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Resistance is futile
Marc Andreessen recently wrote a long article in the WSJ which he asserted that “Software Is Eating The World.” I enjoyed reading it, but I don’t think it goes far […]
Startup Colorado
We launched Startup Colorado this month as part of the Startup America Partnership. I’m co-chairing this effort with Phil Weiser (Dean of CU Boulder Law School) and Jan Horsfall (CEO […]
How to have a great board meeting
I’ve had a string of great board meetings lately. They all had several similar attributes. There were no powerpoint slides: While each company has a substantive monthly reporting package, this […]
Can you be a deep thinker…
I am completely wiped out. It’s noon on Saturday in Colorado. I just had five days in a row of 18-hour days. I started the week in San Francisco and […]
The mentor motor
When David Cohen and I first talked about TechStars in 2006, the concept of a “mentor” was front and center. Early on, we defined TechStars as a “mentorship-driven seed stage […]
Bookkeeping fun with Dick and Jane
When we were last with Dick and Jane on Finance Fridays, our fearless entrepreneurs were figuring out how to split up their founders equity and account for an investment from […]
Consider competition
I think about competition all the time. Every company we invest in aspires to lead whatever market segment it is in. In many cases, they want to create entirely new […]
Financial (il)literacy
I’m stunned by the lack of financial literacy of so many people in so many contexts. The commentary by politicians, economists, and the media on the European debt crisis and […]
How not to start a relationship
In the last month I’ve had the chance to make about 50 new friends. I’ve suddenly become very popular with investment bankers and have been on the receiving end of […]
Working on—rather than in—your business
I spent the other day in Kansas City at the Kauffman Foundation with about 20 women entrepreneurs who were the E&Y Winning Women from 2008, 2009 and 2010. As part […]
Three priorities a week, max
As I was getting ready to go to bed in order to wake up in time to make my 6:40 a.m. flight, I was rolling my one remaining priority for […]
Entrepreneurs + mentors = jobs
I was at the White House recently to help announce the Startup America Partnership. As part of this, TechStars announced the TechStars Network, an affiliation of TechStars-like programs across the […]
