» Twitter Digest: 2012-02-08
09/02/12 12:00 from Paul Kedrosky\'s Infectious Greed
Classic: \"Albania, Albania, you border on the Adriatic\" – http://t.co/XD6heii9 -> New & remarkable Atlantic photo series: The Civil War, Part 1 – http://t.co/i4xbCYcr -> Among the many iconic images in the Coens' Miller�..
» My CU Bathroom on Boston’s Fox 25 News
09/02/12 04:12 from Feld Thoughts
In the “truth is stranger than fiction” category, my CU Boulder bathroom donation (well – the gift I gave to CU Boulder that resulted in me getting to name a bathroom) made the TV news tonight in Boston on Fox 25. There\'s..
» Twitter Digest: 2012-02-07
08/02/12 12:00 from Paul Kedrosky\'s Infectious Greed
World's 25 best ski towns http://t.co/da3Dn71g /via @SullyCNBC -> [1202.1448] Financial black swans driven by ultrafast machine ecology http://t.co/jG7vZPwG -> Screenwriter/director/comedian (Office/Gervais) Stephen Merchant in a Goog..
» Payments Day
08/02/12 11:24 from A VC : Venture Capital and Technology
Yesterday was payments day at USV. Two pretty big things that our firm has been involved in for a while now were coincidentally announced on the same day. First, our newest portfolio company Dwolla announced the closing of a round we led o..
» @Google in Conversation with Stephen Merchant
08/02/12 05:01 from Paul Kedrosky\'s Infectious Greed
@Google in Conversation with Stephen Mechant – YouTube .
» Three Magic Numbers
07/02/12 13:51 from Feld Thoughts
Every company I\'m involved in keeps track of numbers. Daily numbers, weekly numbers, monthly numbers. Ultimately, all the numbers translate into three financial statements – the P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow Statement. While thes..
» I don’t usually listen to acapella, but this contrast is...
07/02/12 12:44 from The Gong Show
I don’t usually listen to acapella, but this contrast is entertaining. Du hast (a cappella) (by vivavoxchoir ) (found via @ Zedshaw ).
» TheFunded.com Discussion: Need Intro for Enterprise Cloud Startup Investment.
07/02/12 12:22 from TheFunded.com
» Twitter Digest: 2012-02-06
07/02/12 12:00 from Paul Kedrosky\'s Infectious Greed
Yikes. RT @jarsch : Incredible video of a snowmobile almost going over a cliff! http://t.co/zY4LXNLN @pkedrosky would appreciate. -> .@mortgagereports Oh, you're right. Curse you New Yorker paywall! in reply to mortgagereports -> Phin..
» Building The Ecosystem
07/02/12 10:58 from A VC : Venture Capital and Technology
I\'ve always seen the work that my colleauges and I do as more than venture capital investing. That is our main job and we need to do it very well. But we also need to work to make sure the macro environment for our investing activities rem..
» Stopping the Brain Drain
07/02/12 04:39 from Paul Kedrosky\'s Infectious Greed
Me on NPR on stopping the finance “brain drain” .
» TheFunded.com Discussion: Triangle Peak Partners Information...
06/02/12 20:40 from TheFunded.com
» TheFunded.com Discussion: Any One Have Experience with the California Investor Network?
06/02/12 19:38 from TheFunded.com
» TheFunded.com Discussion: Co Founder is Awol
06/02/12 17:36 from TheFunded.com
» TheFunded.com Discussion: Vesting Founder Shares and Tax Implications
06/02/12 16:22 from TheFunded.com
» Twitter Digest: 2012-02-05
06/02/12 12:00 from Paul Kedrosky\'s Infectious Greed
Strange Bloomberg Headlines: Huggies Price Cut Shows Why Bond Market Backing Bernanke Considering QE3 – http://t.co/CRH83C57 -> 20 Mule Team Canyon – http://t.co/6bz27lIo -> Chancellor: ECB ‘saves’ banks as economies sink ̵..
» Matthew\'s Day Off
06/02/12 06:25 from VC Confidential
I think I need to take a day off to get going on my blog posts again. I apologize for my absence and will work on getting some pearls of wisdom out soon. Lot of travel and deals make Jack a dull (& postless) boy... In the interim, here is..
» TheFunded.com Term Sheet: Canada Internet/B2C First Round Terms
04/02/12 17:06 from TheFunded.com
» TheFunded.com Advice: Does Anyone Know of a Good Sole Practitioner Attorney for Partner Contracts?
04/02/12 16:01 from TheFunded.com
| Posted by you_the_man I have used many of the large law firms (Wilson Sonsini, Cooley, MoFo, etc.) and several sole-practitioner attorneys. While the large firms are good for some tasks, they are outrageously expensive, and I have used v..
