How to Help Startups
It’s been seven years since I started my first company. My successes over that course have had a great deal to do with the generosity and wisdom of the startup community, particularly…
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Of course this company is for sale
Continue Reading: Of course this company is for saleI had recently left Microsoft after five years of slaving away as a program manager on various facets of Windows. I’d departed to take a job at Wildseed, a company producing an…
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What if you could only speak once a year?
Continue Reading: 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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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…