A tidbit on the Lijit wijit

Todd Vernon of Lijit (covered previously) just pinged me to let me know they’ve just announced the general availability of their personal network search widget. You can see that I’m running it on the right hand side of this blog. I’ve been Lijit for about 6 months now (according to my profile) and I’ve entered …

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Alex King – always up to the task

Alex King is one of the more interesting guys I’ve met around the Colorado tech scene lately. I’ve been getting to know Alex over the last six months or so (both via his outstanding blog and in person), and am always interested in what he’s up to. About a month ago, I was tracking several …

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Big or Bullshit Series

Brad Feld and I are going to do a series of posts called “Big or Bullshit.” We’ll talk about trends we’re seeing, dissect them a bit, and decide if we think they’ll be big or they’ll be bullshit. It’ll be fun to look back – you can all make fun of us in a year …

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Are single founder companies more likely to fail?

If you’re like me, most of the successful tech companies that you know had more than one founder. As I’ve been looking through the early applications to Techstars, it’s surprising to me that many are single founder companies. Paul Graham started this debate and then threw gas on the fire by listing this first on …

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The Power of Fake Angel Investing

Yesterday, I participating as a coach and panelist in a program put on by the Kauffman Foundation and The Colorado Office of Economic Development & International Trade (who comes up with these names?) called The Power of Angel Investing. The purpose was to educate various economic development professionals from across the state on angel investing …

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Startup coverage

I’ve been asked a few times how Techstars will affect my coverage of Colorado startups. You may have noticed a lack of posts about new companies in the last couple of weeks. The answer is – it won’t. I’ll keep blogging about many of the new companies I meet. I’ve been pulled away by the …

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