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Category Archives: VC
Amazon Web Services Talk: Beyond Bootstrapping
The AWS event last Wed went very well. Thanks to everyone in the audience for coming and talking geek on such a gorgeous day in NYC. Worth noting: S3 is really getting some load–peaking at 27,000 requests/second. The VM marketplace … Continue reading
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The Law of Social Networks and Virtual Worlds
I am very interested in the emerging social infrastructure (Facebook, Ning, …) and virtual world (Second Life, …) platforms because I expect to see more and more startups leveraging these not just for viral distribution but at the core of their businesses. … Continue reading
Posted in startups, VC, Venture Capital, virtual worlds
Tagged iMeme, Social computing, social networking, startups, VC, Venture Capital, virtual worlds
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Do VCs Get Nanotech?
Startup media site Xconomy (led by my friend Bob Buderi) has an interesting post based on an interview with nanotech pioneer Tim Swager from MIT. Tim’s observations are that, initially, VCs invested in a nano bubble without having a clue about what … Continue reading
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Tagged Blogging, Bubble 2.0, Nanotech, startups, VC, Venture Capital
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Founders at Work: The Truth And Myth Of Entrepreneurship
My wife ordered Founders at Work from Amazon a while back and then we forgot all about it. The book still hasn’t shown up, so I’m glad Guy Kawasaki did a post to remind us to check what happened with the … Continue reading
Scraping Ideas
After the Adobe Engage event a few of us grabbed drinks at the Jade Bar. The conversation spanned the gamut from RIA design patterns to magic tricks (thanks to Jared Spool of User Interface Engineering). Many interesting stories were told. … Continue reading
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Tagged Adobe, startups, VC, Venture Capital
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Guy Kawasaki: Why Good Strategies Fail
Guy’s post came on a day when I was engaged in a conversation with two separate startups about the truths and myths of startup strategy. This is what I call the strategy paradox. That is, the same strategies that have … Continue reading
Beyond Bootstrapping: The Third Way
Finding the right trade-off between bootstrapping and raising money early is not easy, in particular if these are the only two available choices. One of the great thing about good entrepreneurs and VCs is that they find ways to create … Continue reading
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Tagged Polaris Venture Partners, startups, VC, Venture Capital
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Making Money From the Paradox of Choice
In parallel to 3GSM, Ogilvy runs a telco conference in the beautiful Dolce Sitges Hotel, about 35km from Barcelona where the main even is. Sitges is a vacation town for the Barcelonians, a quiet place fit for a more exclusive … Continue reading
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Tagged Advertising, Digital Media, e-commerce, Long Tail, Mobile, startups, The Long Tail, VC, Venture Capital, Web 2.0
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Tech vs. Life Sciences Investing
My partner Alan Crane and I were talking recently about the differences between technology (IT, HW+SW in particular) and life sciences (LS) investing as driven by the inherent differences in the target markets. Two key points rose to the surface: … Continue reading
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Tagged Polaris Venture Partners, VC, Venture Capital, Web 2.0
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The Attention Battle
Many virtual worlds, from Club Penguin to Second Life, combine the best of social networking and immersive gaming to create a great user experience. One of the most interesting aspects of the result is that it requires focus (a fact, … Continue reading
Posted in Mobile, startups, VC, Venture Capital, virtual worlds
Tagged Long Tail, Mobile, social networking, startups, The Long Tail, VC, Venture Capital, virtual worlds
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