February 25, 2009

Crash Course on Venture Capital

Last night, I was a guest of the Silicon Flatirons to present a "crash course" on venture capital.  Basically, it was a no holds barred town hall-type conversation where I ...
51 Comments » | Posted in: Education, Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital | Posted by: Jason Mendelson
February 17, 2009

The TechStars are Coming! The TechStars are Coming!

Big news today- TechStars is coming to Boston!  As announced by TechCrunchs, TechStars is expanding outside of Boulder to include Boston.  For those of you unfamiliar with the program, TechStars ...
No Comments » | Posted in: TechStars | Posted by: Jason Mendelson
February 12, 2009

Beers with Brad in Seattle

My partner Brad is going to be hosting a party in Seattle on the 25th of February hanging out  with the entrepreneur and venture capital crowd.  If you’ve ever wanted ...
No Comments » | Posted in: General, Venture Capital | Posted by: Jason Mendelson
February 11, 2009

Footers on Your Presentations Aren’t Irrelevant

So, I’m not your lawyer, but… I’ve seen many presentations over the past day or so that have been missing some crucial legal boilerplate. Copyright:   Any time you give a PowerPoint/Keynote, etc. ...
10 Comments » | Posted in: Law | Posted by: Jason Mendelson
February 10, 2009

Model Seed Documents – Direct From Techstars

Ever since Brad and I created our term sheet series, we’ve been regularly asked "okay, so what do some model documents look like?" Well, today, our friends at Techstars posted their ...
1 Comment » | Posted in: Financings, Venture Capital | Posted by: Jason Mendelson
February 8, 2009

Everything That You Want To Know About Venture Capitalists

For those of you in the Boulder/Denver area, I’m giving a 1.5 hour “crash course” lecture on the VC industry. The program is February 24th at 5:15 at the CU law ...
3 Comments » | Posted in: Education, Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital | Posted by: Jason Mendelson
February 3, 2009

Pizzeria Mozza – Perhaps the Best Pizza in the U.S.

I’m a pizza aficionado.  I love all styles and all types, but rarely do I find perfection.  I can happily say that I’ve found thin crust perfection at Pizzeria Mozza ...
7 Comments » | Posted in: Food | Posted by: Jason Mendelson

Paul’s Boutique, The Beastie Boys and Topspin

If you haven’t heard, the Beastie Boys have remastered Paul’s Boutique and launched on the Topspin platform.  According to the band, Paul’s Boutique now "actually does have enough bass to ...
2 Comments » | Posted in: Foundry Group Investments, Music | Posted by: Jason Mendelson

Can’t Anyone Pay Their Damn Taxes?

Especially those whose paychecks come from our tax dollars?  The ones who are spending our tax dollars? Ugh. It wasn’t enough that our Treasury Secretary and our potential Health and Human Services ...
2 Comments » | Posted in: Frustrations | Posted by: Jason Mendelson

Which Sports Car Are You?

I took the quiz and I am a Porsche 911.  That’s alright.  I can live with that.  I’d prefer being a Ferrari, but I think the fact that I work ...
8 Comments » | Posted in: Just For Fun | Posted by: Jason Mendelson

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