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GTTFP -
One of my favorite acronyms of all time is IHTFP. Its originated at MIT in the 1950s and has achieved widespread adoption.
Zen and the Art of Entrepreneurship -
One of my favorite books of all times is Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. I read it every few years and recommend that every entrepreneur read it early in their journey.
How Patent Trolls Really Work -
I’ve been asserting for at least six years that patent system is completely broken for the software industry.
Does The Government Already Have All Of Our Data? -
Near the end of the week last week, the lastest “the US government is spying on US citizens” scandal broke.
Don’t Get Sick Of Telling Your Story -
The Boulder TechStars program is in week three and the intensity level is high. The TechStars office is across the hall from ours at Foundry Group and it’s wild to see the level of activity ramp up during the three months that TechStars Boulder is in session.
Do You Publish Your Board Book To Your Entire Company? -
Over and over again people talk about transparency. Many people assert they are transparent, or are being transparent.
My Plan to Master Video Conferencing -
I’ve decided not to travel for the rest of 2013. There are a lot of inputs into this decision, including the fact that I’ve been travelling 50% – 75% of the time for the last 20 years and I’m just tired of it.
Floating In An Isolation Tank -
Yesterday I floated for an hour in an isolation tank at Cloud Nine Float Center. It was awesome. When I was in college, I spent a summer floating.
The National Day of Civic Hacking -
The open data movement is great for business, but is also great for us as citizens. To accelerate that program, President Obama and US CTO Todd Park have created a national event to leverage technology and open data to strengthen our democracy in the United States.
Foursquare and Gnip Form A Powerful Partnership -
Our investment in Gnip keeps getting better and better. While the company is growing like crazy and the financial results would make any investor giddy, what really gets me excited is to see how Gnip is disrupting how business decisions are made.
