Startup2Student at CU

If you’re a Colorado company looking to hire interns or full time, check out Startup2Student on March 11th, 2010. This was a great event last year, and I expect that Ben Limmer who’s organizing it will make sure it’s even better this year. The event is held on campus, and it’s an easy way for …

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Open Angel Forum – Colorado bound!

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 …

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Boulder is showing the world about mentorship

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 …

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Internet Business Models of the TechStars

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. …

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Brad Feld interviewing me at Entrepreneurs Unplugged

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 …

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An offer to Funding Universe

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 …

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