Thomas Jefferson on Patents

2011-07-16

If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an…

Founder/market fit

2011-06-19

An extremely useful concept that has grown popular among startup founders is what eminent entrepreneur and investor Marc Andreessen calls…

Allocation investing and the social premium

2011-06-16

The rational way to invest in something – a startup, public company, venture capital firm, real estate project, etc. – is to base your…

Notes on raising seed financing

2011-06-09

Last night I taught a class via Skillshare (disclosure: Founder Collective is an investor) about how to raise a seed round.  After a long…

Accurate contrarian theories

2011-05-16

When Google released its search engine in 1998, its search results were significantly better than its competitors’. Many people attribute…

Options

2011-05-12

The financial term “derivative“ refers to a security whose value is a function of another security such as a stock or bond.  The most common…