Old School vs. New School Investors

By bob | Jan 4, 2012

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

By Scott | Nov 16, 2011

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

By bob | Jun 15, 2011

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?

By bob | May 26, 2011

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

By bob | Mar 8, 2011

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

By bob | Feb 25, 2011

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?

By SocialMatchbox Editor | Jan 22, 2011

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 [...]

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