May 2010
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No ads here.
I’ve met some people who work “in digital” lately. I honestly don’t know what that means. None of them seem to be engineers. They’re usually sales people.
I’ll give them this though, they’re always looking to buy and sell ad inventory, so they usually light up when I say I’m at a web startup…
Until I tell them we don’t run ads on...
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Make Connections Early and Often
The other day I talked about Jeff Bussgang’s book Mastering the VC Game. I highly recommend this for anyone who thinks they may want to raise venture capital someday.
In the book, Bussgang includes the stories of some stellar entrepreneurs. In particular, I loved the story about Eric Paley who keenly built and successfully sold his startup to 3M.
There are a few reasons Eric was so...
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One Year
A little over a year ago, I started spending time with a girl I’d met just once while we were in school together at Brown. On a whim, I invited her over for “a dinner party I was planning” and when she accepted, I then had to scramble to actually invite other guests, too! [Cooking was no problem, though]. ;)
Despite the long roundtrip on the subway for her, I leveraged the big...
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Mastering the VC Game - VC's Aren't ATM's
I finished reading Jeff Bussgang’s book Mastering the VC Game last week. It’s a great, quick read that anyone starting out in tech/startups/VC should read (especially founders planning to raise money).
Lots of rookie founders subscribe to a diet of self-education through blogs/books (often about fundraising because it’s foreign as first-timers). I sometimes refer other newbies...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-5-9) →
Cloud Cult (2)
Faith No More (2)
RICK LUCY (2)
Saves the Day (1)
The Bravery (1)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-5-2) →
Jack Johnson (4)
Nada Surf (2)
Porno for Pyros (2)
Brand New (2)
Miike Snow (2)
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