We are deep in budget season as the last board meeting of the year typically includes the 2010 Budget – or at least the “2010 Draft Budget” or “2010 Budget – Draft”.  This is also known as “the joy of cramming a spreadsheet into a powerpoint presentation.” The budgets I see generally fit into one […]

Yesterday was Return Path’s 10th Birthday.  Matt Blumberg, Return Path’s CEO and founder, wrote a great reflective post on his blog titled A Perfect Ten. Among other things he covers what he is proudest of from Return Path’s first decade as well as what he regrets or would have done differently. Matt and his team […]

I was at a board meeting recently where the board and management was discussing the company’s market position. This is a strong company that leads its market and, as a result, one of the board members stated that we were “the 800 pound gorilla in the market.”  In my world view, the market was still […]

Periodically I get way behind on my “daily routine” and skip my RSS feeds for a while (up to a week).  This week was one of them – I had two 4am wakeups that led me to the airport followed by a 7am wakeup (due to me being glued to my bed) followed by a […]

I spent the morning at an NCWIT (National Center of Women & Information Technology) board meeting where I’ve been chairman for the last few years.  NCWIT’s mission is to increase women’s participation in IT.  We focus across the entire pipeline (K-12, higher ed, industry, academic, and entrepreneurial communities) and – in addition to having a […]

As the co-founder of the Entrepreneurs Foundation of Colorado, I’m a huge fan of what the Entrepreneurs Foundation is all about.  Two weeks ago, when I was in San Francisco at Cloud Engines’ offices (makers of the Pogoplug and one of our investments) I noticed their Entrepreneurs Foundation plaque signifying their membership in the bay […]

Yesterday morning I spent the day at my semi-annual MIT Sloan Executive Advisory Board meeting.  During breaks, I got into two separate conversations about a book I read last week called Breakpoint by Richard A Clarke.  Clarke was chief counter-terrorism adviser for Clinton and Bush and – among other things – has become a superb […]

Yesterday, Gold Systems released their new Conference Server.  This is a new conference call product built on top of Microsoft Office Communications Server.  I’ve been a user of conference call services since the early 1990’s.  I remember when you had to set up a conference call in advance with an AT&T operator, get a unique […]

I’m in LA today taking a break between a board meeting and a dinner meeting.  I’ve got a few calls and am then going running somewhere, although I haven’t yet figured out where that’s going to be since I’m deep in downtown LA.  While I was stalling before putting my running shoes on, I stumbled […]