Monthly Archives: February 2011

Alan’s Twitterfeed from 2011-02-05

New PghVentures Post Alan’s Twitterfeed from 2011-01-29 – New PghVentures Post Alan’s Twitterfeed from 2011-01-22 N… http://ht.ly/1b5j7x #
CAM – On Leadership, Teams, Success & Happiness | Both Sides of the Table – http://bit.ly/hLWAGs #
The Cocktail Hour | Pittsburgh Ventures http://bit.ly/g4ViUh #
New PghVentures Post The Cocktail Hour – Between the dark and the daylight, When [...]

AlphaLab and TechStars

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?  [...]

Streaming The Public Library

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 [...]

The Optimistic Skeptic

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% [...]

Android Versus Apple

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 [...]