My friend Greg Bettinelli posed an interesting question on Twitter today about whether the iPad should be considered “mobile”. He makes an interesting point. Compared to a phone, consumption of the web on tablets isn’t nearly as mobile. It’s not happening “in car after kid drop off”. It’s more often on the couch, at least [...]

I read an article the other day that I think typifies the way startups and entrepreneurs are portrayed in the media today. http://gigaom.com/2012/03/03/whats-love-got-to-do-with-it-for-startups-everything/ The currents of the story are pretty familiar.   In many ways, the way startup founders are portrayed is very similar to the way love is portrayed in hollywood.  It’s all about [...]

When I grew up, my family owned a set of encyclopedia britannica’s. They were great – and saved me many times when writing papers or just satisfying my curiosity as a kid. But about 15 years ago, encyclopedias become obsolete. The internet changed everything. In short order, we had access to more information, more viewpoints, [...]

Bill Gurley had a great post about the advantage of youth, and it got me thinking about the advantages of age and youth. I came to a pretty exciting conclusion: We are entering a golden age of internet founders!   We hear about young tech founders a lot these days.  We invest in young founders [...]

I’ve been thinking about something that will seem completely backward to some. That is that old fashioned business planning has fallen too far out of favor and needs to be brought back to the forefront. I’m not talking about written business plans per se, but I’m talking about the process of planning a business and [...]