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- Throwing a Fastball Down the Middle May 14, 2013
- Our Annual Meeting May 7, 2013
- Sharing Your Days May 3, 2013
- Boston Strong May 2, 2013
- Thinking About Immigration Reform April 24, 2013
- What Do You Look For In Startups? April 22, 2013
- A Discussion About Technology in Education in my Home Town April 11, 2013
- Fundraising in the Series A Crunch April 4, 2013
- Some Thoughts from Building Our New Website March 26, 2013
- Q&A: How To Deal With The Trough of Sorrow? And tips for bootstrapping companies March 20, 2013
- The Fate of Seed VC’s? March 19, 2013
- Why Cofounders Matter March 2, 2013
- Advice For Entrepreneurs In Accelerator Programs February 27, 2013
- How To Pitch a BIG Story February 24, 2013
- Shame on You PrivCo February 18, 2013
- The State of Product Management February 7, 2013
- Fighting With Your Back Against the Wall January 29, 2013
- Finding Companies in the Most Normal Places January 16, 2013
- What Is NextView’s Focus? Another Stroll Through Our Portfolio January 7, 2013
- The Year of the Timeless Stream January 2, 2013
- The Best Stuff on the Internet This Year December 20, 2012
- Where We Invest in 2013 and Beyond December 10, 2012
- Micro VC’s and Super Angels Two Years Later – Looking Back and Some Predictions for the Future November 30, 2012
- A Thanksgiving Post: Being Better November 19, 2012
- How Do I Get In Touch With a VC? November 12, 2012
- Some Thoughts on why Enterprise is so Hot November 4, 2012
- The Value of Data is NOT in the BIG October 24, 2012
- Great Video of Seth Godin on Education (via Fred Wilson’s blog) October 24, 2012
- Going BIG October 22, 2012
- A Blog Post #Fail With Siri October 18, 2012
- Looking Back On Our First Couple Years at NextView October 14, 2012
- Very Basic Startup Marketing October 8, 2012
- Staying Hungry, Staying Humble October 2, 2012
- Lagging Indicators September 26, 2012
- Some Recent Hunches September 18, 2012
- There Are No Shortcuts, It’s All Hard Work September 10, 2012
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Boston Tech Community – August 2012 September 3, 2012
- Captivating Investors with Secrets… and Other Fundraising Tips August 29, 2012
- Accelerators Should Go Earlier August 22, 2012
- Lessons from my Dad August 16, 2012
- Running Hard but Standing Still August 14, 2012
- Mentors, Peer Groups, and Personal Improvement August 8, 2012
- How Much Should Founding CEO’s Pay Themselves Post Series A? August 2, 2012
- Why Mobile Works for Ebay July 31, 2012
- On Personal Improvement July 18, 2012
- How To Think About The Future July 16, 2012
- What’s Your Favorite Future? July 10, 2012
- Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets? And Why 20%? July 9, 2012
- Directr – Tell Your Story June 29, 2012
- The Biggest Problem Facing Consumer Web Companies in Boston June 26, 2012
- My Favorite Thing About TechStars NYC Demo Day June 14, 2012
- What To Do Instead of Starting a Company? June 10, 2012
- Four Building Blocks for the New “Second Industrial Revolution” June 7, 2012
- 5 Under-hyped Companies I Would Invest in At Any Price – 2012 Edition May 22, 2012
- Think Twice Before Starting a Company May 14, 2012
- VC Fundraising: You Don’t Need to Pitch the King to Win May 1, 2012
- Inspired by Some Teenaged Girl Coders April 26, 2012
- PR, Funding Announcements, and Telling Your Story April 22, 2012
- Not All Those That Wander Are Lost April 20, 2012
- More Than Mobile April 17, 2012
- Startups are More Like “Hunger Games” than “The Twilight Saga” April 11, 2012
- Boundless Learning on the Open Web April 6, 2012
- We Are Entering A Golden Age of Internet Founders April 1, 2012
- Business Planning Will Make a Comeback March 27, 2012
- Always Discount a VC’s Enthusiasm March 21, 2012
- Speaking With Len Schlesinger, The President of Babson College March 19, 2012
- Consumer or Business? I don’t care! March 16, 2012
- Diversification – The Alternative to Market Timing March 10, 2012
- Are Winner Take All Dynamics of Network Businesses Overrated? March 9, 2012
- The Path to Victory March 5, 2012
- Constructing Your Seed Round Syndicate March 5, 2012
- Thoughts on Startup Org Structures and Titles February 27, 2012
- My 3 Most Important Lessons Learned in Business School February 22, 2012
- Why VC’s Almost Never Invest in K12 – Reflections from a Discussion with the Ed Tech Community February 17, 2012
- Ethos: Invited Guest February 14, 2012
- Why The Series B is the “Sucker Round” February 5, 2012
- Will Facebook be the Next Yahoo? January 29, 2012
- When Conventional Wisdom Goes Wrong January 25, 2012
- Apple Textbooks – Not Disruptive January 20, 2012
- Do VC’s with “Operating Experience” Add More Value January 18, 2012
- Collaboration and Partnership at NextView January 10, 2012
- A Stroll Through The NextView Portfolio January 9, 2012
- 2011 and 2012 – Wisdom from Clay Christensen January 2, 2012
- The Boston Consumer Tech Year In Review December 28, 2011
- So You Want to be a VC? December 4, 2011
- 3 Reasons to Apply For Mucker Labs November 14, 2011
- The Market Size Fallacy November 10, 2011
- Making Sense of the “Series A Crunch” November 6, 2011
- Startup Jargon Series: PIVOTS October 27, 2011
- Moneyball and Picking People October 17, 2011
- Startup Jargon Series: DISRUPTION October 12, 2011
- Thinking about Time, Talent, and Taking the Plunge October 5, 2011
- Some Contrarian Thoughts on P2P Car Sharing vs. ZipCar September 29, 2011
- Quick Tip: CEOs Should Sell The Story September 28, 2011
- Babbaco – For the Great Parent We All Want to Be September 21, 2011
- What Went Wrong in the Daily Deals Space? September 12, 2011
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Boston Tech Community, Sept 2011 September 7, 2011
