» Moriarty and Sherlock’s Anti-Showdown
10/02/12 02:04 from Paul Kedrosky's Infectious Greed
From the wonderful BBC reboot of Sherlock Holmes, the superb Season 2 opening Sherlock/Moriarty anti-showdown.

» The Awesomest Valentines Day Gift
09/02/12 18:02 from Who Has Time For This?
It's just a few days away! Check out this idea for your sweetheart, from Voices in Harmony... Order your Singing Valentine here . When asked where you heard about it, say "from David's blog" and I'll try to deliver yours personally.

» 2012 Planning / Working Together
09/02/12 13:50 from VC Adventure
It's been way too long since my last post. I was going to jump in with a post on not blogging, but thought better of it. Better to actually do than write about whether to do or not do. So much for my resolution to write/blog more this year..

» 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..

» 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..

» 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..

» 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..

» Crunchies 2012: Congratulations to category winners Fab and Fotopedia
01/02/12 18:28 from Software Only
 As it has been the tradition now for a few years, our industry gathered last night to celebrate the achievement of startups and founders at the Crunchies . In a choked full venue (and a completely saturated AT&T network because of the num..

» 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 ..

» 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..

» 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..

» Large Corporates and Family Offices: A Need to Connect
30/01/12 19:41 from Cleantech Investing
One thing many cleantech VCs are good at is connecting with large corporations' strategy and venture groups. They regularly chat to compare notes, discuss market trends, share investment perspectives, identify areas of needed investmen..

» 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..

» Steve Blank vs. Steve Jobs
28/01/12 20:02 from Seeing Both Sides
  I am co-teaching a class at Harvard Business School on entrepreneurship called " Launching Technology Ventures " along with my friend and colleague, Professor Tom Eisenmann.  The class kicked off this week with two cases:  Dropbox and Aa..

» Announcing SoftTech VC III’s final close at $55M
26/01/12 18:05 from Software Only
All of us at SoftTech are super excited to share that we reached a critical milestone for our firm: we have wrapped up our third fund, SoftTech VC III . Back in January 2011 we announced Fund III, with an initial $35M target, then increase..

» 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..

» 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..

» 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 ..

» A Democrat's Defense of Romney
14/01/12 17:58 from Seeing Both Sides
I am a card-carrying Democrat and supporter of President Obama.  I will vote for him again November. But the attacks against Mitt Romney's record at Bain Capital - by both his Republican brethren and Democrats - and the demonization of the..

» 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..

» 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

» “How Do I Get a Job in Cleantech Venture Capital?”
10/01/12 23:38 from Cleantech Investing
Around this time of year, the amount of inbound requests for coffees and "picking your brain" chats is always pretty overwhelming, as business school students and others start thinking about how they would love to be a cleantech venture ca..

» 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 the next r..

» 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.

» Herky Jerky Investing
05/01/12 10:36 from A VC : Venture Capital and Technology
The WSJ says some venture funds hit pause on big deals . The Journal describes a group of venture capitalists dialing back on certain deals after a breathless year of venture investing that had some comparing 2011 to the late 1990s dot-com..

» Scaling is Hard
04/01/12 15:30 from Seeing Both Sides
At the onset of 2012, many start-up executives around the world are sticking their copy of Lean Start-Up on the shelf, leaning back, and bemoaning the fact that they have a new set of challenges ahead of them.  Although there is a plethora..

» 2012: The Year That Movements Go Mainstream?
29/12/11 15:10 from A VC : Venture Capital and Technology
I returned from ten days of skiing with my family last night. I'm on mountain time and plan to stay there until the new year. Staying up late and sleeping late seems to be a good way to bring in the New Year. But even so, my version of sle..

» 12 Predictions for ‘12
28/12/11 20:52 from Cleantech Investing
'Tis the season for making year-end predictions, and even though  I'm clearly not very good at it , I got dragged into doing them a while back. So here are some for 2012. Enjoy these with the appropriately sized grain of sodiu..

» Profitable: To Be Or Not To Be?
28/12/11 15:38 from A VC : Venture Capital and Technology
Mark Suster has a great post on this topic . In typical Mark fashion, it is long, with a lot of detail and substance. I highly recommend all entrepreneurs take the time to read it end to end. For those who won't take the time to read it en..

