June 30, 2006
The Conference For Short Nerds
I generally hate conferences and do my best to avoid them. However I find myself thoroughly enjoying Gnomedex 6 (which Amy refers to as the “conference for short nerds” (Chris ...
The Denver Art Museum Expansion
Amy and I have been strong supporters of the expansion to the Denver Art Museum (the Hamilton Building.) I think Daniel Libeskind has designed an awesome building, Lewis Sharp (the director ...
Sales Forecasting Accuracy
If you are a CEO or a VP of Sales, you should read Will Herman’s great post titled “Just Say No To Weighted Average Sales Forecasting.” Will’s a very accomplished ...
June 29, 2006
Halfway to Homer
It was a magnificent (and very full day) in Seattle today. Amy and I have left Boulder behind until mid-August. We’re enjoying a spell of perfect weather in Seattle while ...
What Are Venture Capital Best Practices
Paul Kedrosky has a great article up on PE Week Wire about Venture Capital Best Practices. His conclusion – “There are no best practices in venture capital. You’ve either got it, ...
NewsGator’s Roadmap – Shrink-Wrap, Appliance, or SaaS?
Greg Reinacker – NewsGator’s founder and CTO – has a two part roadmap post up. His first post summarizes what NewsGator has been up to over the past 18 months. His ...
June 27, 2006
Headphones for Running
I’m looking for recommendations for headphones for running. I’ve been using some from Sony for a while – they are ok, but I’m having some trouble with how the right ...
Martingale Software – My First Company
A few days ago I wrote that there wasn’t enough talk about failure. I had an awesome run tonight in the mountains behind my house and pondered – among other ...
Death and Life
I’m two degrees of separation away from two people that died tragically yesterday. I’ve been thinking about it on and off all day. Both were friends of very close friends ...
Opera – And I Don’t Mean The Browser
Our good friend Mollie Fager (the executive director of The Dairy Center for the Arts) has a great rant up on the New West Network blog on “why opera rules” ...
Gas or Pie
Ryan McIntyre pointed me at a car that gets 3.14k miles per gallon. Now, if it only ran on pi.
June 26, 2006
Adam Green and Adam Bosworth on Failure
I received a lot of interesting and positive feedback on my post on talking about failure. There’s no question that enlightened entrepreneurs get the value of failure and generally enlightened ...
PDF Your Board Package
Thankfully I no longer get fedexed binders of board packages from my portfolio companies in advance of a board meeting. Through the modern miracle of email, the board packages show ...
FeedBurner Hackathon III
Periodically FeedBurner gets all their engineers in a room, turns over tech support to the business team for the day, and cranks out a bunch of features. Hackathon III occurred ...
June 25, 2006
Retiring? Boulder’s Apparently The Place If You Love The Outdoors
Boulder was highlighted in the June 26, 2006 Fortune Magazine as the best place for outdoor addicts to retire. My friend Kimbal Musk’s superb restaurant – The Kitchen – was ...