Brad Feld and I have written a book (with contributions from Techstars mentors and past founders) called “Do More Faster” that is coming out later this year. Originally, we were going to self publish it and after some research we selected CreateSpace as our vendor for this. They were very easy to work with, seemed …
No matter what time of year it is there are always great things happening in Boulder, but the summer always has a special quality to it. While Techstars is the obvious summer focus for me, there is much going on, including Mobile Monday Colorado. This local mobile networking group started almost a year ago out …
I’m excited to announce that Open Angel Forum is back in Boulder on the night of August 4th at 7PM. The Open Angel Forum (OAF) is dedicated to providing entrepreneurs with free and open access to the angel investors that they need. We are firmly committed to fighting against “pay-to-pitch” schemes. The first open angel …
Through Techstars, my other investments or just at random, I’m often approached by entrepreneurs who want advice on what to do when a potential acquirer first brings up the idea of buying their company. Often, the company being targeted for acquisition is “up and coming” and is very early stage. For that reason, the entrepreneurs …
Jon Pierce organized a great event in Boston called Angel Boot Camp. He asked me to do the opening talk and made me promise to be brief. I talked about how rewarding angel investing can be, and the benefits of doing it. I also offered to show a deal that I’m doing to any new …
A few times a week, I get an email that goes something like this one (from today): “We’ve been trying to get into contact with all the angel investors in [my city] but we haven’t had much luck. I was wondering if you had any advice for us on what you would do if you …