This past Friday was my last day at Spark Capital. It has been a privilege to be a part of this team.  I have grown in ways that I didn’t expect, and was glad to be part of a firm […]

Why Some Big Company Execs Struggle in Startups Really great content from Ben Horowitz

I’m pleased to have David Knox guest blogginig on robgo.org today.  For those of you who read my blog, you’ll know that I’ve done a series on Brand and CPG marketing on the internet and why I think it’s going […]

When you are really smart, you can anticipate where things are going and get there first. In that case, you are a pioneer.  You are doing things differently or following really really fast. But you can realistically only be that […]

There was some chatter a few weeks ago about the dearth of experienced product managers in innovation centers outside of Silicon Valley. It’s definitely true in the East Coast, and it hurts both very early stage companies (where the founder […]

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Preaching User-Driven Design – Ventillation Not sure what everyone thinks of Vark, but I’m a fan of the service and of Max Ventilla and his founding team.  I especially appreciate the process by which they developed their product.   I’m […]

I’m getting my IPAD this weekend, which makes me think that I’m going to do even more reading in the near future than I already do. RSS has made a little resurgence in my life recently.  It’s nice to have […]

This is my second post in a series about CPG marketing on the internet.  My main argument is that we are going to see a major rise in online advertising from CPG’s (and brand marketers overall), which historically have not been as aggressive about […]