Monthly Archives: September 2009

Alan’s Twitterfeed from 2009-09-27

http://twitpic.com/imvz3 – San Diego for DEMO – they're holding back on program release: "Embargo" #
RT @figliuolo Lead AND Follow AND Get The Hell Out of the Way: Leading High Performing Teams http://retwt.me/9G2n #
Don Dodge sighting #
Chris Shipley sighting #
http://twitpic.com/ipik8 – The view from our seats at #demo09 – and DJB's stash of granola and tea [...]

Alan’s Twitterfeed from 2009-09-20

RT @atainter They asked Yossi Vardi "would you consider an investment" he said "yes, I would consider…considering doesn't cost $$$" #
GReader Share America can't be the world's tech leader without immigration reform. – By Far.. http://bit.ly/LU2ub #
Oops… #

Alan’s Twitterfeed from 2009-09-13

GReader Share Dual-Screen E-Reader Is Going to Be Awesome, Super Cheap: There’s something about dua.. http://bit.ly/20CQD6 #
GReader Share I-Swarm Micro Robots are Up and Running: I-Swarm, You swarm, we all swarm for — OMFG,.. http://bit.ly/V6Fqe #
http://twitpic.com/h85vf – FTW – Shake Shack! #
Just popping my head out of the subway… #
http://twitpic.com/hkvzx – @scottsweep You aren't missing [...]

Alan’s Twitterfeed from 2009-09-06

Performed pushups workout Week 1 Day 3. @cveeck maxed at 21, and @hveeck did 11 at his first try! #
There will be MANY flavors of eBook devices RT @vibhavs Another interesting read on Kindle; The New Yorker: http://bit.ly/H3S3F #
Is the Kindle "dentless"? I DON'T THINK SO… Kindle to represent 10% of Amazon sales [...]

The Seven Non-Negotiables of a Startup Pitch

In the past week, I attended two events where I had to evaluate startup pitches delivered to investors:  a boot camp for the upcoming 3RVF conference in Pittsburgh, and the interim demo day at AlphaLab.  Both events were dry-run practice sessions so that presenting companies could be more polished when they were actually on the [...]