There is a dark cloud over the internet sector due to the weak performance of the Facebook IPO.  It’s not horribly dramatic by any means – Facebook is clearly an important company (even if it’s not worth $90B+).  But a […]

A year ago, I wrote a post on the 5 Underhyped Companies I’d Invest In At Any Valuation. Turns out, since that post, some good stuff has happenned to these companies: Yelp: $1.3B market cap Tripadvisor: $5.5B market cap, up […]

I sent a tweet out last week that resulted in some healthy debate: “three years ago, I was telling everyone I met to start companies. These days, I’m telling everyone to think twice” Of course, it’s not fair to give […]

A lot of ink has been spilled about how important it is as a startup to pitch the right person in the partnership. Rightfully, I generally agree that one should try as much as possible to pitch someone who is […]

I had the pleasure of spending a few hours last night at the Boston Technovation event at MIT. It was a lot of fun, and a really impressive, nationwide effort. Their mission from their website is as follows: “The mission […]

What’s the value of PR for a startup? You hear different schools of thought. Many (probably most) investors say that it’s not that important, especially early on. Funding announcements especially are great for one’s ego, but not a big deal. […]

I’m excited to announce today our latest investment in Wander.  You can read about details of the financing here. I first met Wander’s CEO Jeremy Fisher many months ago while he was building Dinevore, a service he created to explore […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]