Fred Wilson’s post amplifying Jeff Nolan’s post about the “broken” VC model says about venture capital investing what I was trying to say about angel investing at Ignite Boulder. Both made the point far more eloquently than I did, even though I was given five minutes. My point at Ignite was that most (the vast …
The Angel Capital Summit is coming up in a few weeks. Here are some details from the organizers. Angel Capital Summit Hosted by Rockies Venture Club Presented by EKS&H Friday, November 21; 7:30am – 5:30 pm Denver Marriott City Center, 1701 California St., downtown Denver Opening Keynote Speaker Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper Lunch Keynote Speaker …
In case you were too busy chanting “Yes we can!” and missed the news, Microsoft just announced a new program for startups called BizSpark. This is a really important move by Microsoft and it represents a huge value for startups who are considering the Microsoft platform. Basically, you can quality to receive free Microsoft development …
I stumbled across this video while playing with Vator.tv tonight. It’s a good quick explanation of how to pitch Brad Feld and/or The Foundry Group. It’s one of the many interesting videos in Vator’s Lessons Learned series. Here’s the video. Related articles by Zemanta People in Tech: Brad Feld, Foundry Group Brad Feld on Techstars …
If you know a company that should present at Venture Capital In The Rockies Winter 2009, please let me know. We are soliciting executive summaries for the “Venture Capital in the Rockies Winter 2009 Conference” in Beaver Creek on March 3-5, 2009. If you know of promising companies in the Rocky Mountain region that intend …
Ignite Boulder was one of my favorite tech events that I have been to in a long time. The format is just fantastic. 13 presenters each had 5 minutes with 20 auto-advancing slides to talk about anything they were passionate about. The energy was tremendous. My talk and some of my favorite talks are embedded …