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OCTOBER 1, 2012

For the next two days (until the end of the day on 10/2/12) BarnesandNoble.com is having a 50% off sale on Startup Communities: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your City. My understanding is that this ($13.47) is the lowest price the physical book will ever be available for. If you’ve been tempted to buy the book but have been holding off for some reason, go grab it now.

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OCTOBER 3, 2012

I’m super impressed with the progress MobileDay has made in the past six months. We are a seed investor in the company whose goal is to fix conferencing calling. Their approach is “one touch into any conference call from any conference call provider.” The current MobileDay iPhone app is excellent – I use it multiple times a day.

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OCTOBER 1, 2012

One of my favorite web tv shows – The Founders – is back. Episode 1 of Season 3 – Cave Explorer – is up. We’ll follow three of the TechStars Boulder 2012 companies through the program – Birdbox , Roximity , and Ubooly. Time to fall in love with the start of startups again.

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OCTOBER 4, 2012

I’ve written before about the Kinect Accelerator and Microsoft Accelerator. On Monday, the Microsoft Accelerator for Windows Azure companies were announced. The program begins this week and ends in mid-January. Since the program is powered by TechStars , it’ll follow the standard TechStars timeline, finishing up with a demo day at the end of the program.

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OCTOBER 3, 2012

Last night I got an email with a Q3 sales update from a company I’m an investor in for a while. They consistently meet or beat their plan and are an extremely well managed business. Their plan for Q3 was aggressive in my book (and they’ve managed their costs to a lower outcome) had an expectation for what they would come in at based on data from as recently as last week.

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OCTOBER 4, 2012

Verne Harnish ‘s new book, The Greatest Business Decisions of All Time , is out. I’ve read the excerpt up on Fortune and I’m looking forward to reading the entire book this weekend. The short description follows: The Greatest Business Decisions of All Time – with a Foreword by Jim Collins — is Verne Harnish’s latest book. Author of the ever popular Mastering the Rockefeller Habits , Verne along with some of the top writers and editors at Fortune magazine, share the insid

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OCTOBER 2, 2012

I’ve been involved in Startup Weekend events since Andrew Hyde held his first event in Boulder in 2007. As you know I’ve recently joined the board and have enjoyed watching the organization flourish. One interesting development is the growth of industry-focused events and it’s especially exciting to see Entrepreneurs and Educators collaborating Education-focused Startup Weekends.

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