From one event in college that promised free pizza and beer to a career in Startups, VC, community, and connection. PSA: Brad Feld has a new book, Give First: The Power of Mentorship, it’s available on kindle and paperback and…
Tips on Creating Your First Board of Directors
This post was originally published on The Startup Stack. True to this blog’s name, Micah’s Mashup, this post is a compilation of resources from Bolster and our CEO, Matt Blumberg and his blog StartupCEO.com. What’s the difference between Advisors, Mentors,…
Building or Managing a Community (in VC and beyond)? Here are some of my favorite resources…
I love nerding out with people about community. Before joining Bolster at the end of 2020, I spent 5+ years building the network and community at Foundry, a venture capital fund based in Boulder, CO that invests in companies as…
On-demand Executive Talent Market Trends
This article was originally published on bolster.com. Now that Bolster has successfully matched over 100 executives to open roles, we have a lot of data about on-demand executive searches done by the startup and scaleup companies we work with. Below…
Lessons Learned from Joining Bolster as Fractional Employees
Reposting a blog post from bolster.com I co-authored with two new colleagues (Bethany Crystal and Jimmy Davis). You can view the original post here. As an on-demand marketplace, we spend a lot of time at Bolster thinking about how CEOs…
Black.Lives.Matter.
It’s been a while since I’ve blogged here but if there was ever a time to dust off the proverbial keybord and end a 2+ year blog hiatus, now is the time. I’ll leave this here below and state what…
11 Steps to Plug into the Boulder/Denver Startup Scene
Many times a month I get asked for ways to plug into the Boulder/Denver startup scene. While working as an Associate at Techstars, Julie Penner shared a list with me of great resources to get plugged into the startup scene…
BREAK THE INTERNET TO SAVE NET NEUTRALITY
We have just hours. The FCC is about to vote to end net neutrality—breaking the fundamental principle of the open Internet—and only an avalanche of calls to Congress can stop it. So we decided to help “Break the Internet” on our sites.…
Productivity Series: An Ode to Productivity (List of Tools)
I’ve long been interested in productivity and what I’ve been calling “digital efficiency” and picked up tips and tricks from many individuals and organizations over the years. Sharing these with others is always fun so this is a first stab at…
Productivity Series: 7 Ways to Hack your Inbox
I’ve long been interested in productivity and what I call “digital efficiency” and picked up tips and tricks from many individuals and organizations over the years. Sharing these with others is always fun so this is a first stab at organizing…