» Looking Back on 2011 Cleantech Investing Predictions
27/12/11 18:30 from Cleantech Investing
It's been a tumultuous year for a whole lot of folks, and the cleantech market has been no exception. As we near the end of 2011, I thought it would be good to look back on how our predictions from a year ago turned out.   Here..

» Mocked And Misunderstood
27/12/11 13:07 from A VC : Venture Capital and Technology
When people ask me, "how do you know which companies and services are going to be the biggest successes?", I usually tell them to look for the companies and services that are mocked and misunderstood. For some reason, that correlates highl..

» Some Thoughts On The IPO Market For Web Companies
22/12/11 13:42 from A VC : Venture Capital and Technology
We have an IPO market for web companies again. I don't have all the names in front of me, but this year has brought IPOs for Pandora, LinkedIn, Groupon, Zynga, and TripAdvisor. These five companies are all trading for north of $1bn market ..

» Quick Hits: Boston’s Super-Angels, Nordan’s Smart Thoughts, and More
15/12/11 13:06 from Cleantech Investing
Been caught up in a number of year-end projects and thus am way behind on topics I've wanted to write about, so here's a quick set of thoughts on a few unrelated topics, Peter King "Monday Morning Quarterback" style: *** Had dinner..

» FinTech 2012
15/12/11 11:03 from A VC : Venture Capital and Technology
I've written extensively about the startup accelerator phenomenon. I think it has been transformative for entrepreneurs and VCs and startups in general. We should all take a second and thank Paul Graham for his insight into how to properly..

» Nominate Flite!
09/12/11 22:18 from Will Price
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» Should You Introduce Yourself To Me At A Bar?
08/12/11 11:18 from A VC : Venture Capital and Technology
Saw this question on Hacker News today: Went to a talk by a VC who is very active in my area. Didn't get a chance to introduce myself after the talk (there were I say hell yes you should introduce yourself. But you should also respect that..

» Go Vertical
05/12/11 21:37 from Seeing Both Sides
Start ups are great barometers for the future.  Those of us who spend our time immersed in the world of young companies are priviledged to get a glimpse of what's coming around the corner by meeting with entrepreneurs who are trying to bri..

» You can be so bad at so many things
03/12/11 20:24 from Nivi
“You can be so bad at so many things… and as long as you stay focused on how you're providing value to your users and customers, and you have something that is unique and valuable… you get through all that stuff.” – Mark Zuckerberg ..

» Finding Signal In The Noise Of Demo Days
28/11/11 15:18 from A VC : Venture Capital and Technology
I'm taking a break from MBA Mondays today because Christina Cacioppo just posted a terrific blog post on the USV blog on her takeaways from a summer attending most every demo day imaginable . Christina notes: Over the past few months, I've..

» Healthcare
26/11/11 20:06 from A VC : Venture Capital and Technology
A few weeks ago, I met with a VC who has been investing in healthcare for over 30 years. He asked if we invested in healthcare and I told him that we'd like to but we don't really know how to fit it into our investment thesis which is focu..

» eBay Comes To NYC
23/11/11 15:22 from A VC : Venture Capital and Technology
A lot of the coverage of eBay's acquisition of Hunch has focused on the possibility of much better recommendations on eBay . And I'm sure we will see that. Think about login with Twitter and get personalized recommendations on eBay. Hunch'..

» Reinvent the Utility
19/11/11 01:12 from Cleantech Investing
In the last decade, cleantech venture capital was about reinventing the electric generator. It's time to reinvent the utility. Utilities, as currently structured, exist for one reason: wires.  Wires connecting consumers to generat..

» Managing Expectations
18/11/11 19:46 from Will Price
How happy are you at work?  On a scale of 1-100, how would you rate your marriage, your friendships, your relationship with your children, your career satisfaction? Imagine for a minute that you are happy in your marriage 90% of the t..

» Our Investment in CustomMade: Riding the Next Wave of E-Commerce in High-Consideration Shopping
18/11/11 13:37 from Genuine VC
Over the past fifteen years on the internet we’ve seen a few waves of e-commerce innovation.  From the initial humble beginnings of simply selling books online, to shopping/pricing comparison engines for electronic and other feat..

» Fight for your rights! American Censorship Day (that’s today!)
16/11/11 13:49 from VC Adventure
Today Congress is holding hearings on what, if passed, would effectively become a censorship system for the internet. The threat comes in the form of two bills, currently making their way through the legislative process – Protect IP ..

