Some problems are so hard they need to be solved piece by piece

2012-11-23

Andrew Parker had a great post a few years ago where he sketched out all the startups going after pieces of Craigslist: Startups that have…

a16z

2012-11-19

VCs are experts at analyzing industries and identifying new opportunities, which is why it’s odd that the VC industry itself has so…

Agency problems

2012-10-19

“Agency problems” are what economists call situations where a person’s interests diverge from his or her firm’s interests. Large companies…

The economic logic behind tech and talent acquisitions

2012-10-18

There’s been a lot of speculation lately about why big companies spend millions of dollars acquiring startups for their technology or talent…

Regulatory hacks

2012-10-10

A common way to think of business regulations is by analogy to sports: the rules are specified up front, and the players follow the rules…

The rise of enterprise marketing

2012-09-24

Building an enterprise software company used to be largely about sales, because enterprise software was sourced and purchased by high-level…