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Inter-Firm VC Politics: Never Boring
For companies seeking additional funding with new investors: watch out! Inter-firm relationships can be “interesting”. Your existing VC investors frequently have an agenda when they refer new follow-on investors (or steer someone away). Most often, VCs want to expand their … Continue reading
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Leopard install problem: hanging at the blue screen
I upgraded my MacBook to Leopard today (brave early adopter!) and ran into the problem of hanging at the blue screen immediately after reboot. I’m not the only one that’s run into this. This fix worked for me: reboot from … Continue reading
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How venture capitalists make money
Entrepreneurs should understand VC compensation, because it’s occasionally helpful for understanding VC behavior. The general partners (GPs) at a typical venture firm get paid two ways: management fees and carried interest. Management fees (typically 2%) get paid per year over … Continue reading
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How about network neutrality for wireless networks?
With all of the debate about network neutrality for wired networks, what we really need is neutrality for wireless networks. Tim Berners-Lee said it perfectly: when he invented the web, he “didn’t have to ask anyone’s permission“. You should be … Continue reading
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TheFunded — has venture capital become a commodity?
VentureBeat is doing a new experiment, linking from their site to VC firm reviews on The Funded. I’m fascinated by The Funded and the fact that it even exists. Has venture capital become such as commodity (e.g. in terms of … Continue reading
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Getting stuck in “Design box”
I started reading Sketching User Experiences (thanks Amazon Prime!), and I’ve already found a quote that’s really resonated: In terms of stifling innovation, good ideas are far more dangerous than bad ones. They take hold, assume momentum, and therefore result … Continue reading
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Discovering new blogs
One way to discover new blogs is to read shared links from other bloggers. When you find an article you like, go visit the blog. For example, I find a lot of new blogs from Scoble’s shared links feed.
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BlogBridge: the power-user blog reader
I use BlogBridge as my blog reader. If you need to cover a lot of blogs, it’s the way to go. It’s free, open source, and runs on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.
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The brilliance of Internet Platform APIs
Platform APIs (e.g. Facebook, force.com, Google, etc.) are a great way to “let a thousand flowers bloom” and get the market to do the hard work of researching and market-testing new features. It’s an absolutely brilliant strategy. We’ll see the … Continue reading
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Blogging around the world
If you’re not reading Ted Dintersmith’s blog about his family’s 10-month trip around the world, you should. It’s a great story and Ted’s a great writer.
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