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Blogging for the Hell of It, Not Blogging to Stay Relevant

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I used to love blogging. Blogging proved to be a great way to hone my ideas, have public conversations with people and as it turns out – build meaningful relationships through public dialog that spilled over into the real world. Somewhere along the way blogging changed. Fred Wilson said as much in his blog post today, too.

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My Investment in Hungryroot: A Tasty Lesson in Products vs. Services

This is going to be BIG.

Hungryroot is going after that category--the packaged food category, with a product that takes about 7 minutes from package to mouth. I'm excited to be working with such great co-investors--and I'm hugely excited to finally be working with Ben McKean. All you need is a pan and some olive oil.

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Finding an Investor Who is in Love with You

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Are your investors truly passionate about what you do? Does your investor eat, sleep, breath your industry or product? So of course I want (need) to make money for my investors (LPs). His blog is even called SaaStr (a bit too close to Suster if you ask me ;-)). (he ditched that business years ago). It seems obvious.

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Raising $$ on AngelList? Working w/ McClure? Ask Jody Sherman

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I was an angel investor in his company, made a bunch of calls on his behalf and then I personally sent it out on AngelList. Because my wife is a superstar she published them all on a blog here along with much other wonderful type-A mom advice. He had just written another one of his way-over-the-top blog posts.

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When VCs Play Defense

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The frantic pace of technology cycles, the amount of tech news, the blogs, the conferences, the demo days, the announcements, the fundings, the IPOs. Any longtime readers of this blog will know that I often try to simplify complex ideas into a simple parable that is easier to remember to set the tone of one’s behaviors.

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How DogVacay Literally Saved my Thanksgiving

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And I’m not an investor. As I mention I’m not an investor, just a fan. It’s true that I’m not an investor in DogVacay but I am a huge fan of the CEO, Aaron Hirshhorn and of the company and concept. I said, “This category is going to be huge. That’s a fact. I just had to tell this story.

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How the Seed-Stage VC Trend Began, The Downsides of Unicorns & Much More

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*. If you are a 20-something tech entrepreneur you could be forgiven for thinking that seed-stage investors, Angellist Syndicates and widely available angel money always existed. I began asking around who the likely investors were for such a market. It is, of course, a very recent phenomenon.

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