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 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) […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
We are pleased to welcome back another member into the Colopy Ventures team this summer! Alon Greyber worked here last summer, and will join us again this summer as an engineering intern. Hey, Alon! It’s great to have you here as another intern to work with. I heard that you worked here last summer […]
It was the late 90s. I was an MBA student @ UNC. I wanted to work at Red Hat — a small quirky startup with no history or no interest in hiring people like me. So, I made a video stating my case and hustled my way in. Read the story. Watch the video. Laugh at me. And hustle hustle!
