Broken Patent System

benbuie | 8/22/12

For about a year I’ve been thinking about all that’s wrong with the patent system. It started with a nice  piece done by NPR called “The Patent War.” I was blown away that there are faceless companies with offices in Texas and all they do is suck up patents and litigate against them. We do not Read More >>

MBS, like an MBA but less administration and more startup

benbuie | 6/8/12

A guest post I wrote back in February was featured on the Deming Center Blog a couple days ago and it got me thinking about my decision to get an MBA. Shortly after I arrived at Boulder I went to a TechStars pitch event where some of the companies joked that they would never hire Read More >>

Making CU the #1 Public University For Entrepreneurship

benbuie | 5/5/12

Brad Bernthal, Associate Professor at the University of Colorado Law School and Director of the Silicon Flatirons Entrepreneurship Initiative, recently blogged asking for feedback on how to make CU the nation’s leading university for entrepreneurship. Since I’ve come to CU, I’ve thought about this question A LOT! In fact, making CU the number one public Read More >>

Why Blog?

benbuie | 5/5/12

I’ve been meaning to start a blog for ages, but never got around to it…until now. I don’t pretend to be a writer, but I do wish I was and I think that keeping a blog, no matter how many grammatical errors or spelling mistakes, will help me increase my ability to communicate.