Today was the second Denver area BarCamp (previous coverage here), and I found this one to be really interesting. Thanks to the sponsors and organizers for a great event. Let’s do more! Here are six interesting things I learned today at BarCamp: 6. Single sign on and identity management still sucks. There were several people …
Kevin Cawley just updated me on BarCamp Boulder, which is happening this weekend and has some great folks attending. Robert Reich (of Me.dium) started the Boulder/Denver New Tech Meetup (happening tonight) a few months ago, and Me.dium is the host. Now the great folks at Me.dium have agreed to host BarCamp and I wanted to …
I’ve gotten multiple questions now about how to “break into” the VC world and eventually become one. Apparently, I am not alone. Still, I figure ignore your readers at your own peril, so here goes. I’m not exactly sure why they’re asking me about this, since I’m not a VC. If it were me, I’d …
If you were an angel investor who had lost your entire photo collection not once but twice, and a bunch of bright, successful guys come along with a prototype of a dead-simple web-based photo backup solution, what would you do? Yeah, he funded it along with the founders. It’s called ProtectMyPhotos.com and it does just …
Me.dium is a new Boulder startup with a big vision. It aims to reveal the world of people and activity behind your browser. If you’re like me, this statement will intrigue you while simultaneously leaving you wondering just what the hell such a tool would look like. I have been playing around with the private …
I recently said “The competition is never as close as you think.” Apparently, this struck a chord. The context here was bootstrapping vs. raising angel money. Call me crazy, but it feels to me like there are a whole bunch of “type 3” (don’t really deserve to exist) companies out there who are looking for …