If you’ve been following me along my journey at Techstars you know we have had some awesome speakers on extremely relevant topics. Tonight we had the pleasure to hear from Ash Maurya, author of “Running Lean” How to Iterate from Plan…
On Being a Digital Packrat + Cloud Solutions
I have been keeping files and backing them up for as long as I can remember. I started doing reports for school on the computer as early as 4th grade. Not only can I show you my paper on Native…
Jason Mendelson on Negotiations
Yesterday we had two guests from Foundry Group. First, we heard from Seth Levine on Pricing and later in the afternoon Jason Mendelson came in to talk about negotiating. For those that don’t know Jason, he is an extremely experienced ex-Attorney/Lawyer…
Techstars Week 6 + Seth Levine Pricing Talk
We started off week 6 with a talk from Seth Levine, Managing Director at Foundry Group, about pricing. Seth started off this talk with “Admit it…you don’t know [anything] about pricing” and “sadly neither do I”. Seth did write 2 blog…
Techstars Week 5 + Mitch Wainer with DigitalOcean on Growth Hacking
As mentor whiplash starts to subside at Techstars Boulder, the companies finally have time to act on and digest all the information and feedback they’ve gotten from various mentors. This is a great time for a talk on Growth Hacking, enter…
Weekly 9:09 With The Dude & Walter + The End of Mentor Madness
This week our weekly Wedesnday night 909 feedback session was hosted by Walter and the dude. Well not really, it was hosted by two of the co-founders dressed up for The Big Lebowski theme. This week the companies goals were…
Techstars Week 4 + Jerry Colonna On Being A Founder
As week 4 of the 13 week Techstars Boulder program kicks off, the companies are getting ready to sprint and Do More Faster*! *Before I go over some details from today I recently thought of a caveat to the Techstars tagline.…
Catalyze CU-Boulder Demo Day & CU Entrepreneurship
Last night I was invited to attended the Catalyze CU-Boulder Demo Day by my friend who was on one of the teams. I had only knew about his company and idea and was eager to learn about the others. The event was…
My 3 days as a Duke-sitter
I never had a dog growing up so I was stoked when the opportunity to dog sit my friends pup, Duke, arose. I got a taste of what it’s like to have a pet, which I imagine is a small…
Boulder Open Coffee Club (BOCC) at Scrib
Today I decided to get myself out of bed an hour earlier that usual to attend a local entrepreneurial/tech meetup at Scrib co-working space in Boulder. This open coffee event happens every other tuesday and is an open forum to talk…