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.
Recently, Donald Thompson of Walk West invited me on his podcast. We chatted about my pre-Bronto adventures and post-Bronto life with GrepBeat, Jurassic, and NCSSM. Donald is a great interviewer and we got into how startups really get started and why Silicon Valley is not all that. This podcast is less than 40 minutes long […]
Recently, I had the pleasure of being a guest on Ritwik Pavan’s new podcast, “In The Meeting.” Ritwik is a senior Comp Sci and Business student at UNC-Chapel Hill and a couple-times entrepreneur through Linker Logic Technologies and VADE. Because of this, he brings a unique perspective on the entrepreneurial experience and asks great questions. […]
The other week, I had the pleasure of speaking with Elizabeth at Hatchit about me, Bronto and Colopy Ventures. Hatchit is an online marketplace for buying and selling online ventures and digital assets like small businesses, websites, apps, domain names, etc. It was co-founded by Dennis Schaecher in North Carolina. Read more about them. Listen […]
Recently, I had the pleasure of joining Drew Adams on his podcast, “The Price”, to tell the Bronto Story, including the emotional ups and downs in starting, building and selling a business. He is a great interviewer so it makes for a nice long leisurely listen. I have known Drew for years since many moons […]
A few years ago, I spoke with the founders, Max and Connor, of Lessonly to give them advice on scaling their business and moving from a broad customer focus to a narrower one. Protip: Less is more. Max recently wrote about this conversation in his weekly advice message. You can read the post on their […]
Last month, I had the honor of being the keynote speaker for the MBA@UNC commencement. MBA@UNC is the online MBA program for the Kenan-Flagler Business School at UNC Chapel Hill. I speak fairly often. Sometimes it is good. Sometimes it is random. This is one of the good ones and worth a watch. I start […]
Last Thursday, after selling Bronto four years ago, we hosted a reunion at the Unscripted Hotel in Downtown Durham. Participation was amazing and it was like zipping back to the Golden Age of Bronto for just one more night. The enthusiasm at the event was a true testament to the strength of the Bronto culture […]
Last month, I was interviewed by Durham Magazine for my views on startups and entrepreneurs. One of my views is that great entrepreneurs have a strong propensity for action. The interview also details quirky stories from my past — like how I majored in Computer Science to avoid writing papers. Pro tip: bad idea! You […]
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of speaking to a Duke class on Intellectual Property and Innovation: Law, Policy & Entrepreneurship. Thanks Ed for including me! In addition to sharing my story and hawking GrepBeat, I reviewed five things that mattered when thinking about Intellectual Property (IP) for software startups. But, let me save you $60k/year […]
YAWA! Yet Another Web Application. Software has clearly moved to the cloud and web applications are the way for software to be delivered. In the late 1990s, SalesForce.com and others were innovators in this new business model: software as a service. Times were good and Bronto jumped on it in the early 2000s. Twenty years […]
