Rob Go

In search of things new and useful.

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This is the first post in a series of interviews on Product Leadership.  I’m very pleased to kick this series off with an interview of Max Ventilla at Google.  Max was a co-founder of Aardvark, a social search company backed […]

Rob Go
May 3, 2010 · 3  min.

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 […]

Rob Go
April 26, 2010 · 3  min.

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 […]

Rob Go
April 22, 2010 · 6  min.

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 […]

Rob Go
April 19, 2010 · 2  min.

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 […]

Rob Go
April 12, 2010 · 3  min.

Hello new Tumblr followers!  I’m honored that you are following me.  Hope you enjoy my blog… but remember that you get what you pay for 🙂

Rob Go
April 8, 2010 · < 1  min.

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 […]

Rob Go
April 3, 2010 · < 1  min.

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 […]

Rob Go
March 30, 2010 · 2  min.

Seems like VC’s are starting to bring in more new folks again.  It’s refreshing to see. I think Venture is very much a young person’s job and it behooves firms to have a flow of really good, smart, scrappy young […]

Rob Go
March 25, 2010 · 2  min.

I’m doing a little experiment with Myers Briggs analysis and founding teams.  I’d love to hear what others think. I’ve known about the Myers Briggs personality test for a while. By the way, I’m an INFJ – relatively weak on […]

Rob Go
March 25, 2010 · 2  min.