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When I was last on the grid, I was returning to NY from Boston on the Acela Express after the first TechStars Boston Investor Day.  It was a tremendous experience and a great first year for…

In April, Paul Graham wrote an inspired post titled The Founder Visa.  In it he proposed the idea of creating a US Visa for founders of startup companies – 10,000 / year for founders of…

A month or so ago I got a voicemail from William Barrett at Forbes.  His message was something like “call me back – I want to talk to you about your bathroom.”  Now, I never view a phone call from…

While I’m delighted that my iPhone syncs with my Exchange Server, I’ve been struggling to figure out why Microsoft licensed ActiveSync to Apple (and Google).  For a long time, I used a Windows…

My friends at Rally Software continue to grow like crazy.  As the Agile software development methodologies goes mainstream, Rally continues to lead the market in providing Agile application…

Some folks from the Boulder startup community came together last August to see who could eat the most sushi. I participated in the Sushi Regurge, but (as I promised Amy) stopped once I was full….

I had a great flight home from LA on Southwest Airlines on Friday.  My boycott on United has been going pretty well, but Amy and I are flying on it tomorrow to New York as it seems to be the only…

There is a great article by Timothy Lee, an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, out today titled The Case against Literary (and Software) Patents.  Lee, an adjunct scholar at the Cato…

The Cash for Clunkers program worked – at least according to our government. 

“The CARS program ended sales on the Monday night with nearly 700,000 clunkers taken off the roads, replaced by…

Venrock – one of the oldest venture capital firms (40 years old and going strong) has released a magnificent book titled Shaping the Future: 40 Years of Innovation.  While self promotional,…