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September 2010
Great Interview – Seth Levine on Stocktwits TV
August 2010
Sifteo Needs a Head of Marketing
The Convertible Debt Debate – An ex-Lawyer’s Twist on the Argument
Don’t Fall To This Trademark Scam
Great CIO Opportunity in Boulder! – Webroot Software
July 2010
A Balanced Summary of the Berkeley Patent Project
Silicon Valley Bank Hosts Innovation Roundtable
Winery Peak – Review of 1st Novel by Chris Scott Graham
June 2010
Bilski Redux and Why You Shouldn’t Believe Everything You Read
Interview With Rich Baer – GC and CAO of Qwest
Crowdsourcing Patent Research – Article One Partners
Control Your Most Important Asset – Your Brand
August 2010
June 2010
I’m With Coco (and why Reggie Watts will be very famous)
Why AtomicPR Sucks Ass. And How They are Breaking the Law, Too.
May 2010
Beer Review – Brew Velvet Brewery
Spindle Law – Crowd-Sourced Legal Research
The Carried Interest Debate – Down to the Wire
76% of Venture Capitalists Believe that Software Patents are Important (NOT!)
Beer Review – Jolly Pumpkin Brewery
Saving Money in Patent Litigation
The Worst Song Ever (or why Notre Dame stinks)
April 2010
Lunchtime with Lawyers – Part of Boulder Startup Week
Boulder Open Coffee Club – “All Grown Up”
Entrepreneurs Unplugged with Howard Diamond
La Binchoise Spéciale Noël Reserve
A Slightly Different Take on “My Yahoo”
Great Quarter for Venture Exits
March 2010
Funny or Die – Between Two Ferns
Why There Will Never be a Standard Set of Seed Documents (a.k.a “Why Brad Feld will Fail”)
Welcome to the New Mendelson’s Musings
Are PR People Becoming the New Spammers?
Come to the Colorado New Venture Challenge Finals
Support Boulder’s bid for Google’s 1GB/Second Fiber Project
NVCA Argues Against Parts of the “Restoring American Financial Sustainability Act”
February 2010
Application for a Night out with the Boys
Why Copyright Law is Stupid – A New Series
Denver-based Online Education Startup Looking for VP of Engineering
Why Wouldn’t You Want to Work for Next Big Sound?
EBay meets the Business of Law
Have You Used Our Term Sheet Series?
Saison Dupont Belgian Farmhouse Ale
Microsoft Does The Right Thing.
Watch Out Boston, a Rip Off is Coming to Town (Young Startup Ventures)
Why Do I Need Facebook When I Have Twitter?
Organic Motion is Looking for Engineers
GREAT New Blog – IP Law for Startups
January 2010
Looking for a Part-Time Operations Person
Has Governor Ritter Lost His Mind?
Diary of a 3L Trying to Find a Job
Need A Terms of Service or Privacy Policy – Quick and Easy?
Saison Dupont Brasserie Beer Review
Hot Topics In Private Company Law
Beer Review – Midas Touch Golden Elixir
Ghostery – Great Application to Show You Who is Watching You on the Web
How To Build A Company – Live Presentation
Big Name Bolts BigLaw to Found Boutique
Thank You – Mendelson’s Musings Wins ABA Award
How Does One Get a Bathroom Break During Avatar?
December 2009
Happy Holidays and to a Wonderful New Year
Three things NOT to do when you are pitching me
Oh Yeah! for O Ya – Boston Restaurant Review
Shareholder Representative Services Holiday Greeting
Over 60,000 Wanna-be Lawyers are Delusional
November 2009
ABA Journal Picks its 100 Favorite Blogs – and I’m on it
I Love My Lijit Search Capability
Senator Dodd – Making it harder for small businesses to get funded
Why Don’t Venture Capitalists Tell You Why They Won’t Invest?
Are You a Great Lawyer and Do You Need a Job?
Gratuitous Chocolate (a.k.a “Seth Ellis Chocolatier Rocks”)
Community Office Hours Coming Up
October 2009
Oblong on Bloomberg Innovators
Oppose Bailouts for Venture Capital Investors
Colorado University New Venture Challenge Gaining Momentum
Can Cold Calling a Venture Capitalist Lead to Investment?
Should We Be Creating New Musical Instruments?
Just When You Thought It Was Safe for Venture Capital Regulation…
How To Wind Down Your Company – New Series
September 2009
Our Investment in Next Big Sound
Nominate Your Favorite Woman Entrepreneur
An Open Letter to Mr. Obama on Innovation Policy
Great Article on Intellectual Ventures (sucking)
August 2009
When A Down Round Isn’t So Bad (Unless you are a VC)
How to Run a Great Board Meeting
July 2009
Adam Smith – The Wealth of Lawyers
Some Lawyers (and Their Clients) Continue to Suck – Now Suing Twitter Users
New Techtars TV – And a Great "Set up"
Should Venture Capitalist Sell Out To Secondary Firms?
I Guess That I’m a Slave to My Cat
Where Do Venture Capitalists Find Their Companies?
June 2009
Apparently 52.9% of Venture Capitalists are Deluded
Best Mexican Food in Colorado???
Quick Review of iPhone 3.0 and the 3Gs
Shareholder Representatives Blog!
The Alternate Routes – In Concert and Thinking About Music 2.0
Dark Was The Night – Great CD for a Great Cause
Memeo share gets 5 stars rating!
Rocky Radar Colorado Company List
Refine Your Own Personal Elevator Pitch
When a Layoff is not a Layoff?
