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Posted 2 years ago
Over this weekend I celebrated my tenth anniversary as a Venture Capitalist. When I joined August Capital 10 years ago, things weren't so different than they are today. There had been a period of re
Posted 3 years ago
One of the lead tech stories this week concerned the wild and crazy early days of Facebook. According to David Kirkpatrick's soon to be released book, The Facebook Effect, Mark Zuckerberg used to h
Posted 3 years ago
Posted 3 years ago
I get lots of emails with business plans, PowerPoints, executive summaries each week. I try to give them all a fair read. After all, you never know where you're going to learn about the next Microso
Posted 3 years ago
I received an email today from ExecSense Webinars advertising a course on How to Create a Personal Brand as a Venture Capitalist. That's right, for $250, I can learn specific ways to use speaking
Posted 3 years ago
As Twitter has risen to prominence, many loud voices have declared it the future of media, the future of journalism, even the future of the free world. I am a fan of Twitter. It is a powerful servic
Posted 3 years ago
Posted 3 years ago
After a bunch of early speculation, it was announced last week that Google has acquired Aardvark. It didn't surprise me one bit that Google wanted to own Aardvark. Aardvark is completely awesome. A
Posted 3 years ago
What we think of as Venture Capital today is a pretty young profession. Modern VC firms first came into existence in the 1960s, started by the likes of Bill Draper, Pitch Johnson and Reid Dennis.
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Posted 3 years ago
I've just arrived in Long Beach for the annual TED conference. When I first started going to TED, it was a relatively small, relatively unknown gathering in Monterey, California. But don't confuse r
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