February 29, 2008
More Commentary on Venture Capital in the Rockies
Dave Drach from Microsoft’s Emerging Business Team has a nice post up titled Wow, Venture Capital in the Rockies, it gets better every year. I agree – I think year ...
Berkshire Hathaway 2007 Annual Report
I know there are plenty of readers out there that are Warren Buffett fans based on the requests for the "Annual Letters of Buffett Partnership, Limited, 1957 – 1970."
The ...
The Strange and Amusing Hobbies of Boston Area VC’s
Xconomy has a post up titled Who Knew? Xconomy Uncovers the Strange-But-True Details of Boston’s Innovation Leaders. My bathroom at CU Boulder enabled me to make the list, even though ...
Why Am I Passing?
Every day I tell at least one entrepreneur that I am passing on investment in their company. Some times I tell 10. I don’t know what the most in one ...
February 28, 2008
Sarah Silverman, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and Their Friends
I can’t decide what the most disturbing part of this is. Robin Williams singing man-crush is reasonably close to the top. Hollywood sure knows how to get its game on ...
Fantastic Notes from an Interview with Warren Buffett
If you are a long time reader of this blog, you know I’m a huge Warren Buffett fan. So are many of you – when I offered to send out ...
February 27, 2008
Venture Capital In the Rockies Liveblogging
The annual Venture Capital in the Rockies conference has been going on all day. I’m taking a short 30 minute break to recharge my "extrovert battery" which is basically used ...
30 Seconds Stands Between You and Mobile RSS Happiness
Go to http://mbeta.newsgator.com/d on your cell phone via the browser.
Download the appropriate client for your phone (if it’s missing or doesn’t autodetect, please leave a comment here and my friends ...
Auditors Make Me Insane
Terry Gold has a nice long rant up on his blog titled The Auditors are here! Now, some of my best friends are auditors, but the state, dynamics, and incentives ...
What TechStars Is Like
Interviews with some of last years TechStars founders are up. It’s a short video but gives you a great feel for the experience.
We are hosting "TechStars for a day" in ...
February 26, 2008
The U.S. Doesn’t Have a Monopoly on Stupid IP Court Decisions
For those of you who read my blog, you know that I hate software patents. My partner, Jason Mendelson, began fighting me on this back in 2000 when we began ...
Foundry Group Raises $225 Million Early Stage VC Fund
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TECH Cocktail in Boulder on March 6
Eric Olson – who I got to know through FeedBurner – is bringing his TECH Cocktail event to Boulder on March 6th. If you are part of the Boulder tech ...
February 25, 2008
Can Anyone Be A Major League Pitcher?
Alan Shimel has a fantastic post up titled Do they have to grow up? As I read it, I thought of some of the great lessons my dad taught me ...
Get a Lijit Job
My friends at Lijit are looking for a Database Architect/Administrator, Java Developer, Web Developer, and a UI Web Developer. If you are interested, send a resume to jobs at lijit ...