apr 22 2026
First MRIMy son had his first MRI today.
jun 16 2024
Fatherhood Is ForgivenessThe answer is simple: forgiveness.
sep 08 2022
click.Today is a strange anniversary for me. One year ago I had open heart surgery to replace my aortic valve.
mar 19 2021
What I Got Wrong Last Year - In One ChartLast year I wrote an impassioned post meant for SpringTime Ventures portfolio companies, but really for startups everywhere.
sep 11 2020
9/11/2020I have strong, mixed feelings today.
jun 24 2020
Series A Super CrunchA few weeks ago, I was on the phone with a SpringTime portfolio company and shared my thoughts about the fundraising environment in the coming year.
apr 17 2020
Happy 100th Birthday GrandmaToday, 4/17/2020 my Grandma (my dad's mother) would have turned 100.
mar 03 2020
Letting the Air out of the Bull Run BusCoronavirus is everywhere.
may 18 2019
The Night Before S8E6Here's my prediction. I thought I'd share with you my awesome theory. Don't read this if you haven't seen up to S8E5. And don't read if you don't want this theory rolling around in your head in…
may 27 2018
This One Thing in The Last Jedi Really Ruined It For MeI just saw Solo. I want a sequel. But what I really want is rant about The Last Jedi right now.
may 26 2018
What's In There? Only What You Take With You.During the Dagobah scenes in "The Empire Strikes Back," Master Yoda shares a lot of wisdom with Luke Skywalker.
mar 13 2018
11,428 StartupsEveryone talks about the dollars of investment that goes to the Big Three markets (Bay Area, NYC, Boston).
apr 01 2017
Ride the Wave to ShoreI should have been a surfer.
mar 17 2017
St. Patrick's Day and Prejudice in AmericaAh, Saint Paddy’s day. In my wilder days, I will admit to throwing some great parties to celebrate.
mar 10 2017
Everyone Needs a GSD DayIt's Thursday night. My son is fast asleep. My wife and I are full from a delicious dinner.
feb 14 2016
Six Bold Predictions for Game of Thrones Season SixIf you aren't caught up on HBO's Game of Thrones yet, then I really don't have much to say to you.
feb 05 2016
Why your startup team should always be pitchingProduct. Team. Customers. Funding. The essential elements of a startup. But one more essential piece is missing: Pitch.
jan 27 2016
Sales Primer for Non-Sales Startup FoundersThe founder of one of the startups in our Global Entrepreneur Program reached out to me this week.
dec 29 2015
A Brief Critique of The Force AwakensTaking a break from the Startup Series reposts to put down my thoughts on Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens.
dec 09 2015
Startups should embrace both diversity and inclusionDuring the NewCo Boulder festival, web development agency Quick Left gave a talk about diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
oct 22 2015
The Dumbest Thing I’ve Ever SaidLast week, I attended the LAUNCH Scale conference and had the pleasure of attending the VIP dinner the night before the event began.
aug 25 2015
Free Resources for Your StartupBuilding and running a startup is both difficult and expensive.
apr 17 2015
A Grandmother’s Advice for Startups: You Never Know Unless You AskToday my grandmother turns 95. She's in amazing shape for someone who's nearly a century old.
mar 20 2015
Startups: Always Be HiringIn late 2014, I was at a Denver job fair promoting an event I was organizing, NewCo Boulder.
feb 25 2015
To Raise Capital You Need a Startup RoadshowIn the world of big finance, before a company IPOs, the CEO along with an investment banker(s) go on a global roadshow to pitch their business to potential…
dec 05 2014
Advice from the Catalyst Team: Pitching Like George LucasSoftLayer’s Catalyst team hears startup pitches constantly.
sep 02 2014
A Letter to City Council, and Dealing with Difficult SituationsOn Sunday—a day I promised myself I'd do no work—I opened up Twitter and came across a link to an article, "A necessary education on Boulder's startup…
aug 02 2014
The Power of Family & Friends at a WeddingOn June 22 Juliana Joy Glader and I got married in front of our family and loved ones.
may 07 2014
NYC Tourist Guide from a former New Yorker, Part 1Where does a former New Yorker go when he visits his old stomping ground?
apr 24 2014
The Golden Rule for Speaking at Business EventsI was at an event this morning about traditional funding, crowdfunding, and investing excess cash.
feb 28 2014
Bliss?I was asked to do a talk for Christian Macy's birthday celebration, "The Alchemy of Finding Your Bliss."
may 03 2013
5 Basic Rules for Startups at ExposLast week I happened to be in New York City while the second annual NY Tech Day was taking place.
apr 22 2013
Sci-fi Book Review, Part 2: Stand-Alone BooksThis list ends up being a lot shorter than my series review, because, as it turns out, most successful sci-fi books end up becoming just the first in an…
apr 01 2013
Top 5 beersI often catch myself saying, "that's one of my top five, all-time favorite beers." Note the "often" at the beginning of that sentence. How many top-five beers can one beer lover have? Apparently,…
mar 12 2013
Supplying the Pot RushIn a previous post I alluded to the three key business philosophies that I see as ideal business models.
feb 04 2013
Sci-fi Book Review, Part 1: SeriesAt my friends' requests I put together a comprehensive review of all the sci-fi books I've read.
jan 30 2013
The 4-Hour Work-WeakWhen I first read Tim Ferriss' 4 Hour Work Week I was in between jobs and looking for my "next big thing."
jan 18 2013
Last night, I was scaredHave you ever ignored something that needed to be done, but that stood a chance--however infinitesimal--of showing results that would be really, really bad.
jan 16 2013
The LatestI was having a healthy debate with a long time friend about gun violence and the legislation that has either been passed, or is in the works.
jan 10 2013
I Fixed What Wasn't Broke, and Broke Everything as a ResultBack in December a friend put a challenge to the Boulder startup community: exercise every day for at least an hour a day for the first 100 days of the new year.
mar 09 2012
Boulder Coffee Shop EtiquetteBoulder coffee shop etiquette. It's an interesting thing.