- Stories and Guidance for Non-Technical MBA Founders September 6, 2011
- Entrepreneurs – If You Are Doing an Online Presentation, CrunchConnect is a No Brainer August 30, 2011
- Misadventures in VC Funding: The $24 Million Moz Almost Raised « Rand’s Blog August 29, 2011
- What Will The Big Winners in Subscription Commerce Look Like? August 27, 2011
- Ben M Greene — Why Continuous Deployment Matters August 23, 2011
- Why Do VC’s Invest in Companies with No Business Model? August 22, 2011
- Should You Meet With VC’s Early for Feedback? August 11, 2011
- Is Twitter Really Any Good for Brand Advertisers? August 10, 2011
- Forget Shrinking Markets – How About Expanding Them? August 7, 2011
- A Stroll Through the Leather District August 5, 2011
- Will You Choose a Life of Ease, or a Life of Service and Adventure? August 4, 2011
- The Humility Imperative July 27, 2011
- Giving WordPress Another Try July 27, 2011
- Some Thoughts on Communicating With Your Investors July 25, 2011
- The Illusion of Stability July 11, 2011
- Some Thoughts on Hiring Technical Co-Founders July 11, 2011
- I could end the deficit in 5 minutes. You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP all sitting members of congress are ineligible for reelection. July 8, 2011
- Is This VC a Good Girlfriend or a Good Wife? July 8, 2011
- Please, please, please stop asking how to find a technical co-founder. – humbledMBA June 30, 2011
- Intellectual Honesty vs. Revisionist History June 24, 2011
- The Humility Imperative: CEOs, Keep Your Arrogance in Check June 23, 2011
- Brian K Balfour: The One “Process” Every Startup Should Have June 22, 2011
- The Evolution of Angels into VC’s June 21, 2011
- Two days ago, I gave a talk at Angel Bootcamp titled “Unicorns and Tom Brady – Picking Winning Founders”. The purpose of the talk was to illuminate some data around founders, and what characterizes successful ones. It was meant to be directional, and help folks who don’t have the benefit of being a professional investor and getting a “gut” for great founders through pattern recognition. A couple points and takeaways: 1. I took a chunk of data from Silicon Alley Insider’s Digital Media Top 100. It was as good a dataset as any for promising companies. But obviously isn’t exhaustive and definitely skews towards my areas of focus, which are digital media and internet enabled businesses. 2. My partner Lee has blogged at length about our love for Tom Brady entrepreneurs. Read more about it on his blog. 3. My partner Dave has blogged about authentic entrepreneurs, which is very important to us. As I said in my talk – a 40-year old enterprise sales executive would never conceive of AirBnB and make it work. 4. See my interview with Matt Lauzon to hear some crazy stories about a young, first time entrepreneur who is creative and hustles. 5. Here’s a link to the academic paper and the book around evaluating human capital that I referenced. They are excellent reads. 6. If you are in Boston and want to get more involved in the startup community – check out my Hitchiker’s Guide to the Boston Tech Community. Thanks! June 15, 2011
- June 14, 2011
- HOWTO: Spend your investors’ money – stu.mp June 3, 2011
- 5 Under-hyped Companies I’d Invest In at a Wild Valuation June 1, 2011
- Just posted a video interview I did with David Hauser. See the summary and additional details on Xconomy. May 24, 2011
- What Is The Ideal Seed Round Composition? May 18, 2011
- When Seeking Inspiration – Operate in Short Sprints May 12, 2011
- Kissing Frogs May 5, 2011
- Additions to Hitchhiker Guide 2011 May 4, 2011
- Act II: Golazo May 2, 2011
- How We Make Decisions April 20, 2011
- (53/1) Startups: How to Communicate Traction… by Brendan Baker – Quora April 20, 2011
- Backwards Goals April 16, 2011
- Building Something That Lasts April 13, 2011
- I had the pleasures of sitting down with Matt Lauzon last week to talk about the lessons he’s learned as the founder and CEO of Gemvara. I’m hoping this will be the first of several chats with some of the new crop of entrepreneurs and investors in BOS that are making things happen. Many thanks to Cort Johnson for helping me make this happen. We talked about a lot of things – getting noticed, developing as a CEO, etc. But the best part was his story about “Paying it Forward”. I get the chills thinking about it. I’ve embedded that segment of the conversation above. Below are links to two other segments to our conversation. By way of context, Gemvara is an online retailer of customized jewelry that is growing very rapidly. The company was seeded by Highland Capital and raised their series A and B from Highland and Canaan Partners. Matt looks a little giddy in the interview because that morning, he had just signed a term sheet from Balderton Capital for a $15M series C round to scale the business. Our chat is structured into three parts, and I will point out some of the gems below. Part I: Getting Gemvara Started Matt founded Gemvara as an undergraduate student at Babson. What set Matt apart from other students starting companies and entering business plan competitions was his willingness to do the straightforward but slightly intimidating things that you need to get noticed. See 1:36 to hear Matt talk about how he coordinated a tactical strike on Bob Davis’ inbox shortly before his meeting with him. See 2:52 to hear how Matt cold called the VP of engineering at Bladlogic shortly after the company’s $800M acquisition and convinced him to join him as CTO when the company was not much more than a man with a plan. Part II: Developing as an Entrepreneur (and getting replaced) I ask a terribly inappropriate question up front about getting replaced as CEO shortly after their series