July 5, 2009
Would You Want It If It Were Free?
The meme of “Free” is one again making the rounds. I expect it reignited when Chris Anderson’s new book Free: The Future of a Radical Price (available on Amazon for ...
June 28, 2009
Saying No In Less Than 60 Seconds
I say “no” all the time. I could start keeping track of the number of times I do it a day, but I’d guess it’s a minimum of 10 and ...
May 8, 2009
Relationships Matter – A Lot
It blows my mind how many people think they can treat entrepreneurs and other investors poorly and think that it won’t come around to negatively impact them some time in ...
March 26, 2009
Spark Capital’s Seed Program
I’m psyched that my friends at Spark Capital have launched Start@Spark, their new seed program. In their post Why are we doing this? they explain:
“So, this must be a terrible ...
March 23, 2009
A VC’s Biggest Flaw: Arrogance
I’m really enjoying writing my print column for Entrepreneur Magazine. It’s a different kind of writing than my blogging and exercises different mental muscles.
This month’s article A VC’s Biggest Flaw: ...
March 18, 2009
Entrepreneurs vs. VCs
I caught the tail end of SXSWi (showed up yesterday and gave a speech sponsored by the Canadian Consulate) and am hanging around today for some night time music entertainment ...
March 2, 2009
Investment vs. Speculation
As I read the Berkshire Hathaway 2008 Annual Report, a thought kept popping into my mind that had also come up over and over again while reading Bogle’s Enough: True ...
January 28, 2009
I’m a Venture Optimist
Yet again an article in the New York Times bemoaning the demise of venture capital – this one is titled Maybe We Should Call Them Venture Pessimists. “Optimism is in ...
November 20, 2008
Feld Thoughts on Down to Business
The nice folks at Down to Business have republished my post The Priorities of a Venture Capitalist.
Down to Business is a website and online show that is a fresh ...
October 13, 2008
It’s Monday. Do You Know What Your VC Is Doing?
A well worn tradition of most venture capital firms is the Monday Meeting. While there are several variations of it, including having it the meeting on Tuesday or Friday in ...
August 18, 2008
Approaching A VC
My partner Chris Wand has a long guest post up on Ask the VC titled How Should I Approach a VC I Don’t Know? Lots of good do’s and don’ts ...
August 3, 2008
More Fred Wilson on Venture Fund Economics: Gross and Net Returns
And post #2 is up (I guess post #1 went up yesterday and I missed it since I only read feeds in the morning.) Post #2 is titled Gross and ...
How Venture Fund Economics Work
Fred Wilson has an excellent post up today titled Venture Fund Economics. It appears to be the first of several posts he’s planning to write on this topic.
"When I write ...
June 27, 2008
FAS 157 – Another Annoying Accounting Provision
I feel like bitching about FAS 157 today. I was at the annual meeting for one of our LPs yesterday and there was a long discussion about the impact of ...
June 23, 2008
Top, Bottom, Middle, or Who Cares?
Having been an entrepreneur and VC for over 20 years, I’ve now seen plenty of economic cycles – both at a macro level and specifically in the areas I invest ...