Filtrbox, one of the Techstars companies from 2007 which provides a time-saving cure for information overload, has left private beta behind and is now available to everyone. Early feedback seems quite positive both from individuals and from sources such as Network World, which called the user interface “so good it should immediately be given an …
Coverity announced today that it has acquired Boulder based Solidware Technologies. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Solidware was actually the first company that my angel fund (Colorado Startups) invested in back in 2006. I met Sue Kunz after the famous “firecracker remark” (that one really stuck with Sue) and quickly wrote a …
As you know, I try not to write too much about Techstars here. Most of what Techstars is up to is over on the new community site at the Techstars web site. But, once in a while I can’t resist updating you. We’re now 30 days into the program this summer with our ten new …
I agree with Fred Wilson’s points in his fantastic post Widgets Is The Wrong Word For What We’re Doing. But perhaps it’s not really the widget that’s the problem. Perhaps it’s the widget delivery architecture. Early last year I said widgets would be big in terms of usage and adoption. Brad Feld agreed that they’d …
John Fischer is the founder and CEO of Denver based StickerGiant. You guessed it – they make and sell stickers. StickerGiant has actually been around since 2000, but it really changed focus recently. I thought it was a great example of how experimenting with your business can have a huge impact, and I wanted to …
Generation Think Tank (GTT) is a new “non-traditional marketing and advertising” firm in Boulder. The firm is focused on helping clients reach the coveted “gen Y” crowd between the ages of 13 and 32. The founders are Brett Jackson (an early employee at Crocs), Connor McCue, and Daniel Lim, but the company now has about …