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AUGUST 29, 2012

And no wonder, lately he and his partners are on a tear, investing out of their $200+ million VC fund. But my take: Gaikai had superior technology & a superior business strategy. He talked in the video about how he finds it helpful in companies to think about practical theory and frameworks for thinking about company strategy.

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APRIL 23, 2011

I took the opportunity this past week to publish summary notes of some of the VCs and entrepreneurs I had interviewed on This Week in VC. One of my goals in doing the show was not only to educate entrepreneurs but also to put a human face on many of the VCs in our industry as VCs can be hard to get to know. Thank you. (if

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NOVEMBER 25, 2010

On Losing in VC. I’m not looking to invest there – I’m looking to understand the trends, the people, the innovation, the regions and how China can become an integral part of any of my portfolio companies as they scale. I know I won’t win every deal I want to in VC. The one that you thought you had.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2010

On Losing in VC. I’m not looking to invest there – I’m looking to understand the trends, the people, the innovation, the regions and how China can become an integral part of any of my portfolio companies as they scale. I know I won’t win every deal I want to in VC. The one that you thought you had.

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MAY 7, 2011

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. This ended up developing into Visual Basic for Applications , the strategy for programmability in Microsoft Office.

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AUGUST 15, 2009

In the 2003/04 timefame I was living in the UK and running my first company. We in the tech world extol the virtues of lots of product releases and rapid innovation. In the corporate world this strategy is flawed. I know I won’t win every deal I want to in VC. But first I’d like to start with a story.

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