I’ve been in a funk the last 6 months or more. I’ve been cranky, cynical, and generally uninspired for a while. Part of it I think has been the passing of my Dad earlier this summer. That was definitely a […]

I got this question on a panel last week, and coincidentally, I had a couple folks on Twitter tweet out the same question.  Generically speaking, the question is “how do I get in touch with a potential investor about my […]

First, apologies for the lack of links – I’m writing this on my phone. I’ve been thinking quite a bit about the recent shift we’ve seen towards more startups and investors focused on the enterprise. I’ve blogged about it before, […]

Anyone who has actually worked in a company with Big Data knows that data in itself has very little value. There are actually tons of companies with massive amounts of data.  But very few derive disproportionate value from that data. […]

Seth Godin on Education

One of the biggest tensions I find in the venture capital business is the need to go big. Many/most elite firms talk about needing to invest in companies that they can realistically see becoming transformative companies. From an exit standpoint, […]

I’m trying a little experiment. This is a blog post written entirely using Siri. I am a big believer in the potential for Voice and other forms of human computer interaction to completely change the way we do things. I’m […]

One of the earliest things we did at NextView when my partners and I started working together was go away as a team to the New Hampshire mountains. At the time, I think we didn’t even had a name for […]

I was spending some time with an MIT senior who is very involved with the startup community and has spent some time working at venture funded companies.  We were chatting a bit about marketing for early stage companies.  How important […]

My favorite pieces of decoration in our office are two little paintings that was given to me by Seth Minkin as part of a little online project organized by  my friend Dave Balter.  Here they are below.         […]