» Europe’s Autumn (or, Why You Can’t Outrun Big Debt Forever)
16/11/11 10:45 from Seeing Both Sides
"I used to think if there was reincarnation, I wanted to come back as the President or the Pope or a .400 baseball hitter. But now I want to come back as the bond market. You can intimidate everyone." --James Carville The news out of Europ..

» Continuous Feedback
16/11/11 04:15 from A VC : Venture Capital and Technology
We have a portfolio company that will remain nameless that does something I want to call out as super awesome. Every board meeting, as homework after the meeting, they ask each board member to fill out a simple Google Form with two questio..

» Agile Marketing
15/11/11 23:35 from Will Price
I write to share an article we published today on iMedia,  Why You Need to Consider Daily Marketing Messages . The article introduces  best practices , including a look at Gatorade's command center, for agile brand marketing..

» What Is “Cleantech 2.0”?
14/11/11 17:27 from Cleantech Investing
Here's a not-atypical venture capital story: An early-revenue (or sometimes even pre-revenue) stage venture-backed startup with promising early results wants to make a big splash and run really quickly, so they look to raise a large-is..

» Ken Robinson on Passion and Creativity
10/11/11 06:33 from Who Has Time For This?
Tonight Sir Ken Robinson addressed a crowd that of over 1,000 parents that spilled out into the parking lots surrounding the auditorium at Sacred Heart in Atherton. In a performance that topped even his 10-balloon TED Talk , he delivered a ..

» Trada… bringing crowdsourced marketing to Facebook
10/11/11 02:05 from VC Adventure
I’ve written a few times about Trada – a business that vastly simplifies search marketing for advertisers through a platform upon which Trada’s crowd of SEM experts build and manage campaigns on behalf of advertisers. The results to far ha..

» NYU Poly Speech
09/11/11 10:34 from A VC : Venture Capital and Technology
A few weeks ago I hopped on the subway and headed out to downtown Brooklyn to NYU Poly, the engineering school that recently merged with NYU. I got there a bit early, went to Starbucks and wrote down some thoughts. Then I got up on stage a..

» What Exactly Is A Lead Investor?
08/11/11 13:29 from A VC : Venture Capital and Technology
The term "lead investor" is often misunderstood. I have seen VCs negotiate to be called a co-lead or a lead in the term sheet. But you don't get given that designation. You earn it. Glenn Kelman (a long time AVC regular) has a great blog p..

» Are you the master of your domain?
07/11/11 19:50 from VC Adventure
The title of this post is meant to be taken literally, not metaphorically. Do you control your domain? Last Friday one of our portfolio companies briefly lost control of its domain. It wasn't the fist time we've seen this happen and, as yo..

» Dinner with Mork
07/11/11 19:48 from Who Has Time For This?
Thanks to the invitation of an old friend, two weeks ago I had the great pleasure of a 2 hour dinner with Robin Williams, who IMHO ranks among the greatest comedic actors of my lifetime, alongside Richard Pryor, Woody Allen, Steve Martin, B..

» Get Involved
07/11/11 15:10 from Cleantech Investing
Today, the Clean Economy Network announced a merger into the Advanced Energy Economy , a network of cleantech business leaders and regional organizations. It's been a fun ride to get to this important transition point. Four years ago, ..

» Trends in M&A Deal Terms
03/11/11 19:23 from VC Adventure
For the past several years Shareholder Representative Services (SRS) has been publishing aggregate data on trends in M&A. These aren’t just high level observations, but rather are nitty gritty, details around the some of the most impo..

» Want To Be A VC? Start A Company.
02/11/11 09:59 from A VC : Venture Capital and Technology
Steve Blank has a great post up on his blog suggesting that VCs should require startup CEO experience in their partners' resumes. He quotes from me in that post but I'm not going to state which one came from me. You can guess if you want. ..

» Time & Money – Fundraising for VC When It’s Natural
01/11/11 16:41 from Genuine VC
When is the right time of the year to fundraise for a venture round?  There’s a lot of conventional wisdom disguised as insight which entrepreneurs follow about optimizing the timing of their fundraising.  It’s correct..

» Top 5 Scaling Lessons From Superhero CEOs
01/11/11 10:45 from Seeing Both Sides
Scott Kirsner of The Boston Globe called them the startup equivalent of the Justice League of America. Seven superhero CEOs gathered on Friday afternoon at the Mass TLC Unconference to discuss the challenges of scaling their young companie..

