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Mile-High disruption: Why Denver should be on your tech radar next year

The Next Web

Roughly 1,200 miles away in the heart of Silicon Valley, San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed is pushing for restrictions that will shutter many of the city’s medical marijuana dispensaries. Entrepreneur Insider United States Analysis and Opinion' In 2012, Denver startups raised more than $280M, with 33 startups raising $1M or more.

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Draper Fisher Jurvetson & Cisco to Hold Second Global Business Plan Competition

Campus Entrepreneurship

The competition will leverage Cisco TelePresence(TM), which enables collaboration through a live, face-to-face video network communications experience, to allow finalists from around the world to present their business plans in real time to a joint panel of DFJ and Cisco executives based in San Jose.