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Why an Accelerator? →

Bottom line. Should you do an accelerator?

Maybe. It’s really your decision. Techstars Boulder’s deadline is 3/16/12. Get on it.

But, if you get in, and decide to do it, then do it 120%. Work harder than everyone else. Push yourself and your team. Become great. Don’t be one of the forgotten companies.

Great post from Micah. As a mentor since 2007 I’ve been amazed at the value that TechStars provides – I highly recommend looking into it closely if you’re at all curious or interested.

TechStars Boulder Early Application Deadline: Feb 26th

If you’re planning to apply for TechStars Boulder for this summer (2012), make sure you’ve got your application ready to go for the early application deadline in 2 weeks. It’s been amazing to see TechStars grow and thrive as it has. The experience offered to the teams and the quality of the mentors is remarkable;…

TechStars: Reality TV Show →

TechStars on TV – unreal. I am cautiously optimistic and hope that the cameras do justice to the great folks involved here.

UPDATE: Just saw a commercial for this on Monday Night Football (ESPN) – I sure hope David will still take my emails now that he’s a big TV star. ;)

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The President Surrenders on Debt Ceiling – agreed. TechStars on Bloomberg TV – check it out. Confession #105: The Action Movie Blog Post – “I have three friends who are accomplished novelists. Two of them have cut off all Internet access to their homes. The other leaves his devices behind and sits in an unconnected…

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Cartoon: Page-turner – my daughter loves books and loves tech toys. TweetDeck Acquired by Ubermedia: What Are the Implications for the Twitter Ecosystem? – This reminds me a little of when NewsGator gobbled up NetNewsWire, FeedDemon and others. MsgFiler 3.0 Coming Soon to the Mac App Store – I hope this is a huge hit…

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Marco.org – Speculation on the next MacBook Pro – I’ve had every generation of MacBook Air, all with SSDs. The performance has been nearly the same on all of them – all great. I can only assume that people talking about “slow” MacBook Airs had a non SSD one. Announcing the TechStars Network – very,…

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Think you’re a supertasker? Probably not – Technology & science – Wireless – msnbc.com – I believe it, though I’d also say that listening to talk radio (NPR, sports, etc.) or audio books while driving is in the same class as talking on the phone. TechStars New York – awesome. Why working at home is…

WordCamp Boulder

The tickets for WordCamp Boulder 2010 went on sale today. The discounted early bird tickets have been flying off the shelves – it’s great to see such an enthusiastic response from our local tech community. I wanted to publish a quick Q & A to answer a few things I’ve seen circling around: What is…

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Rands In Repose: The Twinge – great stuff, as usual (finally catching up on my InstaPaper). ongoing by Tim Bray – HTML5 and the Web – Right now, there are certain classes of applications, particularly on mobile devices, where you’re going to get a better result by building a native app. Maybe even by building…

2009 in Review

Welcome to my fifth annual year in review post. Last year I wrote this as an intro to my annual retrospective: This year, unlike previous years, my blog is less of a good record of the past 365 days. It’s a combination of being a lot busier due to the growth at Crowd Favorite, and…

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The web was slow this week – which is a good thing. Hopefully people were away from computers and spending time doing worthwhile things with family and friends. I know I was. New in WordPress 2.9: Post Thumbnail Images – Mark on WordPress – Useful write-up. is TechStars really all that? – great to see…

TechStars Boston Deadline: Jan 11, 2010

If you’re interested in applying to TechStars Boston for 2010 – make sure to get your application in by the January 11, 2010 deadline. This will be the second year of TechStars in Boston, and the first year of TechStars in Seattle. If you have a startup idea that you want to succeed, you’ll be…

Losing It

A couple of years back I took stock of my fitness and made some changes to lose about 30 pounds. This summer, especially with schedules out of whack after the baby arrived, I noticed myself backsliding a little and wanted to fix it before things got out of hand. Quick recap: Weight in Nov. 2006:…