Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2015

If you want to understand the software trend that drove the creation of the seed-stage VC phenomenon I wrote about it that linked blog post but in short: cloud computing drove down the cost to create startups enabling a new category of investor. Jeff and his peer group have done an excellent job at creating a new category of seed-stage VC.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

Finally, a lot of people asking me about typos on my blog. Peer-to-peer lending is back! I’m now the permanent host for TWiVC (until such time as they kick me off). Thank you to anybody who sent Jason a note on Twitter on my behalf. It was a fun show today, especially Jason’s story at the very end of the episode!

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Haystack

JANUARY 12, 2020

For those following this blog and the seed market over the past decade, you may have noticed that every year, we see increases across the board — more investors, newer funds, and funds that get larger. Rather, this short blog is filled only with my own observations from being in the middle of the evolving seed market since 2013.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 14, 2017

Over the years, my Forum mates, chapter peers and fellow members have helped me become a stronger person and smarter entrepreneur. For 30 years, EO has been led by countless members who have volunteered their time to help strengthen the organization. WHEN DID YOU SAY TO YOURSELF, “I HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO BE AN ENTREPRENEUR”?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 18, 2014

And if you’re going to wake up at 5am in the morning to catch a flight to attend a trade show or stay up late networking at a dinner with your industry peer group then it ought to be something that is your extreme passion. Great programmers are artists, for sure, but rock stars is about the last definition I’d choose.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

Anyone who reads this blog frequently will know that I am a big believer in low-cost video content and specifically the power of YouTube as a content creation & distribution platform. Our industry just took one big step towards legitimacy with the hiring of renowned media exec Ynon Kreiz to run Maker Studios. hours of TV / day.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

I have neither worked at Netflix, nor written for the blog myself. As of December 31, 2020, 526 of Netflix’s engineers have written 407 blog posts at the TechBlog. A few months ago, Dan Luu wrote about how companies would benefit from doubling down on their own blogs. 4.62% of those people end up going to the Jobs page?—?11,550

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