What if you could only speak once a year?
Who’s been a part of a mailing list that’s suffered from poor-quality posts drowning out an otherwise-useful conversation? OK, hands down. It seems like it happens to just about every worthwhile mailing…
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Continue Reading: What if you could only speak once a year?
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Vesting is a hack
Continue Reading: Vesting is a hackVesting in general (and founder vesting in particular) is an oft-misunderstood tool that has a tendency to really screw up young companies. There are some deep misconceptions at work here that often…
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The most awesome startup I have ever seen
Continue Reading: The most awesome startup I have ever seenI just got a very nice email from Danielle Fong, the 25 year old middle school-dropout, cofounder and chief scientist of Lightsail Energy. That’s not the amazing part. Lightsail makes regenerative brakes…
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Startup dudes: Cut the sexist crap
Continue Reading: Startup dudes: Cut the sexist crapLast week I was speaking on what would have otherwise been a terrific panel. It was Frank Artale from Ignition, Tom Duterme from Groupon M&A, Andy Sack from Lighter Capital & Founder’s…
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500 Startups demo day
Continue Reading: 500 Startups demo dayI crashed my first demo day today at 500 Startups. As with all good things, it came about via a stupid coincidence. I’m an investor in 500 Startups, but hadn’t yet managed…
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Companies that would do best without venture capital
Continue Reading: Companies that would do best without venture capitalI just got the following email. Subject: Small taxi company looking to expand Hello, I run a small taxi company outside of Boston Massachusetts. My community has been targeted for casino development…
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Saving a life is easy, but I didn’t
Continue Reading: Saving a life is easy, but I didn’tI was reading Hacker News a few weeks ago and I stumbled on a story: Amit Gupta needs you. It turns out that Amit is the thoroughly likeable founder of Photojojo. Amit…
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You’ve got a little schmutz on your logo
Continue Reading: You’ve got a little schmutz on your logoI was just creating an account on Sprouter today and started poking around a bit. It’s a nice site, in the vein of Quora or OnStartups Answers. But something about it seemed…
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Don’t ask for introductions to investors
Continue Reading: Don’t ask for introductions to investorsRaising money is hard, and there’s no way to screw it up faster than going around asking, “Hey, could you introduce me to some investors?” It’s sort of like when, on the…
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How to handle a VC who flies First
Continue Reading: How to handle a VC who flies FirstI’m continuing to enjoy Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson’s outstanding book, “Venture Deals”. On page 106 (of the Kindle edition, at least) they address an issue that’s very minor unless you’re dealing…