I, along with most of the Sharks, was impressed with the presentation by Max Feber on his new product for cold brewing coffee. Here is the link to his website showing his product. The one question I had was whether one of the larger coffee companies could merely copy his idea when they saw it. …
Speaking at Bookmarks
I’ll be speaking at Bookmarks tonight on Chasing Hindy. Here is a link to the event
Gil Featured in Lone Tree Magazine
Last night my wife Robin came into my office. She was holding out the local Lone Tree magazine. “Looks like you made the paper,” she said. I hadn’t been arrested or received any speeding tickets, so I was wondering what I’d done. She tossed the magazine onto my desk, “It’s for Gil,” she said. I’d…
Gil Giveaway on Savings in Seconds
Here is a free Giveaway for Gil posted on Savings in Seconds. Click here to enter.
Colorado Book Fair
Thanks to the Denver Library and the Colorado Author’s League for setting up the inaugural Colorado Book Fair. It was a great chance for people to come and meet a host of authors and to hear seminars about writing. I sat on a panel discussing copyrights and the right of publicity. Here is a photo…
Colorado Book Festival
The Colorado Book Festival is going to be held at the Denver Public Library on March 3. I’ll be there doing a book signing as well as giving a presentation on legal issues authors may face. The panel is: Can They Really Say That?: Defamation, Plagiarism, and Writing Beyond the Legal Limit. We hear the…
Working out with Arnold Schwarzenegger
This week I was visiting the European Patent Office in Munich. I was staying at an old Bavarian hotel, the Bayerischer Hof. I usually like to get up early and get in a workout. The hotel gym is on the top floor and is quite popular in the late morning, and I like to be there…
ZUP on Shark Tank
I love water sports and so ZUP’s presentation caught my attention. ZUP sells a wake board that anyone can ride. Here is their website. What caught my attention about ZUP was all the interest the Sharks showed in the patents covering this product. The presenters rambled on about a summary judgment and an IPR, both…
New Goodreads Giveaway for eBooks
Goodreads just announced a new program where authors can give away their eBooks. Before, it was just hard copies. And the best news is that you can give away 100 books at a time. So, I’m giving away 100 books for both Gil and The Vintage Club. That’s right–100 copies of each book! Below is…
iFork on Shark Tank
I caught the most recent episode of Shark Tank and watched as Kyle Donovan of iFork tried to get $100,000 for five percent equity. The product is a line of plates, silverware and glasses that interlock to make it easy to get your food in a picnic line. Their website states that their “first mission was to…