I’ve been reading the book “The Black Swan” recently on the recommendation of my two partners.  I had heard about the book for years, but it never made it off my “to-read” list until now. One of the concepts that […]

The NextView team went away for a couple days recently for a strategy offsite. One of the major topics we discussed was firm culture.  It’s an elusive idea.  Usually, culture happens TO you.  You inherit it when you join a […]

Hi, I’m a tech VC on Twitter. I’m @xyzvc My icon is cool.  It’s a painting/cartoon/wacky photo.  Shows that I’m hip and approachable.  But when I meet with you, I’ll still crush your dreams.  I tweet about technology, but occassionaly […]

I was a huge fan of comic books growing up, but what I always found amusing is that there tended to be certain archetypes of super heroes that would keep showing up.  For example – the “simple-minded strong dumb guy” […]

There’s a cool new service I heard about recently called TurningArt. In a nutshell, it’s “Netflix for art with the option to buy” As a consumer, I love the idea, and like this segment of the art market in general. When […]

I used to hold “Open Office Hours” when I was at Spark.  It was a great way to make space to meet any and every entrepreneur that wanted to connect.  A few months later, it seems like Open Office Hours […]

It’s a little in vogue these days for seed stage investors to bash on larger VC’s.  It’s kind of fun, and in many cases, the criticisms have merit. But most folks agree that having home run potential almost always means […]

This is a build off my last post which was a primer on the Micro VC market.   Often, I hear investors talk about companies that are “venture scale”.  These are usually the kinds of companies that have the potential […]

I’ve both given and received the feedback that a product or pitch isn’t “different enough”. It’s challenging feedback to receive because it’s completely open ended.  You doesn’t necessarily know what it would mean to be different, but you know it […]

For better or worse, Micro-VC’s and Super Angels seem to be the new intriguing sub-segment within Venture Capital.  Funds like First Round Capital, Floodgate, Lowercase, Founder Collective, IA Venture Partners, Harrison Metal, and Felicis and individuals like Ron Conway, Keith Rabois and […]