In the afternoon today, I went to Future Forward, the conference that Scott Kirsner puts on every year. He had a line-up of speakers, each of whom were given 10 minutes to talk about a weighty topic. A bit like TED Talks. There were a lot of great speakers. I enjoyed all of them and wanted
‘Grace Isn’t Performance-Based’
I’m writing about something spiritual. If you’re not into that and don’t read this post, I won’t be insulted. It’s cool. As I wrote previously, I went to see Hillsong United Friday night, and it was so awesome. I’ve been playing some of their videos online and recently came upon an interesting clip. In it,
Hillsong United and Mercy
Last night, I went to see Hillsong United, who were in town on their U.S. tour. It was so awesome to be up front, right near the stage, jumping, singing and dancing (for only $40, I might add). A key part of the evening happened actually before they started the music. A few of the
Meet First Round’s Josh Kopelman
I’m super excited to be moderating a Q&A session with Josh Kopelman of First Round Capital at a New England VC Association coffee event on Dec. 13. Click here to register; we expect the event to sell out quickly. I met Josh a few years ago, and we had the opportunity for a few days to
Twitter As a Quick Whistle
Yesterday, many newspapers reported about the low number of Americans who have registered for new health plans under the Affordable Care Act. There is a NY Times illustration here, outlining how 106,000 people have picked a plan (but not necessarily bought one), which is 80% below the Administration’s projections. Yesterday afternoon, the White House issued this
‘Unpitch’ VCs (and, Thank You Scott Kirsner)
Many good things happened at the MassTLC unConference. One was that Scott Kirsner asked people in the crowd whether they would support a meet-the-VCs event that was free to entrepreneurs. You see, there are some conferences put up where VCs are invited to speak and entrepreneurs get to pitch them. The former aren’t charged while the