Why is it so difficult to pick great startups out of the crowd? The truth is that picking the startups that will succeed is difficult even for the most qualified groups, including accelerators, angel investors, crowdfunders and venture capital firms. Why? Most investors rely on
As you may have noticed, I have suspended work on LaunchOklahoma in favor of spending time on developing a new accelerator, TractionTank. I wanted to tell you a little about this decision, about the new accelerator and give you a preview of our upcoming launch.
I’ll be speaking this afternoon at Creative Oklahoma’s tech and entrepreneurship event: 2:30PM at Individual Artists of Oklahoma (IAO – Gallery) 706 W Sheridan Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73102 (405) 232-6060 We’ll be having a roundtable discussion: “Can smaller markets around the world – such
We’re honored to be listed among these movers-and-shakers. Nice to see appreciation for the hard work – much of it volunteer or nearly volunteer! – that so many people put into growing and maturing the OKC startup scene: 10 Top Players in Oklahoma City’s Startup Scene. How can you
I like making introductions. I know some entrepreneurs who seem to do nothing but make introductions. It gives you a warm feeling inside because it is one of the easiest things you can do for another person, yet is one of the most impactful things
Here’s an infographic we developed at JumpPhase Ventures to help communicate the impact that we feel we’ve had on the Oklahoma startup community through our LaunchOklahoma 2014 Open Accelerator initiative. This year we decided, rather than doing an entirely closed program just benefiting the few
I like this new post from the Makeshift startup studio blog: Startup Studios. Are they a thing? Why yes, they are! Just take a look at JumpPhase Ventures, if you have any doubt. I’m very glad to see this model getting some love. This is
I’ll be serving as a panelist on the Accelerator Panel on the main stage at next week’s 2014 IT and Web Venture Forum, organized by the Rice Alliance at Rice University in Houston, Texas. I’m looking forward to discussing current trends in accelerator development and
I loved this article from Mashable, yesterday: 8 Surging Startup Industries to Watch. I agree that these 8 are the big ones where we’re likely to see a lot of innovation and new products and services over the next 5 years. I especially love this list because several
OK. I’m an angel investor, so I can poke fun… This is just a bit of Monday morning humor for you. Don’t take this post too seriously. Not every angel investor means these things when they say these things. But some of them do, so