If A River Runs Through It…

On Thursday, I attended a conference in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.  Since Steamboat is a good three hour drive from Boulder, I left home around 6:00 am for a 10:00 am start.  On my way out the door, I decided to throw my fly fishing gear in the back of the car — after all, a guy never knows [...]

News from the portfolio

A couple noteworthy happenings in the portfolio:

Victors & Spoils celebrated their six month anniversary (I know, it sounds a little bit like a high school romance, but start ups age in dog years, so six months matters). In this blog post you can read about what they have already accomplished, which includes developing a creative team of over [...]

Growing Smart (Part II)

LIMITING CONSTRAINTS
In the beginning, every start up business has an endless number of hurdles that it must overcome in order to survive.  But as growth becomes a reality, and management is able to look out beyond the next 30 days, there are always a few issues that stand out as the biggest limiting factors between current [...]

Growing Smart (Part I)

NECESSARY CHAOS
In almost every start up company I have worked with, there is sense of chaos that pervades the organization – particularly in the early days.  The reason is simple: all of the company resources are focused on the validation of the underlying business proposition (i.e., will someone pay for what we are making/providing?).  As [...]

Al Gore Invented Crowdsourcing!

Well, not really.  But Gore did announce at last week’s Outfront Conference in New York that Current Media, where he currently serves as Chairman, will soon be unveiling a new concept called “Crowdsourced TV.” 
Although no details were offered, it is widely assumed that the new concept will offer creative content generated by Current Media’s existing online community.  Think You Tube [...]

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