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Svbtle – Simple Ideas 5 Apr 2012 | 06:22 pm
Hey all, Dustin Curtis asked me to join his Svbtle Network, and I accepted. For the near future, I will be posting over there at Learntoduck.net. Go check out my first post, Your Early Adopters Don’t...
Why an Accelerator? 13 Mar 2012 | 09:48 am
This am, I got an email from Nicole who runs Techstars Boulder reminding the mentors that Friday is the last day to apply. “Cool,” I thought, “I’ll just tweet that out.” But right before hitting send,...
You Can Keep Your I Love Yous 5 Mar 2012 | 03:52 pm
The greatest gift you can give an entrepreneur is creative criticism. The greatest skill an entrepreneur can have is critical listening. I was going to write a long post (and now that I have started ...
VCs are Dicks 21 Feb 2012 | 09:36 am
Click here to view the embedded video. you didnt just say that did you? Actually, I did. And I hear it from entrepreneurs at least twice a week. But its not true. Over the past couple of weeks, al...
The Power of No 17 Feb 2012 | 09:19 pm
In startupland, which is full of Hackers and Hustlers, the Hacker spends their effort on excluding potential issues, features, product paths, partners, technologies, etc., while the Hustler focuses on...
Mentor / Advisor / Investor 13 Feb 2012 | 03:59 pm
Late yesterday afternoon, Dave McClure sent an email to all 500startup founders and mentors. It went like this: “Hey you! If you are an accredited investor, show you love a member of 500startups by i...
Entrepreneurs are Pussies 9 Feb 2012 | 09:49 am
I’ve gone back and forth on writing this post. First, I should apologize about the profanity in the title. Wait, no I shouldn’t. Entrepreneurs are the most hopeful people on the planet. They all sta...
Just Fucking Sell 5 Feb 2012 | 11:32 am
Well that title removes any chance that Business Week, Inc, Forbes, etc will pick it up, and that other than Brad Feld and Mark Suster, no one will reblog/retweet/etc, so we can speak plainly. Fuck y...
There is Something Beautiful About a Book 20 Jan 2012 | 09:02 pm
This week there was a ton of rumblings, leaks and rumors about Apple’s big “eBook” event that took place earlier this am. Apple is going to change education! Apple is going to destroy publishing! (...
The Day The Comic Book Died 18 Jan 2012 | 09:38 pm
When I first was out raising money for Graphicly, I got to meet comic book publishers. At each meeting, I asked the same question, “What do you think of digital?” And each one answered the same. “T...