I build things and organizations. Periodically, I ramble on about them here. See https://colopy.com for information about Colopy Ventures.
I build things and organizations. Periodically, I ramble on about them here. See https://colopy.com for information about Colopy Ventures.
Last Friday, I had the pleasure of presenting at South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas. SXSW is a massive event—more than 300,000 people attend each year—and it completely takes over downtown Austin. It was awesome to be part of it. My session, “The Art of Scaling Your Startup Without Venture Capital,” was based on ideas from my book. […]
Last November, NC IDEA hosted their Ecosystem Summit in Research Triangle Park. NC IDEA is a nonprofit that supports startups and ecosystem developers throughout North Carolina. This was their annual conference where they gather startup founders, funders and entrepreneurial ecosystem leaders from across the state. At the event, I had a twenty-minute main stage session […]
We’re seeking a designer to help with our various web/graphic design needs at GrepBeat, Primordial Ventures, and Jurassic Capital. This includes designing websites, presentation/pdf templates, web graphics, event print materials, merch, a touch of video, and other random things that pop up. We design our own stuff now. Our websites are done in WordPress (GrepBeat) […]
In 1987, Ronald Reagan was President, the Cosby Show was the most popular television show, and Top Gun (the original one!) was still filling theaters. And I was a sophomore at Firestone High School in Akron, Ohio. Last spring, I was taken back to 1987 while sorting through an old box of high school mementos […]
The other week, Grace Ueng interviewed me for the Harvard Club of the Research Triangle. We had a great coffee conversation about all things me—growing up, my Harvard years, building Bronto, and beyond. Grace is a great interviewer, and I enjoyed it. Don’t take my word for it. Read her post (with never-seen-before pixs from […]
Last year, Karalyn and I gave an endowed gift to the North Carolina School of Science and Math (NCSSM) to kick off an entrepreneurship program. The primary purpose of the gift was to hire a director to drive entrepreneurship education at the school. NCSSM was recently ranked the #1 public high school in North Carolina […]
Thursday, I sold my Telsa Model S. I bought it ten years ago, in the summer of 2013. I loved it for many years. It was cool, innovative, and fast. The service, at first, was awesome — white glove — was a big jump for me after having a Honda Civic for many years. But, […]
Welcome to 2023! With every new year, I reflect on the past year — what I liked and disliked and then ponder how I would like to change things for the upcoming year. Often, I find removing “noise” from my life is part of what changes. This lets me focus more on what matters and […]
At Colopy Ventures, we currently focus on two things — spreading the good word about tech startups with GrepBeat and investing in early growth stage software companies with Jurassic Capital. In 2023, we hope to expand our investing efforts by launching a pre-seed/seed fund to focus on the earliest-stage tech startups around the Triangle. It […]
Yesterday, Karalyn and I announced that we are giving $1.5 million to build a technology entrepreneurship program at North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (NCSSM). Here is some news coverage that provides more detail about the gift: NCSSM: Entrepreneur donates $1.5 million to launch tech entrepreneurship program Triangle INNO: Entrepreneur donates $1.5M for new […]
