New blog feature: books

I’ve added a new page to the blog called Books. You can access it from the top menu at any time. The page shows you books I recommend and books that I’ve read. You can click to access my opinion and rating on any of them. I haven’t put in all of the books I’ve …

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Overheard

LgDB (covered previously) has recently completed their Series A funding round led by eonBusiness. I see that the mysterious 5280 angel has participated as well. Congrats to Scott Yates and the LgDB team. I love Lijit. Every month or so they rip out some ridiculously cool new feature, like this. Stan – you’re a madman. …

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mShopper – Get confidence and buying options from your phone

We’ve all been there. You’re about to buy that nice new TV from Best Buy, but you wonder to yourself… is this a good price? Then you buy it anyway because a) you just want the damn thing, and b) you’re already in the store. The alternative of going home to use your broadband connection …

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Give it up

Brad and Amy invited Jil and me to the Community Stars event held by the Community Foundation Serving Boulder County today. This event recognized some amazing non-profits in the community, as well as some special individuals who have given their time, money, and energy to the community. It really inspired both of us to read …

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Vosnap. Faster than, well, most startups.

VoSnap, the product of the original Startup Weekend, is now in public beta. Go try it! Startup Weekend #2 gets going next weekend in Toronto. Maybe they can get their project done in the weekend! Better late than never! Seriously, though, it’s still a good accomplishment for a nearly disbanded team. Congrats to Joe, Andrew, …

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Webinar recording just for you

This morning I did a fun webinar that was hosted by FundingUniverse.com. The webinar is recorded and can be viewed any time. In it, I talk for about 20 minutes (plus Q&A) on the top issues for early stage technologies companies to be concerned about. Topics includes the value of ideas, seeking advice, why most …

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