July 30, 2008

The Top 20 Albums Of All Time

I’m sure that everyone has seen lists before like this.  I’ve never found one that was useful, or in any way represented my opinions.  Today, however, I found a list ...
No Comments » | Posted in: Music | Posted by: Jason Mendelson
July 29, 2008

Should I Pay My Venture Capitalist To Consult For My Company?

Many of you may know this, but I co-author Ask The VC with my partner Brad.  Normally, I don’t cross post content, but this one just frustrated me in a ...
1 Comment » | Posted in: Frustrations, Venture Capital | Posted by: Jason Mendelson

I Know What You Are Thinking… (Well Not Really)

Yesterday, we announced our latest investment at Foundry Group.  EmSense, based in San Francisco, has created the first scalable physiological and brainwave measurement technology platform, which provides accurate and objective ...
No Comments » | Posted in: Venture Capital | Posted by: Jason Mendelson
July 28, 2008

The Most Useless Button Ever

  So, the blogosphere was helpful explaining to the me the necessity of Hell having a guard dog, so maybe y’all can help me with this one: Why do elevators have ...
No Comments » | Posted in: Frustrations, Just For Fun, Observations | Posted by: Jason Mendelson
July 27, 2008

Should We Scrap The "Cravath" Style Of Law Firm Hiring?

I just read a great paper called "Are We Selling Results Or Resumes?" by Professor William Henderson.  In a nutshell, the paper argues that law firms place too high a ...
No Comments » | Posted in: Law Firm 2.0 | Posted by: Jason Mendelson
July 25, 2008

Green Clovers and Blue Diamonds (and Frasca too)

The other night I went to Frasca with the Foodzie folks from TechStars.  On the way to dinner, I snapped these two pictures of the most incredible rainbow that I’ve ...
2 Comments » | Posted in: Food, Just For Fun | Posted by: Jason Mendelson
July 22, 2008

The Police (Red) Rocks!

Last night I had the pleasure of attending The Police concert at Red Rocks Amphitheater last night.  Elvis Costello opened. Let’s just get this out of the way:  the show rocked.  ...
7 Comments » | Posted in: Music | Posted by: Jason Mendelson
July 21, 2008

Are Covers Evil?

I’ve gone back and forth on whether cover versions of songs are evil.  Early on in my musical career, I was self-righteous and a self-proclaimed music snob and thought that ...
5 Comments » | Posted in: Music | Posted by: Jason Mendelson
July 16, 2008

University of Colorado and Entrepreneurship

There is a new posting on the Foundry Group blog entitled: The University of Colorado and Entrepreneurship.  All five of the Foundry folks are actively involved with our adopted university ...
No Comments » | Posted in: Education, Entrepreneurship | Posted by: Jason Mendelson
July 15, 2008

Bernanke versus Bush – Winner Bernanke

This from my new friend Alfred Levitt… He was watching CNBC today and noticed that they elected to carry Bernanke’s remarks to the Senate Banking Committee rather than President Bush, who ...
No Comments » | Posted in: General, Observations | Posted by: Jason Mendelson

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