By now, I’m sure most of you have read about the ongoing debate about charging entrepreneurs to pitch. I’ve tried to put together a chronology of links about this, but I’m sure I’ve missed some great ones. You had: An angel group that makes me vomit – Brad Feld (97 comments) Jason Jihad: Keiretsu Forum …
During the last Techstars summer, we were visited by representatives from two foreign governments: Singapore and France. Both had heard about something interesting happening in Boulder. Each came and observed the program for a half day or so, looking for a productive exchange of ideas and opportunities. During the summer, I was invited by the …
I’m a guest lecturer for an executive MBA class at Denver University later today. I was asked to talk about Internet business models (among other things), so I thought I’d take a look at the 39 companies that have been through Techstars to give them a sense of the relative popularity of various business models. …
A few people have asked, so here’s a link to a video of Brad Feld interviewing me at the Silicon Flatirons Entrepreneurs Unplugged event last week down at the University of Colorado. In the interview, Brad asks about: How I became an entrepreneur My first company – Pinpoint Technologies / ZOLL Data Systems (acquired) My …
UPDATE: Funding Universe posted a response to this post and has now waived pitch fees nationally as a result. Funding Universe is expanding their presence in Colorado and they are presenting a CrowdPitch event on September 30th in Denver. It costs $125 to present your company there, and it’s free to attend otherwise. Some of …
Andrew Hyde (Techstars Community Manager, Startup Weekend, VCWear, and main instigator of Ignite Boulder) is putting together a 1-day conference on October 2nd called BoCo. It’s got music, tech, and food. As the web site puts it, “The main goal we have is to create amazing and unique experiences. We are not hosting the conference …