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Nice Move By Funding Universe

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:38:39 -0600

A few weeks ago I wrote a post titled An Angel Investor Group Move That Makes Me Vomit. In the post, I lambasted the practice of charging entrepreneurs to pitch to an angel group for funding. …

Be Your Own Lobbyist – Donate to the Startup Visa Initiative

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:38:38 -0600

Be Your Own Lobbyist – Donate to the Startup Visa Initiative:

The Startup Visa movement is picking up a lot of speed. I’ve had more positive conversations about it than I have about any other government related thing I’ve been involved in or worked on in…

Events Next Week That I’m At

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:14:22 -0600

Events Next Week That I’m At:

As I continue to walk the earth, like Caine in Kung-Fu, I’m enjoying another early morning in Mountain View. I look forward to getting back home to Boulder late tonight, just in time to have…

DailyBurn and Occipital Team Up to Create FoodScanner

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:14:21 -0600

DailyBurn and Occipital Team Up to Create FoodScanner:

In an intense environment like TechStars, filled with smart and extremely driven people, you might expect that things would get competitive among the teams. However, one of the most interesting…

Eliminate Ranges From Your Negotiating Vocabulary

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:33:00 -0600

Eliminate Ranges From Your Negotiating Vocabulary:

I was fortunate that two of my early mentors were master dealmakers. They had different styles and approaches so I learned an incredible amount from each of them. Before I met them I’d never made…

TechStars 2009 Demo Day in Mountain View – 9/30/09

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:36:23 -0600

TechStars 2009 Demo Day in Mountain View – 9/30/09:

We’ve just wrapped up our third year of doing TechStars and not only do we have some interesting companies coming out of Boulder, we also have a bunch coming out of our new Boston program as…

@2gov and The Founders Visa Movement

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 02:08:26 -0600

@2gov and The Founders Visa Movement:

I received an overwhelming response to my post last week titled The Founders Visa Movement. There were tons of comments – both positive and negative (many constructive on both sides), lots of…

Why I Read Science Fiction

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:05:10 -0600

Why I Read Science Fiction:

Yesterday morning I spent the day at my semi-annual MIT Sloan Executive Advisory Board meeting. During breaks, I got into two separate conversations about a book I read last week called …

Huffington Post Shows Up In Boulder/Denver With Substance

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:36:37 -0600

Huffington Post Shows Up In Boulder/Denver With Substance:

The Huffington Post launched their Denver channel today (but I’m going to call it the Boulder/Denver channel because it’s really both.) And they launched with a bunch of great, substantive…

Gist Is Now Available to All

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:36:35 -0600

Gist Is Now Available to All:

For those of you that are regular readers, you know how excited I am about Gist, an investment we made earlier this year. On Tuesday Gist launched their open beta program making Gist available to…

MassTLC Innovation 2009 Unconference – 10/1/09

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 06:37:45 -0600

MassTLC Innovation 2009 Unconference – 10/1/09:

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…

The Founders Visa Movement

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:39:57 -0600

The Founders Visa Movement:

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…

My Bathroom Gets Papered In Forbes

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:39:57 -0600

My Bathroom Gets Papered In Forbes:

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…

Why Did Microsoft License Exchange ActiveSync to Apple?

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:05:22 -0600

Why Did Microsoft License Exchange ActiveSync to Apple?:

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…

Rally Agile Success Tour Continues

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:53:52 -0600

Rally Agile Success Tour Continues:

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…

PeeTweet

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:53:51 -0600

PeeTweet:

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…

Boulder Helps Create SnapImpact

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:53:51 -0600

Boulder Helps Create SnapImpact:

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….

The Drumbeats Against Software Patents Are Getting Louder

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:18:22 -0600

The Drumbeats Against Software Patents Are Getting Louder:

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…

Cash For Bad Conference Wi-Fi

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:27:20 -0600

Cash For Bad Conference Wi-Fi:

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…

Your Morning Dose of Inspiration

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:27:20 -0600

Your Morning Dose of Inspiration:

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,…