Here are the show notes episode #2 of the ColoradoStartups podcast, available here.
0:00 – David talks about his week off (family reunion) and how it’s tough to be so out of touch when you’re a web and email junkie.
1:40 – He discusses the two books he read on the vacation:
- 1:40 – Hackers and Painters by Paul Graham
- 3:10 David also talks about Paul’s Y Combinator and the companies that came out of the program)
- 5:30 – Joel on Software by Joel Spolsky
6:15 – David discusses how angel investors make decisions about which companies they’ll invest in.
20:50 – Finally David discusses some of the pros and cons of stealth mode, and how stealth mode is different from just being under the radar for a while. He also adds his two cents about why transparency might be better than stealthiness in many cases, especially in the web/software space.