A. See the first 2 1/2 minutes to hear what it was like to be replaced as CEO, and then to come back a few years later. Why did it happen? What changed? Why was he equipped to come back? Some other great sound bites: “I know more today than I did yesterday. But less than I’ll know tomorrow.” “When the first great ecommerce companies were built, no one had ecommerce experience” Part III: Paying It Forward Matt gives his perspective on the state of the Boston startup ecosystem as a someone from “a small town in Maine”. He speaks candidly about the many good things and some of the things that are potentially more difficult. He closes with an incredible story at 3:38. It’s definitely the BEST PART OF THE INTERVIEW and talks about those who helped him early on and what kept him going in the really hard and discouraging moments. By the way, in the spirit of “Paying it Forward” Matt is organizing an event in mid-May called Ruby Riot. Details are sparse, but based on the stealthy twitter chatter, I think it will be the “It” event for the local tech community in May. Hope this video is interesting and instructive. Follow Matt on twitter here, and please let me know other folks you’d like to hear from in a comment below. April 6, 2011
- We Are Not Moving to Wellesley April 5, 2011
- How VC’s Win March 22, 2011
- Top 5 Things I Tell Student Entrepreneurs March 19, 2011
- How can I tell if I am failing at my entrepreneurial venture or start-up? | Recruiting & Job Search, New York City Start-up blog by Marc Cenedella March 16, 2011
- Getting Noticed March 11, 2011
- Always Ask Twice March 8, 2011
- What Sports Produce the Best Entrepreneurs? March 2, 2011
- Great Panel at Webinno – Building Products That Win February 28, 2011
- Concerns About the JP Morgan Fund February 28, 2011
- Investor Biases February 27, 2011
- Why Do So Many Ambitious Companies Happen By Accident? February 24, 2011
- Can Investors Really Help Entrepreneurs With Their Product? February 22, 2011
- Creating a Product Focused Startup Culture | Michael Karnjanaprakorn February 22, 2011
- Leonardo da Vinci’s Resume | Recruiting & Job Search, New York City Start-up blog by Marc Cenedella February 19, 2011
- Finding The Perfect Startup Job February 17, 2011
- A Little Help From Our Friends February 14, 2011
- It’s true that with Facebook connect all websites can immediately have access to your social graph. From there most websites unfortunately don’t know what to really do with it so it basically just becomes a way to log you in and potentially allow advertisers to serve up more targeted (and therefore higher CPM) ads. February 8, 2011
- This is truly awesome. Reference Guide For Freedom and Responsibility Culture at Netflix. February 8, 2011
- Is Your VC Really Committed To Your Seed Round? February 8, 2011
- Product Leaders as Poets and Librarians February 7, 2011
- The Gong Show: Spark Capital is Hiring February 4, 2011
- Marco.org: How should I get started with programming? Which language should I learn first? February 2, 2011
- What Does It Take To Be A Public Company? January 30, 2011
- Ethos Part I: WTF? January 24, 2011
- An Unscientific View of Our Seed Portfolio January 21, 2011
- Why I Like Crummy New England Winters January 19, 2011
- How Facebook Ships Code « FrameThink – Frameworks for Thinking People January 18, 2011
- We believe that we’re on the face of the Earth to make great products, and that’s not changing. We’re constantly focusing on innovating. We believe in the simple, not the complex. We believe that we need to own and control the primary technologies behind the products we make, and participate only in markets where we can make a significant contribution. We believe in saying no to thousands of projects so that we can really focus on the few that are truly important and meaningful to us. We believe in deep collaboration and cross-pollination of our groups, which allow us to innovate in a way that others cannot. And frankly, we don’t settle for anything less than excellence in every group in the company, and we have the self-honesty to admit when we’re wrong and the courage to change. And I think, regardless of who is in what job, those values are so embedded in this company that Apple will do extremely well. January 17, 2011
- New Investment – SalesCrunch January 13, 2011
- Really Nice Profile on the Concord Review January 8, 2011
- Platforms and Networks: Launching Tech Ventures: Part IV, Readings January 8, 2011
- January 6, 2011
- tinyprints – An Inspiration for the New Year January 2, 2011
- Thing to Look Forward to in 2011 December 26, 2010
- The meaning of Christmas. I watch this Peanuts Special at least once each season. Merry Christmas everyone! December 24, 2010
- 2010 Year In Review December 21, 2010
- December 16, 2010
- Professionalism – A Resolution for 2011 December 15, 2010
- December 9, 2010
- December 9, 2010
- Optimism and Thanksgiving November 24, 2010
- How to Do A Good 2×2 Market Slide November 22, 2010
- A VC: Employee Equity: How Much? November 22, 2010
- Sad Observations from a Boston Angel Dinner November 18, 2010
- alexbain: I’ve enjoyed this so many times today, I figured I should probably go ahead and post it. November 16, 2010
- A Candid Conversation Between a VC and a Super Angel. Something fun I put together while playing with Xtranormal. November 15, 2010
- Experience – Thoughts From Ben Siscovick’s Post November 12, 2010
- Organic vs. Manufactured Community November 10, 2010
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Boston Tech Community 2011 November 9, 2010
- When and How Should you Hire a Technical Co-Founder? November 6, 2010
- Are You Crazy? Of Course Ideas Matter! November 3, 2010
- Some Thoughts on Culture November 3, 2010
