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The Microsoft Accelerator (Powered By TechStars) Is A Hit And It’s Expanding

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Demo Day is in Seattle on June 28th. TechStars and Microsoft have been so pleased with the program that a second cycle of the Microsoft Accelerator in Seattle has been added focusing on cloud-based applications. If you are an investor (angel or VC), send me an email and I’ll get you an invitation. Want to run Linux?

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The Year of Startups Everywhere

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When I reflect on where some of our investments are, they are in cities like Portland, Seattle, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Minneapolis, Boulder, Denver, Charlotte, Lexington, New York, and Boston. Having invested in and spent a lot of time in Seattle over the last 30 years, I smirk whenever I hear this. Or maybe toss SOMA in.

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TechStars New York

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We’ve created a long term funding model, which I expect David Cohen will write about at some point, that we implemented in TechStars Seattle and will be rolling out to Boulder and Boston this year. The Seattle program is crushing it already and I’m excited to go spend time up there.

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Fun and Games with BigDoor

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We recently invested in a Seattle company called BigDoor Media. I’ve already been spending plenty of time in Seattle due to Gist , Impinj , TechStars Seattle , and some other good friends that I have there. Yes, I’ve fallen in love (in a very non-sexual way) with Keith, his co-founder Jeff Malek, and BigDoor.

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Transparent Funding Announcements

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After he posted it, he sent around the link to a few prominent people in the tech media. When I pondered it, I realized how divergent the media was becoming from what entrepreneurs were thirsty for in terms of substance. Interestingly, the media wrote more this time. None of them covered the financing in any way.

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The BigDoor MiniBar

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Three months ago at a board dinner in Seattle we discussed the idea of creating a much lighter weight implementation – basically something that a publisher like me could implement on my site without having to write any code. This UX also allowed FeedBurner to regularly roll out new features without impacting the old UX.

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The Future of Transportation

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Some concerns in the media include: Legislation. I love the train ride between Portland and Seattle, and I’ve taken it dozens of times, including just riding up and back in a single day. Computational processing is likely another large component of the overall price, and it has a long history of exponential cost reduction.