» Grinfucking
04/02/12 15:39 from Feld Thoughts
I first heard the word “ grinfucker ” a decade or so ago from a close friend who was a former investment banker. He said, in response to a meeting we were in with a person who was very polite and charming “he\'s such a gri..
» TheFunded.com Discussion: Appropriate Equity Allocation?
04/02/12 10:21 from TheFunded.com
» What Should I Do When Someone Expresses Interest In Acquiring My Company?
03/02/12 22:56 from Ask The VC
I get asked this question many times in many different ways. Sometimes people are coy about it (“someone is expressing strategic interest – what should I do?”) other times people are clear and direct (“someone wants..
» Why so many hot apparel ecommerce startups are vertically integrated
03/02/12 21:44 from Lightspeed Venture Partners Blog
The WSJ has a story on what goes into the price of a shirt that shows why so many of the current batch of hot apparel ecommerce companies (e.g. Shoedazzle*, Bonobos*, J Hilburn, Warby Parker, IndoChino etc) are vertically integrated. The ..
» WSJ compares Petfood ecommerce, likes Petflow
03/02/12 15:51 from Lightspeed Venture Partners Blog
Last year we invested in Petflow , an online petfood retailer. We believed that Alex and Joe, the two cofounders, would be able to repeat the success they had in founding Azoogle (now part of Epic Media Group) and that the repeat purchase..
» TheFunded.com Discussion: Building an Advisory Board for Healthcare Technology Firm
03/02/12 13:51 from TheFunded.com
» TheFunded.com Discussion: Llc or Corporation for New Startup
02/02/12 20:41 from TheFunded.com
» VC Open Letters: Founder Insight 2/1/12
02/02/12 18:56 from TheFunded.com
| Posted by Gopal Kamath Founder Insight is a weekly newsletter that provides global insights from the people building great startups. Each week we’ll send you an exclusive training video from inside the Founder Institute , as well as othe..
» What Makes An Awesome Board Member?
02/02/12 16:57 from Feld Thoughts
Over the past two years I\'ve been struggling mightily with the dynamics of “classical VC funded board of directors” and how these boards work. When I hear a VC say “I\'m an active board member” it gives me the same n..
» Envisionventures: Bill Bryant is Dishonest and Destructive.
02/02/12 06:09 from TheFunded.com
| Posted by NedZepplin | Fund Rated 2.7 | 1832 Chars in Private Bill was an early investor in one of my companies, and about the best thing I can say about him is that I learned a lot about just how damaging a bad investor can be. It\'s alm..
» TheFunded.com Discussion: Advice: Best Bank for Startup?
01/02/12 18:15 from TheFunded.com
» TheFunded.com Discussion: Being Fair to Angels
01/02/12 14:40 from TheFunded.com
» Starwood and AT&T #FAIL And Bless Me With $180.76 Of Phone Charges
01/02/12 10:49 from Feld Thoughts
Put this in the “every business traveller thinks this on a regular basis” rant category. Sure – I\'m whining, but I imagine I\'ll feel better after I get done. I doubt it has any impact on the universe, but hopefully it\'ll ..
» TheFunded.com Discussion: Success Negotiating Common Instead of Preferred Shares
01/02/12 07:10 from TheFunded.com
» TheFunded.com Discussion: Founders\' Dilemmas
01/02/12 00:48 from TheFunded.com
» Connecticut Innovations, Inc.: Very Nice but Keep Moving the Target
31/01/12 15:22 from TheFunded.com
| Posted by Ratberd | Fund Rated 1.5 I first pitched the pre-seed fund (up to $150k) back in October 2011. I was told the Pre-Seed fund \"doesn\'t invest in technology development - only technology enhancement\". Although I was developing my ..
» Reflections On CES From A Perspective Of The Future
31/01/12 13:16 from Feld Thoughts
I believe that science fiction is reality catching up to the future. Others say that science fact is the science fiction of the past. Regardless, the gap between science fact and science fiction is fascinating to me, especially as it appli..
» Three Magical VC Pitch Questions
31/01/12 11:57 from Genuine VC
There are plenty of places throughout the blogosphere which talk about the typical VC meeting, delivering both advice and tips. (In that corpus, a while ago I blogged about seven mistakes that entrepreneurs often make during a pitch sessio..
» Apple Becomes World\'s Biggest Maker of Computers, Thanks to iPad
31/01/12 11:49 from The Gong Show
Apple Becomes World\'s Biggest Maker of Computers, Thanks to iPad : parislemon : Cue dozens of people screaming bloody murder: “THE IPAD IS NOT A PC!!!!!!!” Cue millions of the rest of us laughing at those people. Just as with the move from..