- Themes and Dreams October 27, 2010
- Please Don’t Think Evangelicals Are All So Stupid October 21, 2010
- First Movers vs. Fast Followers October 20, 2010
- “It’s Too Early” October 19, 2010
- A Tale of More Than Two Cities October 14, 2010
- October 13, 2010
- Why I Became a Venture Capitalist October 11, 2010
- Go Big or Go Home – Do Micro VCs Promote More Quick Flips? September 30, 2010
- Valuation Witchcraft – Where Do Seed Valuations Come From? September 29, 2010
- Implications Of Increased Seed Capital September 22, 2010
- What the High Jump Tells Us About Innovation September 20, 2010
- Searching for Greatness vs. Avoiding Mistakes September 9, 2010
- Jay Parkinson + MD + MPH = a doctor in NYC: Public Health 2.0 September 7, 2010
- Bootstrapping – The Secrets of Great Entrepreneurs You’ve Never Heard Of September 1, 2010
- The Perils of Follow-On Financing Decisions August 17, 2010
- The Gong Show: Starting VS Joining August 12, 2010
- Culture August 6, 2010
- Hi, I’m a tech VC on Twitter August 1, 2010
- Entrepreneur Super Hero Archetypes July 30, 2010
- Turning Art – An Art Gallery in Your Living Room July 29, 2010
- July 25, 2010
- “Open Office Hours” are Now “Startup Chats” – Sign up for August 6 July 23, 2010
- Some VC Practices I Admire July 15, 2010
- bijan sabet: Teacher Reviews July 14, 2010
- Do Micro VC’s Invest in the Same Companies as VC’s? July 11, 2010
- Being Different July 8, 2010
- Startup Marketing Tips from 3 Years at HubSpot July 6, 2010
- Making Sense of Micro-VC’s and Super Angels – A Primer June 29, 2010
- Three Simple Tips for Start-Up Non-Profits June 28, 2010
- Practice Makes Perfect, Even in Fundraising June 24, 2010
- Jeff Bezos: We Are What We Choose June 21, 2010
- 2 Early Stage Investing Rules Worth Breaking June 16, 2010
- June 15, 2010
- Bagpipes in Dublin June 6, 2010
- An Entrepreneurial Renaissance in Boston June 1, 2010
- Good vs. Bad VC Due Diligence May 27, 2010
- Product Leadership Series: Creating a Great Product Process at Opower May 25, 2010
- The Ugliest Word in VC May 21, 2010
- The Awesomeness of TechStars May 20, 2010
- What Product Questions Do You Have For This Blog? May 17, 2010
- bijan sabet: A guest post about joining a startup May 17, 2010
- How VC’s Value Early Stage Companies May 10, 2010
- May 6, 2010
- 0-2M users in 2 years – Lessons learned from Xobni and Dropbox May 5, 2010
- Product Leadership Series: User Driven Design at Aardvark May 3, 2010
- Top 3 Things I Learned as a VC April 26, 2010
- Why Some Big Company Execs Struggle in Startups April 23, 2010
- 5 Tips from a Consumer Product Marketing Pro April 22, 2010
- A Simple Minded View on Strategy – Lessons from Groupon April 19, 2010
- What Makes A Great Product Leader? April 12, 2010
- Hello New Tumblr Followers! April 8, 2010
- As an Asian guy, I’m glad he’s at least good, but I wish he sang a song with a male lead. Oh well… peteryoungkim: THIS IS THE ANTI-WILLIAM HUNG. lizardpeter: Oh Lord. ahahahahahhaa this made my day. kid looks like he’s going to cry, aww. thetimshu: i am in awe and in pain as i watch this…am i proud that he’s taiwanese? i think… April 8, 2010
- Preaching User-Driven Design – Ventillation April 4, 2010
- Who Are The Top Entrepreneur Bloggers? April 3, 2010
- Rethinking the Online Ad Unit for Brand Marketers March 30, 2010
- Jason Putorti – How Mint.com Acquired 1.5M+ Users March 26, 2010
- Practical Advice for VC Interviews March 25, 2010
- Can Personality Tests Help Teams Excel? March 25, 2010
- Why “Thunder Lizards” are better than “Home Runs” March 23, 2010
- Why CPG Advertisers Have Trouble With the Internet March 18, 2010
- My Predictions for the Next Big Thing March 16, 2010
- Why VC is Like Poker and Stinks for New Entrants March 15, 2010
- Why VC is Like a Big Poker Game March 14, 2010
- Things I’ve Learned Sleeping Next to a Brand Manager March 12, 2010
- Continuations: The Future of Browser Plugins (Hint: Let’s Call them Apps) March 11, 2010
- The Most Important Lesson I’ve Learned March 8, 2010
- Features Don’t Win March 3, 2010
- BRYCE DOT VC: Deal Fever March 2, 2010
- February 25, 2010
- Fast Followers Are Leaders in Disguise February 25, 2010
- Is It A Waste Of Time Talking to VC Associates? February 23, 2010
- What Lean Startups are NOT February 19, 2010
- What’s the Point of Ash Wed? February 17, 2010
- Being an entrepreneur February 13, 2010
- The Magic of Aardvark February 11, 2010
- If You Are a 20-Something Entrepreneur in Boston, Check This Out February 11, 2010
- Take control over your destiny February 11, 2010
- The Hottest VC No One Has Ever Heard Of February 7, 2010
- Top VC Website vs. Blog Traffic February 3, 2010
- Details for my next Open Office Hours on Feb 12 February 2, 2010
- Dear B-Schools Who Want To Prepare Entrepreneurs January 31, 2010
- An Industry Reborn January 28, 2010
- Great summary of evolution of Steve Blank’s work and where it’s going. January 27, 2010
- January 18, 2010
- Shane Battier vs. Chris Burgess – Startup Lessons Learned January 15, 2010
- Details for My Next Open Office Hours on Jan 29 January 7, 2010
- A Resolution for 2010: Build Something January 4, 2010
- Milestones to Startup Success – By Sean Ellis December 15, 2009
- What VC’s Really Want to Know December 13, 2009
- Creating an operating plan for 2010 December 9, 2009
- Open Office Hours Update – Extended Hours December 7, 2009
- Quick Observations From SF December 4, 2009
- Milestones to Startup Success December 1, 2009
- Customer Development is Not a Focus Group « Steve Blank December 1, 2009
- Details for the next Spark Open Office Hours on Dec 11 December 1, 2009
- Chasing the Money vs. Chasing the Problem November 30, 2009
- Platforms and Networks: A Compilation of the Web’s Best Advice for Entrepreneurs November 30, 2009
