Lead, Follow or Get the Fuck Out of the Way
Today’s post courtesy of the Dave McClure school of vocabulary. About a month ago I was meeting with a seasoned entrepreneur. After 10 minutes I felt like we were old buddies because we had both been through the trenches of startup tech land and had had similar experiences. He was recounting one of his higher [...]
Raising $$ on AngelList? Working w/ McClure? Ask Jody Sherman
I was hanging out the other day with my buddy Jody Sherman, founder & CEO of EcoMom. 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. Through this process he raised $2 million. When I described to people [...]
Will Quorans Develop Enough Spine to Ensure Quality?
On Quora, this question was recently asked: Is the upvote bias towards more popular answerers a threat to quality on Quora? One answer caught my attention, and it’s one with which I wholeheartedly agree: I would say it’s very important for Quora users to use those voting powers to downvote answers by A-listers that are [...]
What I *Would Have* Said at TechCrunch Disrupt
What do you get when you combine 7 panelist plus one moderator on to a stage for 30 minutes to talk about a serious topic? Answer: Not much. And that was evident on today’s Angel vs. VC panel.It’s a shame. There are real changes in the venture capital industry and it would have been fun [...]
When Angels Fight, Silicon Valley Loses
The latest round of developments in the so-called “AngelGate,” including alleged leaked emails and Twitter fails appears to indicate that the situation is more substantial than I thought. As a result, I’m forced to do something unusual–write a blog p…
Forrester to Analysts that Have Their Own Blogs: Umm, No
According to Sage Circle, Forrester is telling all of their analysts that have their own personally branded research blogs that they must either take them down or re-direct them to the Forrester site. Apparently Forrester feels like they can provide more value to their clients if they aggregate all of the content into one space, [...]
