Looking back, much of my entrepreneurial nature was something I began to develop at a young age.
Why traditional firms are losing their creative and technical workforces by the droves By Mike Mates As a veteran ex-partner in a brand and inte...
I would like to confess that I may be a fraud. You see, I'm not supposed to be here... or so I was made to believe while growing up.
My start-up has seen any great number of successes this year. We can boast a solid signup rate, and have made exciting plans for moving forward. But, in order to do that I have leveraged every means at my disposal. Some paid off and some have felt as though I have bargained with the Devil and lost.
Sam Branson, son of Richard, announced this week that anyone in the world can view his documentary for free for one month, not in movie theatres, but on his production company's branded YouTube channel.
Social hotspot provider Karma and the joys of US immigration law New York is very much an international city. But considering the obstacles we set up...
Today we are announcing the biggest entrepreneurial program ever launched -- Startup Weekend Next. A partnership of Startup Weekend, Startup America, ...
Apparently life as the heir to a $22 billion fortune ain't easy. Appointments with shrinks on the Upper East Side. Pesky reporters. Photos of you booz...
Once better known for its hard-hatted miners and conservative brewing moguls, Colorado's economy has in recent years acquired some new mascots: the li...
Now would be an ideal time for someone to create a more comprehensive database that keeps track of the success to failure ratio at each of these accelerators.
What we all need to recognize is that capital is not based on meritocracy. It's based on relationships. Yes, the business has to be disruptive or at least scalable to attract venture capital. VC's invest in PEOPLE first, and businesses second.
Over the past few months, I've seen over 160 companies come through eight different accelerator programs. It's a skewed group, but it captures the zeitgeist of a certain segment of the tech industry.
It's easy to get lost in the soup of "X company raised $Y" and forget that it's not about fundraising, but building a business.
I had an out of body experience last week. A few days before Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year in the Jewish calendar and a spiritual day of remembrance, I found myself in front of ten Palestinian high-tech CEOs talking about entrepreneurship.
So far at More Seats, we’ve talked about the process of changing the ratio with Emily Gannett and what changing the ratio from within the political ...
Discovery has been a feature of the Internet for a long time, but there's an important difference between "today's most-emailed stories" and content that relates to the stories I've read, liked, or reviewed. This is discovery based on me.
In the world of today's entrepreneurs, the term IQ doesn't refer to how intelligent one is. Instead, it refers to the Innovation Quotient of companies...
There are so many programs out there that target entrepreneurs where the winner is awarded cash prizes or small equity investments.
Sometimes all it takes to get people buzzing is a new catchy phrase. That happened this week when Brad Feld told attendees of the Boulder Economic Summit that he thinks Boulder has great "entrepreneurial density."
Next time you look at a billboard, it might be looking back. It'll know your age, gender and how long you've been staring at it. Targeted advertis...
I see so many startups rushing to just get stuff out, without thinking hard about "what that stuff is and why anyone would care."
While the active and messy life-cycle of company building is far from being boiled "down to a science," entrepreneurs will be a step ahead if they focus on people, strategic financing and iteration.
Startup America is a mashup of very smart programs by very smart people but not a strategy.
Boulder-based Brad Feld was named America's most respected venture capitalist by Business Insider this week. The influential business news website ra...
In Boulder entrepreneurship circles, there is a genuine desire to see others succeed and a general belief that karma matters. There's a sense that together we're building something here.