- November 19, 2009
- November 13, 2009
- Observations from Open Office Hours November 12, 2009
- Investor Mojo – Dealing With the Risk of Looking Dumb November 6, 2009
- Raising Money Using Customer Development « Steve Blank November 5, 2009
- Where to find angel funding in Boston November 4, 2009
- I once drove cross country with a friend, and we tried to play whiffleball in every state we entered. But we never figured out how to throw these kinds of pitches. Rob alexbain: Had a conversation with my buddy over lunch about Whiffleball, and he mentioned there were crazy videos on YouTube of pitchers that are like magicians. I love in this video, once it gets to the point where there’s live batters, how sure they are that the ball is outside, and then they just drop their heads when they hear the tin sound. Makes me long for summer. November 3, 2009
- Lee Clow announced today that he is stepping down. In honor of him, I am posting this ad from his “Think Different” campaign for Apple. I had a “Think Different” poster on my college dorm room and wrote about this campaign in my business school essay. Cheezy as it is to say, that campaign made a big impact on me as a 19-year old kid. Thanks Lee for the inspiration. October 30, 2009
- The #2 Reason Why VC’s Say “No” October 29, 2009
- Wow, this is an amazing video of 1993 AT&T commercials. Their vision of the future was pretty darn accurate! October 23, 2009
- A “To-Do” List for New Entrepreneurs Arriving in Boston October 21, 2009
- What’s the difference between strategy and tactics? Age-old question. Usually, strategy is what you said was your plan after you blundered and lucked your way to a win. October 16, 2009
- johnborthwick: gosh this is beautiful October 8, 2009
- Markets Win October 5, 2009
- The Difference Between Big Markets and Great Markets September 25, 2009
- Can I Sign Up My Daughter for a Singaporean Education? September 14, 2009
- Very cool new bike. Pre order now! September 11, 2009
- September 7, 2009
- This kid is better than Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder. His sister needs some work though. September 2, 2009
- A Completely Different Model for Higher Education August 27, 2009
- August 26, 2009
- August 25, 2009
- What is your strongest motivator? The fear of failure or the joy of success? August 18, 2009
- 2 Thoughts on Competition August 17, 2009
- Boxee gets more fuel August 12, 2009
- August 10, 2009
- I really like the video that Bezos filmed to Zappos employees. The last lesson is inspiring. “It’s always day 1”. That’s the kind of thinking that makes Amazon a great company after 15 years. July 22, 2009
- Announcing the launch of Covestor Investment Management July 22, 2009
- RIP eBay Live July 14, 2009
- July 12, 2009
- July 10, 2009
- Meet the Real Most Interesting Man in the World – TV News : People.com July 2, 2009
- Passing the sniff test: Do’s and Don’ts for a first meeting with a VC June 30, 2009
- Rockets could lose Yao for season, if not longer – NBA – Yahoo! Sports June 29, 2009
- Farewell to a legend June 25, 2009
- What % of the information or skills you learned in college do you use in the average month? June 24, 2009
- Does Investing in the Internet = Investing in the Cement Business? I think not. June 19, 2009
- Authenticity Please? June 19, 2009
- June 17, 2009
- June 12, 2009
- Are young VCs better VCs? June 10, 2009
- startatspark: We held an entreprenuer event in New York on Wed night this week. It was a great time – tons of energy and an excellent crowd of entrepreneurs, media executives, and portfolio company founders. Lots of fun. June 5, 2009
- Three Reasons to be Optimistic About Entrepreneurship in New England June 2, 2009
- May 29, 2009
- Grumpy Old VCs May 28, 2009
- Irrational Commerce – From my old Colleague Adam Nash May 27, 2009
- When we met Bijan Sabet at Spark, I remember telling Ev that I liked him a lot. And Ev met him and said “he’s a little too nice.” Then we met the rest of the guys. [Pause]. And then we were in. May 27, 2009
- Opportunities in Education May 26, 2009
- Ebay Moving Away From Auctions Creates an Opportunity May 26, 2009
- May 22, 2009
- Career Decisions Part 2: 2 More Questions May 12, 2009
- The soundtrack from this clip was the theme song of the Spark partners meeting this morning. May 11, 2009
- Confessions of an Entrepreneur’s Wife May 8, 2009
- When I was a child, researching anything involved a long trip to the local library and good deal of luck that one of the books there would be about the subject of interest. I could not have imagined that today anyone would be able to research any topic in seconds. The dark clouds currently looming over the world economy are a hardship for us all, but by the time today’s children grow up, this recession will be a footnote in history. Yet the technologies that we create between now and then will define their way of life. May 8, 2009
- I’ve been seeing this commercial throughout the NBA playoffs. At first, I thought it was stupid, but it has totally grown on me. May 5, 2009
- Career Decisions Part 1: 3 Questions to Ask Yourself May 4, 2009
- When a VC turns you down May 4, 2009
- MBAs vs. Entrepreneurs: Who Has the Right Stuff for Tough Times? – Bill Taylor – HarvardBusiness.org May 4, 2009
- April 28, 2009
- The Best Entrepreneurs Know How To Fail Fast April 28, 2009
- “17 Things we Used to Do” : Andrew McAfee’s Blog April 22, 2009
- April 16, 2009
- Boston hospital cited after staph outbreak among mothers, newborns – White Coat Notes – Boston.com April 9, 2009
- April 8, 2009
- All Around Athletes vs. Specialists and Why the UFC is a great model for career development April 8, 2009
- thegongshow: On the lighter side… here’s Padraig’s 830-metre par three. (via @stein) April 5, 2009
