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On Corporate VC 20 Aug 2013 | 01:21 am
I know I'm a bit late to this, but I just ran across Fred Wilson's comments about corporate VC from two months ago. “I am never, ever, ever, ever, ever going to do that again," he said of investing wi...
Art for Computers 16 Aug 2013 | 02:46 am
I was reading with interest the New York Times piece on The School for Poetic Computation (via an @aweissman tweet). The idea of the school is worth thinking about: the idea that art, culture, and wor...
The Seed Round is Dead 27 Jun 2013 | 10:54 pm
This morning I talked to three experienced early-stage investors I ran into at demo-day and they all said the same thing: the bar for a Series A has been raised substantially. Companies without signif...
Letter to my Senator re US Government domestic spying 6 Jun 2013 | 07:02 pm
I was saddened to find out the US government is spying on all of us, all the time. I guess some cynical part of me always believed that, but actual confirmation of it still felt like a kick in the tee...
Letter to my Senator re US Government domestic spying 6 Jun 2013 | 07:02 pm
I was saddened to find out the US government is spying on all of us, all the time. I guess some cynical part of me always believed that, but actual confirmation of it still felt like a kick in the tee...
Midas List Feeder Firms 9 May 2013 | 08:20 am
The Forbes Midas list just came out today. But it doesn't answer the question I know you have: who do you know that can get Jim Breyer to take a look at your go-go somoloco robofoto co? We at Neu VC ...
Midas List Feeder Firms 9 May 2013 | 08:20 am
The Forbes Midas list just came out today. But it doesn't answer the question I know you have: who do you know that can get Jim Breyer to take a look at your go-go somoloco robofoto co? We at Neu VC ...
You Can't Learn from Failure, You Can Only Learn from Success 29 Apr 2013 | 08:02 pm
I feel strongly about not criticizing entrepreneurs. It's hard enough to start a company without the peanut gallery razzing you. And really, what good are you doing by being critical? Companies that a...
You Can't Learn from Failure, You Can Only Learn from Success 29 Apr 2013 | 08:02 pm
I feel strongly about not criticizing entrepreneurs. It's hard enough to start a company without the peanut gallery razzing you. And really, what good are you doing by being critical? Companies that a...
Making Everyone a Data Scientist 27 Apr 2013 | 01:34 am
You probably won't believe this. There was a time when putting up a decent web page was considered a highly technical skill. In the period 1996-2000 most companies, even most big companies, had homep...