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Readers of this blog will know that I think that education is a ripe market for innovation.  It’s something that I’m excited about and that we as a firm have been focusing on recently.   Most of the time (for […]

bryc3: Fantastic analysis from How long does it takes to build a technologu emprire? The results: “A look at the data shows that half of the 100 companies took nine or more years to reach $50 million. The average time […]

shripriya: Tech Support Cheat Sheet Reveals the Secrets of Troubleshooting – Lifehacker

From Paul Graham: “One of the most interesting things we’ve discovered from working on Y Combinator is that founders are more motivated by the fear of looking bad than by the hope of getting millions of dollars.” From Jimmy Connors: […]

Thinking about competition as an investor in early stage companies is often a tricky problem. Occassionally, we will seriously consider investments in companies that that have very obvious, direct competitors.  Sometimes, it’s a fast follower in a market that we […]

bijan: Late last year, Union Square Ventures and my firm, Spark Capital led a Series A investment in Boxee. In a short period of time, Avner and the Boxee team have made substantial progress with the product and partnerships. We […]

Just got back from Hong Kong.  It was a good trip, but my daughter was shocked by the 15 hour flight from Newark.

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I’m pleased to announce that Covestor Investment Management is launching today.  Over the past two years, Covestor has been a platform for investors to share their trades and investment performance in an open and verified way.  During this time, the […]