- April 5, 2009
- Jean Claude Van Damme was my favorite action star back in the day. Who could forget “Bloodsport”? I’m still waiting for a modern remake… I’m sure it will happen one day. So I was really pleased to hear about his new movie – JCVD. Can’t wait! April 2, 2009
- Last week, I tweeted my confession that I have very unsophisticated, mainstream musical tastes. Maybe this is why! March 29, 2009
- Monopoly Killer: Perfect German Board Game Redefines Genre March 27, 2009
- Announcing Start@Spark March 25, 2009
- Jeff Bezos is a Stud March 24, 2009
- “Facebook Drives 19% of Google’s Uniques”? I don’t think so… March 20, 2009
- A User’s View on the FB Redesign March 13, 2009
- China’s Leader Says He Is ‘Worried’ Over U.S. Treasuries – NYTimes.com March 13, 2009
- Advisors – how much equity is right? March 12, 2009
- March 8, 2009
- Taxes and the US Deficit March 5, 2009
- College Humor: Prank War 7 – Hilarious! March 4, 2009
- March 2, 2009
- February 25, 2009
- How do we get to Hyper Inflation? February 24, 2009
- A must read: The No-Stats All-Star February 19, 2009
- 3 Boston Startups I Like February 18, 2009
- Seed stage mentorship comes to Boston, Techstars February 17, 2009
- At every cross-way on the road that leads to the future, it has placed, against each of us, ten thousand men to guard the past; The least that the most timid among us can do -and already they are very near committing treachery — is not to add to the immense deadweight which nature drags along. But let the others follow blindly the inmost impulse of the power that urges them on. February 6, 2009
- Demystifying the VC Process – Financial Plans February 6, 2009
- Feeling Better February 4, 2009
- When Penn recovers from the beating he took Saturday – and if UFC management is smart, it will give him a lengthy vacation to let his wounds heal – he’ll face an exceptionally difficult title defense against Kenny Florian. Two years ago, that bout would have been one-sided in Penn’s favor. But Florian has steadily improved and there isn’t a part of his game where he’s weak. Penn would be the favorite, but after watching the way he took apart Stevenson at UFC 92, it would hardly be a shock to see Florian away with the lightweight belt around his waist. February 2, 2009
- I am so excited about this Saturday’s UFC Fight between George St. Pierre and BJ Penn. I started paying attention to Mixed Martial Arts back in 1999 when my friend Michael Lane started practicing Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. It’s really an amazing sport. It is pretty violent, but the safety record so far has been very good (much better than boxing). This fight brings together the reigning Welterweight Champion against the reigning Lightweight Champion. You would think that this would be an easy match for the Welterweight Champ because of the size/strength advantage. But BJ Penn has had a lot of success fighting bigger guys and is probably very comfortable at 170. Here’s how I break down the fight: Technique: Draw GSP and BJ are both incredibly well rounded fighters. While BJ is probably the better grappler, GSP is probably a slightly better striker. But don’t forget that GSP is an excellent wrestler and has easily dispatched many jiu jitsu specialists. Likewise, remember that BJ is an excellent boxer with a ton of knockout power. Athleticism and Fitness: GSP GSP is the bigger fighter and is known for excellent conditioning. BJ has been known to gas out in long fights, and may struggle with the larger, stronger GSP in a 5-round bout. I’d say that the longer the fight goes on, the most GSP has an advantage. Mental – BJ As dominant as GSP is, he has lost fights against far inferior fighters in the past because of lapses in judgement. BJ on the other hand is extremely hungry, and is the underdog in this fight. He has much more to gain, and GSP has a lot to lose, so I’d say BJ has an advantage here. Rob’s Prediction: GSP by referee stoppage in Round 4 January 30, 2009
- January 27, 2009
- How Twitter Can Make You A Better (and Happier) Person (by the Zappos CEO) January 27, 2009
- People I’d Love to Add To My Tumblr Dashboard January 23, 2009
- Everybody’s Business – In the Financial Crisis, Ordinary People vs. Extraordinary Problems – NYTimes.com January 20, 2009
- We ask you to help us work for that day when black will not be asked to give back, when brown can stick around, when yellow will be mellow, when the red man can get ahead, man, and when white will embrace what is right. January 20, 2009
- staff: Introducing: Tumblr v5 Gave me the chills! January 16, 2009
- January 16, 2009
- Hope Amidst the Negativity January 8, 2009
- Top 3 Temptations of a Young VC (Part 3): January 6, 2009
- Top 3 Temptations of Young VC’s (Part 2) – Insecurity December 31, 2008
- Top 3 Temptations Of Young VC’s (Part 1) December 30, 2008
- 2009 Will Be an Economic Engine for Change – Jeff Stibel December 29, 2008
- December 15, 2008
- December 11, 2008
- Watched a bunch of movies this Thanksgiving. It was a lot of fun, but I’m really looking forward to some of next year’s hits: Star Trek, The Watchmen, Transformers 2, and of course, Dragonball Z :) November 30, 2008
- Lots to be thankful for this year November 26, 2008
- Breakfast with Boston Angels November 21, 2008
- Boxee – Our Latest Investment November 18, 2008
- Social Networking for my “Inner Circle” November 16, 2008
- November 16, 2008
- Guru-The Caterer November 4, 2008
- New England Trade Associations and our Student Community November 4, 2008
- November 2, 2008
- October 24, 2008
- October 18, 2008
- A Helping Hand October 16, 2008