May 2009
Preparing For A First Meeting With Me
Fundraising Effort for Growe Foundation
Denver Art Museum – Psychedelic Experience
David Cohen Announces New Seed Fund
Our Latest Investment – Medialets
Quick Ways To Get Fired as a Lawyer
If You Are into Human Beat Boxes…
Are the Cultures of Law Firms Dying?
April 2009
Big News From the NVCA Annual Meeting
Legal On Ramp – A Joint for Lawyers
Getting Love From the Travel Gods
Best Young Tech Entrepreneurs for 2009
October 2009
Law Firm 2.0 – The End (for now) and Recap and Downloading the Entire Series.
April 2009
Wilson Sonsini Term Sheet Generator
Humbled on the Last Day of Teaching
The End of Teaching – for now…
Why Be Personally Responsible When You Can Sue?
Brad Feld Lifetime Achievement Award?
Law Firm 2.0 – What might the future of law firms look like?
How To Get A Job In Venture Capital
Intermountain West Music Scene
Making Social Computing Work for You – Ann Arbor, MI
Brad Feld As Your Personal Chef
Shareholder Representative Services NVCA Dinner
Entrepreneurship in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Silicon Flatirons / U of Colorado’s Entrepreneurship Week
Even FASB thinks FAS 157 is Stupid
March 2009
Law Firm 2.5 – Richard Susskind – The End of Lawyers
Time to Reboot Venture Capital Deal Structures
Ask the VC Live – University of Michigan
Lawyer Layoffs – What It Means To You
Law Firm 2.0 – Re-architecting the Law Firm – Outsourcing
April 2009
March 2009
University of Colorado Wins VCIC Regional at U.S.C.
Need a Summer Internship in Boulder?
February 2009
Crash Course on Venture Capital
The TechStars are Coming! The TechStars are Coming!
Footers on Your Presentations Aren’t Irrelevant
Model Seed Documents – Direct From Techstars
Everything That You Want To Know About Venture Capitalists
Pizzeria Mozza – Perhaps the Best Pizza in the U.S.
Paul’s Boutique, The Beastie Boys and Topspin
Can’t Anyone Pay Their Damn Taxes?
Techstars – Open for Applications
January 2009
Boulder Startup Executive Email List
The Porn Industry Wants a Bailout?
Our Investment in Law Firm 2.0
Now I’m Certain That AT&T Sucks
Off Email For the First Time Since 1994
December 2008
What’s The Value Of My Startup?
Law Firm Fees Defy Economic and Reality Gravity
Coldplay Sued by Joe Satriani and Why I Love Music Copyright Lawsuits.
November 2008
Cool Patent Startup Pays People To Discover Prior Art
The Greatest Moustaches in Rock and Roll
The Future of the Music Industry
The "Other Pine Street" in Boulder County
Oblong – It’s Alive, Doctor, It’s Alive
Healthy Ways to Tighten the Corporate Belt
What Does Foundry Group Invest In?
Good Presentation on Fiduciary Duties
Do You Know a Company That Should Present At VCIR?
October 2008
The Sky Is Falling. It’s All Over. Oh Yeah, and Lawyers Want to Profit From It.
East Coast Restaurant Reviews – Troquet and Sushi Yasuda
Lawyers Having Fun While the World Craters
Sign Of Southwest Airlines Losing Its Mojo?
Law Firm 2.0 – Re-architecting the Law Firm –Compensation
How Does The Market Craziness Affect Venture Capitalists and Startups?
I Wish That I Had Invested In This Company
The DonorsChoose Blogger Challenge 2008
September 2008
Fill Out Your Brackets For September Madness!
We Want You – To Work In Boulder
Glenn, You Might Want To Talk To Your Pilots
A Little Trippin’ On A Road Trip
Anyone Out There A Cat Psychologist?
Update on "Stupid Patent Case of the Week"
Y Combinator Model Seed Financing Documents
August 2008
Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
Stupid Patent Case of the Week
Best Rock and Roll Shuffle of All Time
Ignighter – From NYC to TechStars
Law Firm 2.0 – Clients need to chill out (a.k.a Lawyer Bill of Rights)
August 14th – Have a Beer And Do Something For the Boulder Community
July 2008
Should I Pay My Venture Capitalist To Consult For My Company?
I Know What You Are Thinking… (Well Not Really)
Should We Scrap The "Cravath" Style Of Law Firm Hiring?
Green Clovers and Blue Diamonds (and Frasca too)
University of Colorado and Entrepreneurship
Bernanke versus Bush – Winner Bernanke
I Like Buying Books Online. I Won’t Buy Televisions
iPhone Accessory Pricing Apple VS. AT&T
Law Firm 2.0 – Re-architecting the Law Firm – Cost Structures
Why Does Hell Need A Guard Dog?
Restaurant Review: Cut – Beverly Hills
June 2008
Law Firm 2.0 – Re-architecting the Law Firm – Associate Retention and Hiring
Only In Boulder – Free Medical Care While You Eat!
Law Firm 2.0 – Let’s change billing practices before it is too late
Sweet Home Leningrada – Where The Skies Are So Blue
Law Firm 2.0 – Why can’t financings be easier and cheaper?
Announcing CU Engineering’s NEW Entrepreneurship Certificate!
Law Firm 2.0 – Let’s Make This Easier
Congratulations to Qwest Communications on Being Named Legal Department of the Year!
Music Truth Is Stranger Than Music Fiction
Why Start-up Lawyers Frustrate Me
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