Glowforge CEO, Wharton Research Fellow, Robot Turtles creator, Proud Dad
I’m digging in to Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson’s outstanding new book, “Venture Deals”. It’s full of both thoughtful analysis and commonsense wisdom about how to make a financing successful. In one…
Here is the simple process for getting your Android device online with a data SIM in the UK. It’s terribly fun, I recommend it to everyone. Before leaving, turn off your phone…
There are two very special types of startups that you should know about: the Twitter Startup and the Hoverboard Startup. If you’re one of these and don’t know it, you’re going to…
Shortly after the sale closed, John Cook interviewed me about the experience. He did a great job of transcribing all of my verbal gems, like “Maybe that is an economic way of…
Hi Mike, I’m one of your customers. We don’t really know each other. We’ve chatted at a few events, you’ve covered some of my antics, but I’m mostly just a guy who…
(Note: there are great conversations about this article happening at Geekwire and Hacker News) The question of equity brings out the most fundamental differences, perceptions, and values in an aspiring startup. In fact…
Check it out at www.sparkbuy.com and see what I’ve been working on for the past 6 months or so. You can also read about it: The New York Times The Wall Street…
Startups ply you with ownership in the company, typically in the form of stock options. They will argue that there’s tremendous value in those shares, more than you’ll get from a big company, but they tend to get all nervous-looking when you ask them how *much* value. So what are they worth?
I just wrote a guest post on what it really means to be a startup company CTO over on my friend Scott Porad’s blog. Read it here. Also… I started a new…