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Nike Accelerator – Powered By TechStars

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When we started TechStars in 2006, one of our premises was to help build a strong startup community in Boulder. Our experience with TechStars – starting in Boulder, but expanding to Boston, Seattle, and New York – helped us understand not just TechStars’ role and impact on a startup community, but what drives startup communities over the long term.

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The Best Science Fiction Books of All Time

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I love reading science fiction. I started when I was ten-ish and have never stopped. While on vacation in Mexico recovering from my kidney stone surgery, I read a bunch of books including one science fiction book – Nexus by Ramez Naam (he sent me the pre-release.) It was awesome. I was talking about science fiction with a friend. We started rattling off our favorite science fiction books.

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Read Startup Communities With Me On BookShout!

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I don’t think I’m breaking new ground by saying that book publishing is going through a rapid transformation. I’ve learned a lot about traditional publishing after working with Wiley for the past few years on Do More Faster , Venture Deals , Startup Communities , and Startup Life. I’ve also experimented with self-publishing with HyperInk for the book Burning Entrepreneur.

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George Orwell Talks To Us From The Future About a Free and Open Internet

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I thought this was a powerful and clever video about the risks to the free and open Internet. It’s worth a watch with an appropriate cynical and concerned view. I was happy to see Google launch their Take Action site last week about a Free and Open Internet. I’m a supporter and strongly encourage your support as well. Vint Cerf (one of the actual creators of the Internet) talks more about the need to keep the Internet free and open.

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Nyan Cat and Sphero

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So – I’ve apparently been hiding under a rock and had no idea about the Nyan Cat phenomenon. The original Youtube video has 89,604,608 views as of this moment. Insane. Ok – whatever. Wait, s**t, five minutes just passed with me playing around with the Nyan Cat site. I’m especially digging Jamaican Nyan and Pirate Nyan. Damnit, another five minutes just disappeared.

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Travel 2013 – There Is Only One Of Me

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At some point in the future, the machines will take over. At that time the machines can create Feldborgs if they so desire; until then there is only one of me. After a day like today it’s hard to accept that I can’t go to every city on the planet and talk about Startup Communities. Today I was in LA – starting at LaunchPad LA , followed by a meeting with Ivee (so, so cool), then an interview with Jason Calacanis for This Week In Startups , and finishing up with a fantastic eve

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Inappropriate Fearmongering About Marijuana by Bruce Benson – CU President

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I’m a huge supporter of CU and CU Boulder in particular. While it’s not my alma mater, I’ve probably contributed as much or more time and money as I have to MIT, where I spent seven years. Amy and I strongly support three institutions of higher education – MIT, Wellesley (where she went to school), and CU Boulder. I was shocked and stunned to get an email from the CU President Bruce Benson yesterday.

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