August 21, 2008

More Patent Stupidness

Seen at the Denver airport today:   My partner Brad has a great blog about this.  Ugh. 
No Comments » | Posted in: Patents / IP | Posted by: Jason Mendelson
August 18, 2008

Everything That Happens Will Happen Today

Today, David Byrne and Brian Eno have released their new album "Everything That Happens Will Happen Today."  I’ve just started to listen to it and so far, it’s really excellent. The ...
No Comments » | Posted in: Music, Venture Capital | Posted by: Jason Mendelson
August 15, 2008

Socialthing! Acquired by AOL

While I’m a little late to the party in delivering the news, I wanted to send a personal shout out to the Socialthing! team congratulating them on their acquisition by ...
No Comments » | Posted in: TechStars, Venture Capital | Posted by: Jason Mendelson
August 14, 2008

Stupid Patent Case of the Week

I’m sick of the current state of affairs of the U.S. patent ecosystem.  Among my many frustrations, this is certainly high on the list.  My partner Brad also feels the ...
1 Comment » | Posted in: Frustrations, Patents / IP | Posted by: Jason Mendelson

Sweet Bathroom Music

My friend, Carl Rosendahl, has created a very cool video while hanging out in his Los Angeles hotel bathroom the other day.  For those of you who don’t know Carl, ...
No Comments » | Posted in: Just For Fun, Music | Posted by: Jason Mendelson
August 13, 2008

Best Rock and Roll Shuffle of All Time

What you are about to read is for true music geeks.  Read at your own risk if you don’t consider yourself one.  As a drummer, one of my all time ...
No Comments » | Posted in: Music | Posted by: Jason Mendelson
August 11, 2008

Ignighter – From NYC to TechStars

Back in January of this year, I got an email introduction from my friend Sarah Reed introducing me to a New York-based company called Ignighter.com.  The premise was simple, yet ...
No Comments » | Posted in: TechStars, Venture Capital | Posted by: Jason Mendelson
August 6, 2008

Manualists Are Musicians Too

A while back, I saw an incredible video on YouTube of Gerry Phillips. I remember a kid in high school who could make farting noises with his hands, but this ...
No Comments » | Posted in: Music | Posted by: Jason Mendelson
August 4, 2008

Law Firm 2.0 – Clients need to chill out (a.k.a Lawyer Bill of Rights)

It’s been a bit since I’ve posted a Law Firm 2.0 post.  Most of the reason has been that I’m still getting a ton of inbound calls and emails from ...
No Comments » | Posted in: Frustrations, Law Firm 2.0 | Posted by: Jason Mendelson

August 14th – Have a Beer And Do Something For the Boulder Community

For all of you Boulderites, mark your calendars for August 14th, 5:30pm at the Foundry Roof Deck.  One of the TechStars teams that I mentor, Application Experts (App-X) is having ...
2 Comments » | Posted in: Entrepreneurship, General | Posted by: Jason Mendelson