» Raise Cache
01/11/11 10:38 from A VC : Venture Capital and Technology
On the evening of November 17th, the NY tech community is going to throw a party to raise $100k for HackNY . It is called Raise Cache and it should be a lot of fun. At 8:30pm there is going to be a fashion show featuring members of the tec..

» Protecting The Safe Harbors Of The DMCA And Protecting Jobs
29/10/11 14:07 from A VC : Venture Capital and Technology
My partner Brad and I spent Thursday in DC along with a bunch of entrepreneurs and VCs. We talked to dozens of our elected officials about an issue that is very concerning to us, protecting the safe harbors of the DMCA.  The DMCA is ..

» How I’ve Failed
29/10/11 01:17 from Cleantech Investing
I've heard it said that venture capital is an apprenticeship business, that it takes about seven years for a VC to become a proficient investor.  As I now get close to my eighth year investing in the cleantech sector, that aphoris..

» OccupyAppStore
27/10/11 10:46 from A VC : Venture Capital and Technology
It was tne Nth time I've had this conversation in a board meeting, "We can't figure out how to get on the leaderboards. The app stores aren't working for us as a distribution channel." To which I replied "All the app stores use a leaderboa..

» Brad Feld Sings! (sort of)
26/10/11 20:31 from VC Adventure
Remember when I said that Brad can't sing ? Here's the proof – a recording session in Jason's studio for our I'm a VC video (Brad is wearing headphones with the music track piped in – all the better for us to clearly hear Brad ..

» When A Company Is Too Close For Comfort
26/10/11 12:37 from A VC : Venture Capital and Technology
It seems like more and more, we are seeing interesting companies emerge that are operating in the same or directly adjacent market spaces to our portfolio companies. In this situation, we exercise great care to make sure we aren't backing ..

» Entrepreneurs Teach VCs to be VCs
23/10/11 11:49 from A VC : Venture Capital and Technology
Isaak Karaev stopped by and left a comment in yesterday's thread . Isaak is one of the first entrepreneurs I backed in my career. I got involved in his company Multex in the early 90s, almost twenty years ago now. I backed him again more r..

» The Second Year
22/10/11 12:02 from A VC : Venture Capital and Technology
NYC's Mayor Mike Bloomberg visited TechStars NYC on Demo Day this week. He gave a funny and inspiring talk about being an entrepreneur. This is the Mike Bloomberg the NYC tech community needs. He's the most successful tech entrepreneur in ..

» Why Groupon (and other high-flying start-ups) Should Take a Page From Ayn Rand
21/10/11 15:24 from Seeing Both Sides
Fountainhead is one of my all time top ten favorite books. The lead character, Howard Roark is an independent-minded architect who bucks conventional wisdom and delivers buildings with vision and verve in the face of criticism and doubt – ..

» Never give up but move on quickly
21/10/11 14:24 from BeyondVC
As a young kid, I was always taught the valuable lesson of never giving up or quitting.  No matter how many times you get knocked down, you have to stand up and keep moving.  » Turning 40
21/10/11 13:00 from Will Price
Today, I am 40. I write this from a small village in Baja, where I am celebrating the milestone with my wife and best friends. 40 is an iconic birthday and an occasion for reflection. 40 years ago, I was born to a US Air Force Ca..

» Our Partner Andy
20/10/11 13:45 from A VC : Venture Capital and Technology
Andy Weissman is a name that is surely familiar to many of you. He co-founded Betaworks , one of the crown jewels of the NYC startup scene. And his writing, his coaching, and his insights have been valuable to so many entrepreneurs in NYC ..

» Optimizing Series A Fundraising Around…Partnership Buy-In
18/10/11 18:30 from Genuine VC
Whether a startup’s initial Seed round is comprised of individual angels, seed-focused funds, larger VCs , or some combination of the three, when it’s time for the entrepreneur to raise a true Series A round, of course the goal ..

» What monks, chefs, lugers, singers, graffiti artists and actors all have in common
17/10/11 22:01 from VC Adventure
There's a wealth of experience and expertise around us every day. We probably don't give most people we pass running around our respective busy cities a second look, but rushing by you are people with interesting expertise and experience. ..

» Sound
15/10/11 11:37 from A VC : Venture Capital and Technology
I met Alex Ljung , founder/CEO of SoundCloud a number of times and each time he pitched me on his business. Each time I said no. Then in the summer of last year, we met at Soho House London and he showed me one slide. It had various media ..

