Rihanna at the 2023 Met Gala. James Devaney/GC Images Rihanna had to drop out of the Met Gala at the last minute on Monday night.Her representative confirmed to E! News that she had the flu.Rihanna has become the undisputed queen of Met Gala for her showstopping looks over the years. There was one major figure missing from the Met Gala. Rihanna — w...
Docusign adds more AI to its Intelligent Agreement Management platform by acquiring Lexion, a contract management solution.Read More
Supergiant Games wasted no time launching Hades II in early access so soon after the wrap of its technical test.Read More
DrEureka takes a robotic task description and uses an LLM to generate software implementations for a reward function that measures success in that task.Read More
I recently wrote the Foreword for Unshackled, a new book co-authored by Soundarya Basubramani, a writer from India, and Sameer Khedekar, a veteran immigration lawyer. Unshackled breaks down how legal immigration works in America in a way that is friendly, accessible, and human. It’s filled with raw stories of high-skilled immigrants who walked unco...
Alan Arkin is one of my favorite actors. I just saw a note that he passed away yesterday. I expect I’ll look like him when I lose my hair since he looks like my dad. And every time I see Alan Arkin, I think of my dad. If you see me driving my Jeep around Boulder, I just gave you a hint about what my license plate (ARGOFY) means. Rest in peace, Edwi...
The Venture Deals course is free and starts on June 20, 2023. This is the fourth time we are running the new version of the course (v2!) that was co-created with Techstars and Kauffman Fellows. If interested, sign up now. I hope to see you in one of the AMAs we will host for anyone who takes the course. The post Venture Deals Summer 2023 Course app...
John McPhee’s Levels of the Game was published when I was three. I’ve read many books about tennis, but it’s still my favorite, with String Theory: David Foster Wallace on Tennis coming in a close second. Both books share extraordinary writers and a topic I can relate to, given my short but profane junior tennis career. I’ve become annoyed by the w...
I got an email from Matt Blumberg this morning with the above image that said, “We have been blogging for 19 years. I can remember sitting together above Super Liquor futzing with Typepad like it was yesterday.” “Super Liquor” is Superior Liquor in Superior, Colorado, which was on the first floor of the building off of Hwy 36, which was my office a...
Startup Snapshot, a data-sharing platform for the entrepreneurial ecosystem, recently released its latest report, The Untold Toll: The Impact of stress on the well-being of startup founders and CEOs. Clearly, the emotional state of founders and entrepreneurs in any period, especially now in this economic environment, is a critical driver of success...
I’m not a sports fan, but wow, this is good. A growth mindset reframes failure…"When you work toward your goal, you're taking steps to success." pic.twitter.com/S6LFQoHw5y — Brian Solis (@briansolis) April 28, 2023Thanks, Dave Mayer, for sending this to me. The post It’s Not A Failure – It’s Steps to Success appeared first on Brad Feld.
Chris Heivly released Build the Fort: The Startup Community Builder’s Field Guide. I encourage you to get Chris’s book if you are a startup community builder or are interested in startup communities. When Ian Hathaway and I started working on The Startup Community Way: Evolving an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, we initially talked to Chris about writin...
After my post about the Founder Mental Health Pledge, I received a note from Kari Palazzari, the Executive Director of Studio Arts Boulder, a local nonprofit that manages a community pottery studio. She lamented that very few members of the Boulder startup community seem to take advantage of their programs. She said, “Studio Arts Boulder would love...
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