If you’ve ever ridden in an Uber, you know it’s a great innovation. Now Denver’s PUC is trying to shut Uber down by inventing new rules targeted directly at it. It’s a sickening defense of a poor incumbent. Right! Who needs clean, comfortable rides on demand from your smart phone anyway? Please read this, …
Techstars NYC is on a roll. I couldn’t believe my eyes when more than 500 companies applied on the last day of the application period (about one company every three minutes!), bringing the total to just under 1,700 companies. Man, do we have our work cut out for us! There are some amazing companies in …
I recently picked some of my favorite TED talks for a story that ran on Mashable. Here’s the post on Mashable if you want to check it out. I would have embedded the actual talks here, but I want Mashable to be rewarded handsomely in page views for their efforts, and thus, I must redirect …
I’m really looking forward to my upcoming trip to Santiago, Chile where I’ll be speaking about startup communities at Common Pitch Chile along with some incredible people including Al Gore, who is the keynote speaker. (I’m very excited to have lunch with him and learn all about the Internet!) This is the first time Common …
One thing that makes Techstars really work, and a reason people come from all over the country to participate, is that here in Boulder we’re part of a vibrant entrepreneurial community. Entrepreneurs and venture capitalists know they can come here to seek out investment opportunities, business development partners, funding, mentorship and support. Brad Feld’s new …
Here’s an 18 minute talk I did at the Silicon Prairie startup awards a few weeks ago. I talk about many of the concepts in Brad Feld’s great new book “Startup Communities” (go buy a copy). It includes a simple exercise that can help you know if you’re a leader of your startup community or …