» A Flying Fuck
30/01/12 20:32 from Feld Thoughts
It\'s Monday and I\'m back in Boulder after being on the east coast for three weeks. My partner Jason Mendelson got me possibly the best remote control toy ever. Even though I\'d love to stick around Boulder all week, I\'m heading to DC tomorr..
» TheFunded.com Discussion: Brooklyn Bridge Ventures/Charlie O\'Donnell
30/01/12 19:55 from TheFunded.com
» TheFunded.com Discussion: How Many Angels on First Round?
30/01/12 18:04 from TheFunded.com
» Co-Founder of Akamai to Speak at Happy Hour on Thursday!
30/01/12 16:44 from Texas Startup Blog: Web 2.0 and Social Media
Looking to connect with other high tech entrepreneurs in Dallas? You might want to check out the Startup Happy Hour event this Thursday at 5PM. Join the MeetUp Group and RSVP Here: http://www.meetup.com/Dallas-Startup-Happy-Hour/events/467..
» Ecommerce Referrals
30/01/12 15:56 from Redeye VC
First Round Capital portfolio company Monetate just released a very interesting infographic showing how Pinterest and other social tools are rapidly changing how people get referred to ecommerce sites. Check it out...
» Connect to Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and G+
30/01/12 13:00 from Feld Thoughts
I noticed something when I tried out two apps ( Mingly and Cobook ) this morning – they each immediately asked to connect me to Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter during their onboarding process. And, by using my Gmail as the starting p..
» TheFunded.com Discussion: What You Think of in Payment Space?
30/01/12 05:57 from TheFunded.com
» TheFunded.com Discussion: Seekig Introduction to VC in the Payment Space
28/01/12 18:34 from TheFunded.com
» TheFunded.com Discussion: Raising Money: Nh or Ga VC\'s/Angels?
28/01/12 12:36 from TheFunded.com
» TheFunded.com Term Sheet: US West Services Up Round Terms
28/01/12 05:20 from TheFunded.com
» Actis: Disappointing. I Wouldn\'t Work with Them Again
28/01/12 04:55 from TheFunded.com
| Fund Rated 2.6 | 582 Chars in Private
» TheFunded.com News: The Funded\'s Top Startup Investors of 2011: Awards Announced
27/01/12 23:38 from TheFunded.com
| Posted by jonnystartup At last week\'s 9th Founder Showcase , we celebrated the best investors of 2011 with TheFunded.com\'s Entrepreneur Investor Awards. Anthony Ha of TechCrunch covered the awards here (including a video of the ceremony)..
» Creative Construction
26/01/12 16:40 from Feld Thoughts
After a long really fun day yesterday at TechStars and StartLabs I wandered over to 34-101 to be on a panel for Joost Bonsen and Joe Hadzima ‘s IAP class 15.S21: The Nuts and Bolts of Business Plans . It\'s not really a class abou..
» What entrepreneurs can learn from Jeff Spicoli
25/01/12 17:28 from BeyondVC
I know I may be dating myself here, but over the past few weeks I couldn\'t help but think about the movie Fast Times at Ridgemont High and one of the standout characters, Jeff Spicoli. When asked by Mr. Hand, his teacher, why he keep..
» I’m In Cambridge, Not Boston
25/01/12 10:27 from Feld Thoughts
Over the last three weeks I\'ve had numerous people ask me how my trip to Boston has been going. For a while I corrected them and said “I\'m mostly in Cambridge” but gave up. Tonight, after hanging out at the TechStars Boston Men..
» Timehop
24/01/12 20:43 from The Gong Show
Personal data on the web is growing rapidly. More people are spending a greater percentage of their time social networking (time spent per user on social networking sites has grown over 300% in the last two years). Additionally, there are ..
» Start Your Marketplace Engines
23/01/12 19:36 from Genuine VC
At NextView Ventures, we have a number of companies in our portfolio which are “marketplace” businesses, where buyers and sellers meet to exchange a good or service. And along the way we\'ve met with or observed a larger number..
» Internet... Oh Wow.
18/01/12 22:25 from The Gong Show
Today, the Internet wins. First, the PIPA/SOPA blackouts and rallies all over the US produced the following outcome (as reported by the New York Times): [A] senior Senate Republican leadership aide said the Senate version of the bill was d..
» Jacek Yerka
18/01/12 20:35 from The Gong Show
Jacek Yerka
» Triangle Startup Factory Re-Launched
18/01/12 17:10 from Southeast VC
The RTP area got another boost with last night\'s announcement that Triangle Startup Factory will be re-launched. The North Carolina-based accelerator will be run by Chris Heivly and Dave Neal. Chris is a good friend, is very passionate abo..
» newyorker:Cartoon of the day. For more:...
