Best practices for raising a VC round
Having raised a number of VC rounds personally and observed many more as an investor or friend, I’ve come to think there are a set of…
There are two kinds of people in the world
You’ve either started a company or you haven’t. ”Started” doesn’t mean joining as an early employee, or investing or advising or helping…
Inferring intent on mobile devices
[Google CEO Eric] Schmidt said that while the Google Instant predictive search technology helps shave an average of 2 seconds off users…
Financing risk
Startups that raise seed funding face the risk of not being able to raise additional money. This is what is sometimes known as “financing…
Apple and the TV industry
The TV industry is a major segment of the consumer electronics industry and Apple is the leading consumer electronics company in the world…
Showing up
Mark Twain famously quipped that “80 percent of life is showing up.” Running a startup, I’d say it’s more like 90 percent. For example, I…