This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 31, 2010

Welcome to Social Media Week --the one week out of the year where we get to tweet and blog about social media! The phenomenon, they argue, will accelerate creativity across a larger network. What are the most significant education technology trends of 2010 and beyond? Try the waitlists. So which is it?

communities 170

communities innovation media education 170

A Smart Bear

JANUARY 4, 2018

Of course a nice chunk is primary capital, i.e. for the company balance sheet, to invest in growth initiatives, security and quality, and advancing our existing strategic priorities through acceleration and de-risking. We just announced a few more things. Late last year we passed $100M in annual recurring revenue.

investing 175

investing investment leadership culture 175

Haystack

JANUARY 18, 2020

At the start of 2010, there was some unwritten VC industry conventions that have been tested, challenged, and upended in the last decade. I don’t have the data, but I’d bet the “minimum ownership” requirements VC funds started 2010 with have gone down dramatically. What a difference a decade makes!

VC 130

VC construction strategy investing 130

Founders Coop

MAY 18, 2020

Since most founders are too busy to read long blog posts, here’s the tl;dr: – Tell the Truth – Be Fast – Give First – It’s Your Company – Be Human. In the process of writing this post we realized we had a lot to say on the topic.

founder 140

founder VC ventures investing 140

Haystack

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

As a little tradition on this blog, I’ve singled out companies starting in 2013 with Stripe ; there was Snap back in 2014; Slack in 2015; took a break in 2016, as I wasn’t inspired to select one then; and last year, 2017, was Coinbase. Revenue acceleration is, too.

incumbents 127

incumbents accelerator venture capital financing 127

Ben Franklin Technology Partners

APRIL 8, 2020

These pandemics and disease outbreaks are not presented in chronological order but arranged differently to support a different narrative on their impact economically, culturally, and otherwise. It also did not seem to dent the civil war in Russia between Reds and Whites, which actually began to accelerate in 1919. In the U.S.

hospitality 116

hospitality mix-use development health 116