing. Over the course of the next couple of months, we'll also be sharing each episode as part of a Mashable post, giving our community a chance to discuss the themes of each show in our comments section. You can read more about TechStars on Mashable here.\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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