The Archive
April 20, 2013
Last night I logged into Referly for the first time in a few weeks. I’ve been trying not to do that, because there are still so many things I want to fix and when I see them I just… and I was so in love with it and it’...
Read more →April 19, 2013
Correction: According to Reuters, Tableau has raised more than $100M in venture capital, although regulatory filings for these additional rounds have still been difficult for me to track down. Seattle-based Tableau Softw...
Read more →April 17, 2013
This post is part of the Startup Index Series, featuring data-driven posts about the companies in various portfolios including Y Combinator, 500 Startups and Andreessen Horowitz. Which portfolio would you like to see ana...
Read more →April 17, 2013
J.J. Hirschle, head of the Google Affiliate Network, announced today that the company has decided to shut down Google Affiliate Network following a review of goals and outcomes of the program. While its certainly no Goog...
Read more →April 16, 2013
Last month the first Y Combinator index ranked the entire portfolio by web traffic and Facebook monthly active users (where applicable). These two data points provided some relative ranking, but didn’t do much to bring e...
Read more →April 16, 2013
Over the past few days friends have been remarking that they’ve seen various pieces of Facebook’s new design rollout, including various shades of blue for the top bar. I had yet to see anything resembling the new design...
Read more →April 10, 2013
Looking for the music? I’m trying something new and have embedded the entire Darwin Deez album! Scroll to the bottom of this post to hit play, because music makes reading spreadsheet a lot more fun. Update: This post may...
Read more →April 8, 2013
What’s this music thing? I pair music with my posts, as I find it makes digesting spreadsheets a bit more fun. Enjoy! I’ve been compiling stats about the Y Combinator, 500 Startups and Andreessen Horowitz portfolio compa...
Read more →April 7, 2013
What’s this? I usually pick a song I feel goes with the post and expresses my mood writing it. Enjoy, I hope it will enhance your reading experience. I’d like to address some bugs from Yesterday’s Zombie VCs post, which...
Read more →April 5, 2013
This post uses publicly available data on Crunchbase and has elicited a strong response from the tech community in general. I am making corrections as I receive them and you can scroll to the bottom of the post to see a...
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