» How to Fix The Economy
14/10/11 00:26 from Will Price
The Way Forward   Moving From the Post-Bubble, Post-Bust Economy to Renewed  Growth and Competitiveness  by Daniel Alpert, Managing Partner, Westwood Capital Robert Hockett, Professor of Law, Cornell University Nouriel Roubi..

» What We Are Seeing
13/10/11 10:45 from A VC : Venture Capital and Technology
The Wall Street Journal has a story out today that says " Web Startups Hit Cash Crunch ." There has been a fair bit of reaction in the tech blogs and I thought I'd toss into the discussion some things we are seeing: 1) There are so many st..

» Wall Street and the Failure to Prepare Graduates for the Real World
13/10/11 00:02 from Will Price
The financial services industry is growing its proportional share of national GDP and has done for decades. The best and brightest flock to Wall St with Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, #hedgefund iconic names that call like sirens to o..

» Is there age bias in VC investing?
12/10/11 13:34 from VC Adventure
I recently waked into a pitch meeting for a social networking related business and was surprised by what I saw. I had interacted with the entrepreneur over email – taking a look at the initial business plan and setting up the meeting..

» Lineage
12/10/11 10:11 from A VC : Venture Capital and Technology
I saw this tweet about my interview with Carlota Perez yesterday: I agree with Daniel . Understanding the lineage of thought is critical. It would be impossible for me to list all the people who have inspired my world view over the years. ..

» Peace Through Entrepreneurship?
11/10/11 20:52 from Seeing Both Sides
I had an out of body experience last week.  A few days before Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year in the Jewish calendar and a spiritual day of remembrance, I found myself in front of ten Palestinian high tech CEOs talking about entrep..

» Beer Kegs and the Future of Venture Capital: What It Means for Entrepreneurs
11/10/11 14:42 from Genuine VC
Last September I wrote a post outlining my view of the venture capital industry: increasingly evolving like the beer industry as it continues to mature.  Large VC firms resemble Budweiser-type macrobrews, competing based on scale ..

» Q3: One Last Bloom Before the Winter?
11/10/11 14:39 from Cleantech Investing
The Cleantech Group released their Q3 preliminary tally recently, and there appears to be some positive news in there. In their global count, they saw not only an uptick in the dollars going into the sector ($2.23B in Q3 2011, up from $1.8..

» Required Reading For The Carlota Perez Interview
10/10/11 14:37 from A VC : Venture Capital and Technology
I blogged about the interview I'm doing with Carlota Perez tomorrow . I'm super excited about this. The details are in the post behind that link. We only have 15 minutes so as Carlota and I have talked this over, we've decided that we can'..

» Powering Through
05/10/11 15:54 from Cleantech Investing
The economy is sputtering, VCs and LPs continue to be wary of cleantech, federal government support of the sector continues to be feckless, political rhetoric regarding cleantech is reckless, and the sky is falling (at least where I live -..

» Revel in your Defects
05/10/11 12:22 from VCball
I love the analogy of the pearl and the oyster when thinking about startups.   I am not sure whom to credit for this concept, and I am no biologist, but I understand that pearls come from oysters; the  process of an oyster creating a..

» Move On
04/10/11 17:16 from VCball
Earlier this year I sat down with Bob Niehaus.   He’s my former boss at GCP Capital, a $1B+ private equity firm spinout from Greenhill & Co., and the parent company for the VC fund I co-managed, GSA Ventures.  Over lunch, I discussed the o..

» Too Lijit
04/10/11 14:32 from VC Adventure
This morning Federated Media announced that it has acquired Lijit Networks in a private stock deal. I'm incredibly proud of what the Lijit team has accomplished in the almost 4 years we've been investors in the business – charting a ..

» Entrepreneur-Friendly Policies (Finally) Showing Promise - But Leadership Required
03/10/11 11:00 from Seeing Both Sides
The policy conversation regarding jobs and economic development is starting to show some promising signs, particularly in helping young companies flourish.  The fact that the entrepreneurial ecosystem is critical to job creation should be ..

» Snake-Oil Startup Recruiting
30/09/11 16:33 from Genuine VC
Everything in startups is selling.  Selling to financiers.  Selling to customers.  Even for consumer-facing online services, UI and product design is about selling users on what actions you’d like them to take.   Recruiting new employe..