- Forget about the mess around us by blowing away some hamsters or creating your own real-time multi-player games! iminlikewithyou: My presentation on our open API for developers. developers.iminlikewithyou.com HD is available on Vimeo! If it doesn’t get reblogged more than 20 times, I have to light this really cute puppy on fire. I dont make the rules. October 10, 2008
- October 9, 2008
- “Her performance re-energizes the conservative base,” said Nelson Warfield, a conservative Republican consultant. “Palin pierced the media’s low expectations.” October 3, 2008
- Another gem from NPR September 30, 2008
- Excellent primer on the current financial crisis September 26, 2008
- Nice selection of simple readings to make sense of the economy September 26, 2008
- I feel like a dog that somebody done stuck a needle to and it juiced me up like I’ve been running around a greyhound track chasing one of them bunnies. September 22, 2008
- September 19, 2008
- September 18, 2008
- September 16, 2008
- I’m such a fan of Mythbusters. It’s a pretty nerdy show, but when they take on something like this, it’s really very cool. September 13, 2008
- A random thought after 4 weeks with the iphone September 11, 2008
- “Keeping it real” and “Seeing the future” September 9, 2008
- September 4, 2008
- Hilarious! September 3, 2008
- September 2, 2008
- Announcing Our New Investment August 20, 2008
- August 18, 2008
- Wow! I just watched the Dark Knight. It was an awesome movie, but this preview is what really made my night. What made the Watchmen so revolutionary was the depth and authenticity of the characters. It’s too bad that it took so long to get this into the theaters. I’m guessing that the story will feel a little dated and disconnected, but I still can’t wait to see it. August 16, 2008
- Good ol’ Doogie corley: I LOVE NEIL PATRICK HARRIS. You probably will, too, after you watch this. Especially if you’re a Les Mis fan. August 13, 2008
- Currently Reading: Predictably Irrational August 13, 2008
- August 12, 2008
- The Next Great Ecommerce Company? August 2, 2008
- Nice post by Fred Wilson on Venture Fund Economics August 2, 2008
- July 31, 2008
- Debating between getting a Wii or a foosball table. The problem with foosball is that you can’t play by yourself. But then again, maybe the machine above will become available in a few years :) July 30, 2008
- July 30, 2008
- July 24, 2008
- A Really Fun British Open So Far July 18, 2008
- Ebay is still a great service July 15, 2008
- July 13, 2008
- This guy is amazing. Seriously. Listen to the end. July 11, 2008
- July 3, 2008
- July 2, 2008
- July 1, 2008
- Reblogging Bijan’s Post: Formally Announcing Spark’s Investment in Twitter June 24, 2008
- We need more simple user interfaces June 21, 2008
- Great article by Tim Keller June 20, 2008
- June 14, 2008
- June 14, 2008
- Please convince me to get an iphone! June 10, 2008
- Berkman Center Panel on Non-Competes – June 19th. Great Panelists! June 9, 2008
- June 3, 2008
- Congrats to Dennis, Herb, Miles, and Dmitry June 3, 2008
- Math Magic June 2, 2008
- What is going on these days? June 2, 2008
- Laugh For Relief – Fundraiser Tonight for the Earthquake in China May 30, 2008
- May 24, 2008
- May 20, 2008
- Fidelity makes bid for online-auction glory – The Boston Globe May 20, 2008
- peterwknox: Price Is Right Idiot is Today’s BIG Thing – MAY 19, 2008 Just in case you were feeling particularly dumb today, here’s someone dumber to make you feel better. May 20, 2008
- Please join us at an upcoming Berkman Center event – “Employee Non-Compete Agreements: Protecting Innovation or Stifling It?” May 19, 2008
- May 17, 2008
- May 15, 2008
- May 14, 2008
- May 13, 2008
- Guts and Determination May 13, 2008
- Craigslist Hits Back at eBay – Bits – Technology – New York Times Blog May 13, 2008
- May 10, 2008
- Facebook Connect – another step to open social networks May 10, 2008
- The Declining Value Of Redundant News Content On The Web – Publishing 2.0 May 6, 2008
- Yahoo, Microsoft, and true value May 5, 2008
- Experiential Shopping May 5, 2008
- Digg Does Data Portability: Is This All We Get? – ReadWriteWeb May 2, 2008
- May 2, 2008
- A friend’s post about Wright April 30, 2008
- April 24, 2008
- April 23, 2008
- Pan Mass Challenge April 23, 2008
- Great Dinner Discussion April 23, 2008
- Announcing our investment in Eqal April 18, 2008
- April 17, 2008
- April 12, 2008
- April 11, 2008
- April 11, 2008
- April 9, 2008
- April 9, 2008
- Competitiveness April 9, 2008
- April 9, 2008
- April 8, 2008
- April 8, 2008
- April 8, 2008
- Do my followers like my Twitter updates? April 7, 2008
- April 7, 2008
- Announcing our investment in Covestor April 7, 2008
- April 7, 2008
- April 6, 2008
- April 5, 2008
- April 5, 2008
- April 4, 2008
- April 4, 2008
- April 3, 2008
- Kenny Florian vs. Joe Lauzon April 3, 2008
- April 2, 2008
- April 2, 2008
- April 1, 2008
- April 1, 2008
- March 30, 2008
- March 29, 2008
- March 29, 2008
- March 29, 2008
- March 29, 2008
- March 29, 2008
- March 28, 2008
- March 28, 2008
- March 28, 2008
- March 27, 2008
- March 27, 2008
- March 27, 2008
- March 26, 2008
- March 26, 2008
- March 25, 2008
- Cool robots. Someone give me a blue pill! kurtisroy: lots of robot posts recently. this may be efficient, but it is terrifying. March 25, 2008
- Monkey Memory March 25, 2008
- March 25, 2008
- March 25, 2008
- March 25, 2008
- March 25, 2008
- March 25, 2008
- March 24, 2008
- March 24, 2008
- March 24, 2008
- March 23, 2008
- March 23, 2008
- March 21, 2008
- March 21, 2008
- March 21, 2008
- Cool commercial March 20, 2008
- Travel mysteries March 18, 2008
- March 18, 2008
- Do Boston’s Top Schools Promote or Discourage Entrepreneurship? Part II March 18, 2008
- March 14, 2008
- Innovation Economy: Why Student Entrepreneurs Matter March 14, 2008
