I was inspired by the hilarious McSweeney’s article Recreational Jewish Youth Basketball: An Ethnography (thanks Amy) to host a Jewish Christmas party this year near Keystone, Colorado.

I love to invest in plumbing.  Not toilet plumbing, but Internet software plumbing.  At Foundry Group we call it Glue and – among a variety of investments – have helped

I’ve started writing a monthly column for Entrepreneur Magazine called VC Insider.  The first article is titled Perfect Your Pitch and has a list of mistakes I see over and

If you haven’t done your holiday shopping yet and you like food, go check out the 20% off sale that Foodzie is having. Foodzie is one of the TechStars 2008

Close your door.  Turn off your computer monitor.  Sit quietly and look out the window.  Now – ask yourself the following question: "How much time do I spend on the

When Automattic acquired Intense Debate a few months ago, I committed to Toni Schneider and Matt Mullenweg that I’d convert my blogs from Movable Type to WordPress and become a

There’s nothing quite like reading a book about marathons on a weekend that you run a marathon.  I carried My First 100 Marathons: 2,620 Miles with an Obsessive Runner by

As I was boarding the plane today in Dulles, I twittered At Dulles on the way to Raleigh durham. Post marathon travel is painful.  Within a minute I got an

I’ve never totally understood the "send out physical greeting cards" thing.  I get that it’s a "tradition", but it has always seemed like a waste of time, energy,

As Q408 stumbles to a close, I’m seeing a distinct trifurcation of sales performance among the companies I’m working with.  I’m pleasantly surprised by the companies that are so