John Galt's Law (of social networks)
Niel Robertson made a brilliant discovery today that he has named “John Galt’s Law.” The brilliant discovery was the Atlas Shrugged Dating Site – the law that emerged is
Adelphia Is Finally Gone
Both of the local Denver papers ran good summary articles on the closing of the sale of Adelphia to Time Warner Cable and Comcast. This was a long and arduous
Homer Alaska Webcam
I put a webcam up at my place in Homer, Alaska. You can access it via my about me page or – thanks to Rob Shurtleff (who recommended the webcam
The Largest Private Equity Deal to Date
Last week, a private equity group led by KKR, Bain Capital, and Merrill Lynch announced that they were acquiring HCA for $33 billion. HCA is the largest hospital operator in
The Matrix Wrecked Everything
About an hour into Superman Returns, Amy leaned over to me and whispered “The Matrix wrecked everything.” I yawned about 20 times during this two hours and thirty four minutes
Big Deal Week for Colorado Telecomm Companies
Colorado saw two big acquisitions this week – both in the telecomm (which – in my universe – includes what used to be called cable) sector. On Friday, Time Warner
Almost Shouts and Murmurs – George Bush's MySpace Page
Niel Robertson has a hilarious post up of an article he wrote for the New Yorker Shouts and Murmurs section. He got rejected by them, but not by me. Awesome
A 3,100 Mile Foot Race Around Queens
My goal of running a marathon in every state by the time I turn 50 pales in comparison to the world’s longest foot race. 3,100 miles around a city block in Queens,
Peter Rip on Business Models
Peter Rip of Leapfrog Ventures has a what I think should become a classic entrepreneur post on business models. He gives some context about the term (and why it’s often annoying,
Levensohn – Best Practices for Running a Board Meeting
Pascal Levensohn – the founder of Levensohn Venture Partners – wrote a comment to my post title The Agenda (in the Board of Directors series) that I wanted to promote to a