- Yahoo! Search Blog: The Yahoo! Search Open Ecosystem March 13, 2008
- Do Boston’s Top Schools Promote or Discourage Entrepreneurship? March 8, 2008
- March 6, 2008
- Google Brain Drain Continues March 4, 2008
- New Homepage February 28, 2008
- February 23, 2008
- February 22, 2008
- Oh man. This is sad, but so representative of conversations that I’ve had recently. It’s funny how much passion some people feel towards the candidates when they know so few substantive facts about their accomplishments. And I’ll be honest when I say that I am just as ignorant as the next guy about politics. Thank goodness I can’t vote. February 20, 2008
- February 20, 2008
- February 20, 2008
- Happy Valentine’s Day! February 14, 2008
- February 13, 2008
- The best VCs get to improve society in two ways: by helping new companies take shape and contribute new technologies and medical cures into the world, and by helping universities and foundations execute their missions to educate and improve people’s lives. February 13, 2008
- Taco Bell – Direct Daniella February 13, 2008
- kurtisroy: ho-ly-cow. a man with no arms jams out “drift away” on a guitar…with his FEET. love it. and love the song too. February 12, 2008
- Portable Superstars February 11, 2008
- February 11, 2008
- February 11, 2008
- Be Heroic February 8, 2008
- My good friend Kurt, who is a product designer at Proteus won 5th place at a design competition for green gadgets. Congrats Kurt!For the other awardees, check out this link.Some very cool concepts! February 7, 2008
- ESPN – So long, Suns, it’s been fun – NBA February 7, 2008
- February 7, 2008
- Urban Interactive January 31, 2008
- 21 January 27, 2008
- January 27, 2008
- Fun video to start the day January 24, 2008
- EBay Chief Whitman, Web Pioneer, Plans to Retire – WSJ.com January 22, 2008
- Bug Labs Store Open for Business! January 22, 2008
- I want a camera on my blackberry January 22, 2008
- January 16, 2008
- Apple’s Jobs Disses Amazon’s Kindle: “Whole Concept Flawed” – Silicon Alley Insider January 16, 2008
- Chinese Blogger Beaten To Death By Government Officials January 12, 2008
- Vote for Bug Labs – Best of CES 2008 January 9, 2008
- Hilarious video on “How to Raise Money from VC’s” on 5min. These guys showed this during their pitch to the partnership… I guess you can’t argue with results! January 3, 2008
- Portfolio News – 5min and Veoh January 3, 2008
- New Areas of Interest? January 2, 2008
- December 27, 2007
- Companies from the 2005 Stanford GSB Class December 20, 2007
- December 18, 2007
- Revolution Lounge Interactive TableSome people know that I’ve been on a next-gen human-computer interface kick. Chris Dodge at ArtsAlliance Labs introduced me to the company behind this. Cool stuff. December 13, 2007
- 100 million video views December 13, 2007
- Speed Racer – From the Wachowski brothers. Should be very cool. December 10, 2007
- December 9, 2007
- Web Access and E-Mail on Flights – New York Times December 7, 2007
- It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat. December 7, 2007
- EBAY: Time For CEO Meg Whitman to Go? – Silicon Alley Insider December 6, 2007
- “Here Comes Another Bubble”, on Web 2.0. — marco December 4, 2007
- December 4, 2007
- Promoting Greater Innovation in the Northeast December 3, 2007
- Express Tire in Watertown – A Great Service Experience December 2, 2007
- The Christmas Spirit! November 30, 2007
- Fred Wilson’s Posts on Failure – Great Stuff November 30, 2007
- November 27, 2007
- RobGoBlog coming out of closed Beta! November 26, 2007
- November 20, 2007
- Semantic Browser November 15, 2007
- November 13, 2007
- Todd’s morning update November 13, 2007
- My friend Paul introduced these guys to me. They look goofy, but sound great.Singing starts at 1:50 November 11, 2007
- I’m late to the game on this one, but this is pretty cool. November 8, 2007
- Strange Dream – The Country Music Generator November 6, 2007
- The Great Brain October 31, 2007
- News October 30, 2007
- Boston – A Sports Powerhouse! October 26, 2007
- Keeping It Real October 23, 2007
- GBox October 19, 2007
- Great Observations by David Pogue October 18, 2007
- Xobni = Inbox Spelled Backwards October 17, 2007
- In Search for the Un-sexy October 14, 2007
- Man, I wish I still played video games! October 10, 2007
- Social Networking for Depth, not Breadth October 8, 2007
- Adobe Blues October 8, 2007
- Wise Words October 8, 2007
- Thus Begins My Blogging Adventure October 8, 2007
- Thank you Tumblr October 8, 2007
- Endorsements Needed October 4, 2007
- Consumer Fatigue (Or, death by Betas) September 28, 2007
- Xobni demo video. Check it out, totally supercharges your outlook. You can sign up for their beta here: September 26, 2007
- 2 Cool Companies from Demo September 26, 2007
- At DemoFall 2007 September 25, 2007
- “Why VC’s Blog” My partner Bijan Sabet was featured in a Boston Globe video discussing why VC’s blog. He also talks about the importance of comments ,which is something I’ve been frustrated that tumblr doesn’t provide. That’s ok though… I have a feeling that that feature may be coming :) September 25, 2007
- This dude is one awesome video editor! September 23, 2007
- Adobe September 16, 2007
- If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said a “faster horses September 9, 2007
- September 9, 2007
- Great stuff, although my wife didn’t know what was going on for half of it. Makes me realize how much of a sub-culture the web media world is. The folks parodied in this show were mini-celebs for a brief moment… but there is such a huge portion of the population that never noticed and don’t really care. Entertainment is great… but there is still tons of stuff that can be done to solve the real problems of real people. September 9, 2007
- September 1, 2007
