I have some big news to share. Have you heard? SeeClickFix, the citizen engagement software company I co-founded in 2008, has been acquired by CivicPlus. In celebration, I wanted to share a few of my memories and offer the deepest thanks to everyone who was a part of the journey. …

Venture Patterns catalogs the best of what other startups and venture capitalists have figured out. Subscribe for future updates. Summary: Bottom Up Sales is a venture pattern where individual employees start using or buy a version of a product and when enough employees of a company do so, then the…

I was asked to write a short submission for a Yale entrepreneurship book. Here are a few. Outlook (a haiku) Within a startup Team have future optimism pessimism re: now For Want of a Customer Grow users! More cashflow! ‘s my creed. And to get it, a product I need. Employees want salary, to build. To pay, I must woo VC guild. But investors seek traction indeed! The Benefit of Co-Founders With a cofounder, highs and low in startup land hit each off cycle.

a public art project of and by the community — What started an idea inspired by JR’s Inside Out Project, a Sunday planning session with Ben Berkowitz and then a simple blog post, grew into a movement, a living piece of art and a community. Here was the pitch we gave: A multi-lane freeway divides what once was one neighborhood…

meaning, service, community, ethics, education, ceremony and assembly without superstition and dogma — For the past year or so, I’ve been working to help create a Humanist Community at Yale University. As an alum living in New Haven, I feel connected to the university and wanted to contribute in another way. …