Miles To Go.

  Ivan Taback and Proskauer hosted the final at bat of our Start Up // Choate Spring Road trip in their gorgeous space at 11 Times Square. It was a fitting finale to a great week which gathered over 100 Choaties from three cities to network, learn, and share experiences about starting and growing businesses. [...]

Last week, when putting the final plans together for our Boston stop on the Start Up // Choate Roadshow, the bombs went off. And so we paused, briefly, to assess what it meant and what needed done. The response that came back from our hosts and panelist pretty much sums up what make Boston unique, [...]

San Fran was a great start last night: Woody and Seth really connected with the audience (Choate said it was a large turnout for these type events) and Michael Fitzpatrick ’93, CEO of Connect Solutions provided a great space. By the way, check out the photo of Mike: that is what a preppy-techie-CEO-Dr.Evil-Englishman-Founder portrait should [...]

We are kicking off a unique series in San Francisco tonight: Start Up// Choate. I’ve long remarked how deep the empathy and how good the connections were grown from that school. For some reason the cycle of 10 o’clock curfews, dress codes in the dining halls, room inspections, and deans countering our late-night antics built [...]

The shots of DC mornings have been rolling in from friends this week with cherry blossoms in full bloom. Got me thinking. I once had a great mentor in Washington DC who simply adored Johnny Walker Red. Pounded the stuff, well into his seventies and deep into the night. Though we were 50 years his [...]

I recently read “On Raising Boys” and it brought out some very interesting points that I think apply to start-ups as well. One of the three key phases to development for a boy is having mentors in his teen years that are outside their main family unit, that have perspective, and come with authority in [...]

I use a mantra since Wadi Rumm called ABC- always be charging. It served me well in the desert, where power was precious and communication was crucial. At many times, we were several days ride from actual electrical power. But to us, the importance of blogging (and tracking!) our where-abouts were crucial to our state [...]

I hadn’t been to Austin for SX for awhile, and the differences are palpable. Each of these observations deserve a post on their own (blog tonnage warning), but here’s the brief from the plane 1: These kids won’t lap their Parents, but they’re over it UT Spring break notwithstanding, SXSW trends pretty young but not [...]