Friday, February 4th, 2011
Congratulations to the team at AlphaLab for the announcement that they are one of 16 national accelerators to join the TechStars Network. I have always believed that AlphaLab was a top-quartile accelerator, and their acceptance into this branded accelerator network gives some further proof.
The real question… what will this mean or really do for AlphaLab? [...]
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
For the past month, I have been using an app on my DroidX called Overdrive that allows me to access a digital library of titles at my local library. I just finished listening to the MP3 version of Master and Commander by Patrick O’Brian, and I loved it. I have been a sailor since my [...]
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
I have been giving a lot of thought lately to what makes for success in venture capital. I am more convinced than ever that picking the right startups is 90% of what a good venture capital firm is expected to do. That doesn’t mean that strategic guidance and mentoring is worth nothing (hey, there’s 10% [...]
Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
Yesterday, I spent a bigger chunk of time than I care to admit trying to get my wife’s 3GS iPhone back in working order after a failed attempt to upgrade to the iOS4 operating system. Luckily, we got it working without having to send it in to Apple and without spending the $199 they told [...]