18/01/12 13:36 from The Gong Show
newyorker : Cartoon of the day. For more: http://nyr.kr/xyYvB0 I love this!!!
» \"We are beginning to see ourselves not just from the inside, as an actor doing something on a daily...\"
17/01/12 18:44 from The Gong Show
“We are beginning to see ourselves not just from the inside, as an actor doing something on a daily basis, but from the outside — understanding what we look like to the world around us and developing a kind of hybrid identity.” - TimeHop in..
» Stop PIPA/SOPA Protest in NYC -- Jan 18th
17/01/12 18:40 from The Gong Show
Join the NY tech community in a rally outside the offices of Senator Charles Schumer and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand tomorrow. On January 18th at 12:30PM, the NY tech community is meeting up to protest at 780 Third Ave, NYC, and I strongly..
» Good Luck Charlie
17/01/12 12:45 from Redeye VC
After two years at First Round Capital, today Charlie O’Donnell announced he was leaving to launch his own seed-stage venture fund, Brooklyn Bridge Ventures - the first venture capital fund based in Brooklyn. I’m really very excited for C..
» Your Office Space is the Face of Your Startup
17/01/12 12:11 from Genuine VC
Your office space is the face of your startup. Not only does it communicate an outward message, but like a face, a startup office provides insight into what’s going on underneath the surface. A startup’s space tells a story to everyone who..
» Entrepreneurial Resources
17/01/12 04:36 from Southeast VC
We\'ve been handing out our list of Entreprneurial Resources during our Entrepreneur\'s Breakfasts that we\'ve hosted at our office. But I am including it here -> Download SCV Entrepreneurial Resources - Jan 2012 . It lists out regional event..
» Wenger: Presenting Option Grants to Boards
13/01/12 13:15 from Ask The VC
Today\'s VC post of the day is from Albert Wenger (USV) and titled Presenting Option Grants to Boards . This is feedback I give to CEOs 98% of the time after my first board meeting. While there is no standard for how to present option gran..
» The Academy For Software Engineering
13/01/12 10:39 from A VC : Venture Capital and Technology
A number of years ago, I wrote a blog post talking about the need to teach middle school and high school students how to write software. In the comments (where the good stuff happens), a Google engineer told me to go down to Stuyvesant Hig..
» MacLeod: The Model Board Package
11/01/12 16:56 from Ask The VC
Today\'s post of the day is from Mark MacLeod (Real Ventures) titled The Model Board Package . Mark shares my intense frustration with the structure of most board meetings and offers up some great suggestions along with a solid template for..
» Shapeways and 3D Printing
11/01/12 11:03 from A VC : Venture Capital and Technology
Last week, in the thread on Herky Jerky Investing , the AVC community forked into an incredible discussion about 3D printing and our portfolio company Shapeways . If you click on this link , you\'ll see that the conversation just goes on an..
» Moving to Tumblr
10/01/12 23:52 from Will Price
After almost seven years on Blogger, I am moving to Tumblr.My new Tumblr URL is http://processanditeration.tumblr.com/ Please plan to read me there from now on!Will
» Super Pro-Rata Rights Aren’t Super
10/01/12 19:47 from Genuine VC
I recently received a email from an entrepreneur who I know with a genuine question about terms of his financing: “ How do you guys at NextView feel about one of our investors holding super pro - rata rights for th..
» Ehrenberg: Letting Go
09/01/12 01:20 from Ask The VC
Today\'s VC post is from Roger Ehrenberg (IA Ventures) titled Letting Go . Roger makes a strong set of points about how a founder/CEO needs to learn how to let go. I have a specific nuance that I see often where I think VCs regularly screw ..
» What Does A VC Mean When He Says Your Product Is “A Feature And Not A Company”?
07/01/12 15:15 from Ask The VC
Question: What does a VC mean when he says your product is “a feature and not a company”? This (usually) means that the VC believes the opportunity you are pursuing isn\'t a big enough opportunity for them to invest in. In othe..
» Fredsquare
07/01/12 12:29 from A VC : Venture Capital and Technology
Our very own Kid Mercury has built a learning community (and game) called Fredsquare . The following is a guest post he has written to introduce all of you to it. I hope you\'ll visit Fredsquare , play the game, and learn a bit about startu..
» Reinventing the Banner Ad: Sweepstakes
07/01/12 00:53 from Will Price
Flite video of the week. How do easily add sweepstakes to display advertising using FliteHub.
» Privacy in Social Networks
06/01/12 14:34 from The Gong Show
Privacy in social networking is inconsistent and thus confusing. In private social networks (FB, Path, etc…), the only people that should see your content are the people you explicitly permission as a friend. But if you write a comment on ..