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99.99% (or its totally going to happen but isnt signed yet)
I hear this number a lot – 99.99%. It is usually within this context: Me: Is it a done deal? Them: Yeah totally. Me: Is the deal signed? Them: No, but it is 99.99% going to happen… This can apply to so...
View ArticleStartup Analogies: Putting the wood behind one arrow
This is one I have heard at the BOD level a few times; putting the wood behind one arrow. Here is a favorite example of putting all the wood behind one arrow from the Sun CEO back in 2007. It basically...
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The Boxee Beta Event & Boxee Box
Last night I attended the Boxee beta launch party event at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn. I have been using Boxee for some time since it became a portfolio company of Union Square Ventures...
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Disruptive
I got into an interesting 100,000 ft level conversation recently that got me thinking about the companies and people I try to meet with on a regular basis. Instead of using the normal categorizations,...
View ArticleStart Today
A lot of folks are providing top ten lists for the year and even the decade. I am skipping those on my blog and ending off the year a simple statement; start today. You don’t need a resolution, a...
View ArticleThere when you need it, not when you don’t (Google Attachments)
I have been describing Google as the hidden social network that is there when you need it and not when you don’t. These utilities pop up when you need them most; picture storage, email, chat, video...
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Pattern Recognition
Last year I was providing an update about what I do, what I work on, and how I add value to the firm I work for, and my overall job description. In a long winded explanation to my friend Andrew...
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The Spawn of Craiglist – A Visualization
My colleague and friend Andrew Parker did a great visualization mapping startups over Craigslist categories they competes in. You should click through and read his thoughts. First, it is incredible...
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Unnecessary Animations (and features)
I finally got around to installing Windows 7 in my laptop a few weeks ago (had to reformat – always fun) After installing it and getting back up and running I have noticed some unnecessary animations...
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Google Social Search and your neighborhood connections
Google introduced the idea of Social Search back in October 2009, but I just recently started seeing instances of it in the wild. I think this is a social version of backrub and only the beginning....
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The startup accelerator application process
One piece of advice I have found helpful to new founders is going through the application process for startup programs. Whether an accelerator, incubator, launch, or other flavor of program helpful to...
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The State of US Tech Funding
The folks at Andreesen Horowitz and Benedict Evans put together this great presentation on The State of US Tech Funding. It is embedded below and a lot of it rings true for what I am seeing. U.S....
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The Right Time + The Right Team + The Right Technology
I have been working with a number of early stage teams going through various stages of fundraising and using this diagram to help explain my thoughts on some of the questions they will come up...
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Expa Labs – Some Lessons Learned
With the first group of Expa Labs companies moving on to the next phase in their development and the application period for the next Expa Labs group now open, I wanted to take a step back to share...
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The startup accelerator application process
One piece of advice I have found helpful to new founders is going through the application process for startup programs. Whether an accelerator, incubator, launch, or other flavor of program helpful to...
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The State of US Tech Funding
The folks at Andreesen Horowitz and Benedict Evans put together this great presentation on The State of US Tech Funding. It is embedded below and a lot of it rings true for what I am seeing. U.S....
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The Right Time + The Right Team + The Right Technology
I have been working with a number of early stage teams going through various stages of fundraising and using this diagram to help explain my thoughts on some of the questions they will come up...
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Expa Labs – Some Lessons Learned
With the first group of Expa Labs companies moving on to the next phase in their development and the application period for the next Expa Labs group now open, I wanted to take a step back to share...
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It’s the Company you keep
After about a year of consulting + executive coaching work as COO-As-A-Service for startups, I am happy to announce I’ll be joining the folks at www.Company.co. If I have learned anything, it’s that...
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The startup accelerator application process
One piece of advice I have found helpful to new founders is going through the application process for startup programs. Whether an accelerator, incubator, launch, or other flavor of program helpful to...
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