Am I getting too old for this entrepreneur’s game, maybe too cynical? Has my risk tolerance receded with my hairline? Have I become a midlife cliché after 25 years of being the youngest, most impassioned guy in the room? Screw all that. Everything is prelude. I’ve built some good organizations, but there’s still a really great company (or two or three) in me. I’ve know...

If you think the next generation of start-up founders will hail from Stanford, Harvard, or some other university cranking out MBAs, you might want to expand your thinking. There’s a 3-year-old inner-city high school in Chicago—filled mostly with poor African American youth—grooming students who know how to think, act, and speak like entrepreneurs....

Meanwhile, back @technexus the @microsoft happy hour is just kicking off! http://t.co/V3xMUVQr

Back to UIUC for @ITAbuzz Fall Challenge, 150 comp sci students taking our algorithm test to prove they’re best… http://t.co/UnBCGTGo

Played two tough football games this morning, now a jet plane to DC for an overnight, and back to big agenda for… http://t.co/dRFqggjZ

Welcome to @technexus! RT: @CNT_tweets: Saturday morning at the #ReinvintingChi hackathon- we’re getting busy http://t.co/QRdwDxIz

RT @TechNexus: CNT hosting a Urban Sustainability Hackathon all weekend at TechNexus. Happy to have you guys!!! @CNT_tweets #reinventchi

My most anticipated movie in a long time… http://t.co/QnDzs5bY

Big picture: this should sharpen Obama and creates opportunity for clarity over the next few weeks.

My takeaway line of the night was Romney saying he has five sons, and he’s used to people saying something… http://t.co/uk8OqaaG

I can’t believe I’m looking forward to Biden as a backstop to the bullshit.

Romney completely owned the optics and perception of this debate tonight, and Obama played it way too safe. I… http://t.co/VR4vj1fV