River – by LIGHTS Out across cities I see buildings burn into piles And watch the world in wonder as mountains turn into tiles And trees losing their leaves, and our faces becoming tired I wish I could discover something that doesn’t expire Come and stumble me Take me Continue Reading
This morning I posted a link on Twitter & Facebook to How I Mentor Startups & Entrepreneurs. Â After it went out, I realized it doesn’t tell the full story. Â Where are the details of how this whole thing works. Â I knew I’d written it down at some point, so I Continue Reading
This is a followup to my post last week How to Hustle SXSW for Fun & Profit, which is part of my sporadically ongoing Lessons in Startup Marketing blog post series and its focused on what to do post-SXSW to make the most of all the hustling you’ve been doing. Continue Reading
This is a copy/paste of an email I sent to 500 Startups Founders & Mentors email distros. Â Another reason why you should join our program – I will fill your inbox with swear words and unsolicited advice. Â Enjoy! Thank you so much to everyone who voted this up on Hacker Continue Reading
When I’m not angsting about being a citizen of the world sometimes I feel like this… video thanks to the guys at IndieRockReviews.com. Now if only someone could get a reliable set of lyrics… When all the leaves are brown And the sky is grey We won’t just dream the Continue Reading
I realized on my last trip back to Seattle, that I’m not really homesick for being there anymore. But I’m kind of homesick everywhere, always missing a place I’m not. So I’ve stopped traveling for awhile, and maybe that will make me feel better. This song captures it. I’ll lose Continue Reading
I’m happy to share that I’ve been named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list this year, in the Mobile/Social category alongside many friends, customers, hustlers and people I admire including Matt Mullenweg of WordPress/Automattic, Seth Preistbatsch of SCVNGR, Jason Putorti of Votizen, Kevin Systrom of Instagram and of course Continue Reading
I’m happy to announce that I am now formally a mentor for Springboard, a mentorship-lead accelerator program for startups that is based in Cambridge, UK. Â Springboard offers a 13 week program based on the campus of Cambridge University, helping entrepreneurs kickstart the creation of their companies. I am impressed by Continue Reading
I can’t wait to see what this produces. The saucy and often controversial Milo Yiannopoulos, who I’ve heard some call Europe’s one-man Gawker media, just penned an a post declaring its time to fix European tech journalism, and also noted he will retire from writing the fluffy stuff he’s Continue Reading
Originally published as a guest post on TechCrunch Europe. I’ve been in London for only a short period but I’ve already met with dozens of people from the various corners of the local start-up scene. It’s clear the ingredients necessary to build a thriving startup community are in place. Sparks Continue Reading