At Foundry Group, one of our investment themes is Glue.  We’ve done a handful of investments in this area, including Gnip.  Since Gnip’s launch last month, it’s been put in

Jason and I were talking about some of the running events in the Olympics as we walked in to the office together this morning.  After chatting about the marathon, he

I like this life thing.  Good luck TechStars Class of 2008!

Marathon #12 is on Saturday.  I’ll be running the Mesa Falls Marathon in Ashton, Idaho.  157 people ran it last year so it’s a deliciously small one.  I’ve been traini

I have no idea where this joke came from, but I couldn’t resist posting it because it combined Alaska, Massachusetts, Democrats, Republicans, Guns, the Pope, and a Grizzly Bear. The

Matt McAdams has a clever blog up titled Up next: telesoftware!  He discusses the rise of our favorite new buzzword (hint: it’s "Cloud Computing") and spends some time harkening b

My partner Chris Wand has a long guest post up on Ask the VC titled How Should I Approach a VC I Don’t Know?  Lots of good do’s and don’ts

I’m baffled whenever I hear from a CEO that he’s having trouble getting a response from one of his VC investors.  Unfortunately, this is a very common occurrence in VC-backed

After some rumors a few weeks ago, it’s now official.  AOL has acquired SocialThing.  I’m immensely proud of the Matt, Ben, and Brian.  As one of the members of the

I’m one of those guys that can’t resist downloading a piece of software to try it out.  I buy every gadget, download everything that comes my way, and create an