Entrepreneurship requires serious determination. So does life. My friend Andy’s story of his dad’s fractured back reminded me of my favorite story about my dad’s dad.&nbs

David Cohen – who writes the ColoradoStartups blog among other things – came up with a fun idea for a podcast series last week. He’s going to do a “Virtual

A few of my portfolio companies are looking for superstar Java developers. If you think you fit the bill, send me an email with your resume and I’ll forward it

As a kid, one of the comic strips I read every day was Family Circus. It was almost always simple, yet brilliant. Thanks to my friend Bruce, I now have

Are you thinking about selling your company? David Shanberg – who I worked with when I was an investor in PeoplePC and he ran corporate development – has a nice series

My dad has gotten involved in a Dirty Coal plant issue in Texas. The environmental issues are directly linked to the health care issues and – as usual – he’s

Ok – this is superbly cool (at least I think so.) WebEx just put up an “activity map” showing the real-time location of all the active WebEx conferences. This uses t

Several of the bright bulbs at Judy’s Book put together a Holiday Store Guide for online shopping. They’ve got detailed shipping info by store (do you do your shopping on

My partner Greg Galanos forwarded me a great article from the Philadelphia Inquirer titled “The Economy Revealed: Why understanding economics is hard” that builds on the more difficult to

In 1983, when I was a senior in high school, I started my first company.  There were six founders – they are the gang below: John Gruberman, Drew Debelak, Jeff