Old School vs. New School Investors
The dynamics of the investment community are continuing to change and we can all expect to see more change in 2011. It seems like just a few years ago the image of VC’s that everyone had in their mind was a bunch of old guys in sports jackets or sweater vests at [...]
Building a startup 5,000 miles from Washington, DC
I am writing this post from a gorgeous, modern co-working space in Santiago, Chile, and, yes, it is the middle of Spring in November down here in the southern hemisphere. I am from Rockville, MD, and – while I miss my family and friends in the DC-area greatly – I am constantly reminded of the [...]
In Search Of A New Kind of Lean Agile Startup
While talking to a three very smart guys I know about startups yesterday, it dawned on me that there are a lot of startup people who (especially prolific founders like me) have a copy of Steven Gary Blank’s Four Steps to the Epiphany book (some might call it the software startup founder’s bible) either on [...]
Why Do Washington Area Startup Incubators Keep Falling Short?
A few weeks back I interviewed Mike Sublesky, the co-founder of Baltimore Startup City which is an incubator concept. Read that interview here. He talked about how he and co-founder Monica Beeman were going to launch a YCombinator or TechStars like startup incubator in Baltimore this summer and that things were going really [...]
An Interview of Mike Subelsky, Co-Founder of Baltimore’s Brand New Startup City Accelerator
Earlier today I had a chance to catch up with Mike Subelsky, the co-founder of Baltimore, MD’s brand new startup accelerator: Startup City. Startup City was co-founded by Mike Subelsky and Monica Beeman and is a 12 month program focused on company creation that will require startup founders to hand over 5-10% equity in their [...]
A Different Kind of Bubble
People in the media really want there to be a startup bubble. People in the startup community are looking out for a bubble. So I thought about this and decided to put some thought into what to make of this media bubble patrol. Here it what I came up with.
As far as all my startup [...]
Pitching & Playing By The Rules: What’s It All About?
I really hate PowerPoint. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I spent a lot of time competing in Forensics as a high school and college student, and coaching it while I was in college and for a few years later on. A couple of days back I was talking to a [...]
