December 14, 2006
Gone Fishing
I’m going on a blogging vacation for the rest of the year. While I’ll be online, I’m going to turn off all the blogging stuff (read and write) until January ...
December 11, 2006
Crazy Dad Stories
Entrepreneurship requires serious determination. So does life. My friend Andy’s story of his dad’s fractured back reminded me of my favorite story about my dad’s dad.
My grandpa Jack was ...
December 10, 2006
Questions for a Virtual Board of Directors
David Cohen – who writes the ColoradoStartups blog among other things – came up with a fun idea for a podcast series last week. He’s going to do a “Virtual ...
Looking For Java Studs
A few of my portfolio companies are looking for superstar Java developers. If you think you fit the bill, send me an email with your resume and I’ll forward it ...
Mashup of the Day – The Nietzsche Family Circus
As a kid, one of the comic strips I read every day was Family Circus. It was almost always simple, yet brilliant. Thanks to my friend Bruce, I now have ...
December 9, 2006
M&A Due Diligence Posts
Are you thinking about selling your company? David Shanberg – who I worked with when I was an investor in PeoplePC and he ran corporate development – has a nice series ...
Stan Feld – Environmental Activist
My dad has gotten involved in a Dirty Coal plant issue in Texas. The environmental issues are directly linked to the health care issues and – as usual – he’s ...
December 6, 2006
Where In The World Is Your WebEx Conference?
Ok – this is superbly cool (at least I think so.) WebEx just put up an “activity map” showing the real-time location of all the active WebEx conferences. This uses the ...
Holiday Online Store Guide
Several of the bright bulbs at Judy’s Book put together a Holiday Store Guide for online shopping. They’ve got detailed shipping info by store (do you do your shopping on ...
Why Economics Is Difficult
My partner Greg Galanos forwarded me a great article from the Philadelphia Inquirer titled “The Economy Revealed: Why understanding economics is hard” that builds on the more difficult to digest ...
My Zero-ith Company
In 1983, when I was a senior in high school, I started my first company. There were six founders – they are the gang below:
John Gruberman, Drew Debelak, Jeff Funkhouser, ...
December 4, 2006
Recruiting a New Director
In the life of most companies with an active board of directors, it occasionally becomes necessary to recruit a new director. In the case of VC backed companies, a new ...
Why I’m Installing Vista on All My Computers
I ran an interesting experiment the past 30 days. I simultaneously used three different desktop configurations – my traditional Windows XP three monitor setup (at home and work), Mac OS ...
How To Take Care of Your Introvert
I wrote a post this summer titled CEOs That Are Introverts. While I’m very comfortable in group settings and have no problem in front of a crowd, I’d much prefer ...
24 Day 6 Is Coming
For all you 24 junkies out there, we are within 45 days of the beginning of Day 6. Prequel’s are starting to show up. Make your reservations now for a ...