The Archive
May 24, 2018
After many years, the newsletter that was the genesis of my former startup, Mattermark Daily is sending its final missive today. It was such a pleasure to read the Internet and scour for posts to share 4 days a week with...
Read more →March 17, 2018
At FullContact, our vision is to “make relationships better” and I’ve spent the last few months wrapping my head around what this *really* means in the context of profiles of people and linkages between their different o...
Read more →February 25, 2018
I spent the last 9 months working on selling my previous startup, Mattermark, and now it’s finally done. This blog is more than 10 years old, and I’ve been blogging for nearly 20 years now… so the break from writing and...
Read more →September 25, 2017
On June 8th, 2017 I made a list of 20 companies that looked ripe for Series A… it has been nearly 4 months and I just checked to see how my predictions are going. 1 out of the 20 has announced their Series A so far:Â Cle...
Read more →September 25, 2017
when my light’s burn out you’re the only one, you’re the only one you’re the only one left I will answer to when my lights burn out you’re the only one, you’re the only one you’re the only one here who can switch out the...
Read more →June 8, 2017
It’s been a couple years since we shifted our product development focus at Mattermark to supporting sales and marketing deal sourcing, but that doesn’t mean I’ve lost my love for speculating on which startups are most li...
Read more →December 19, 2016
There are so many reasons not to do a thing. Fear, laziness, lack of skill or resources, and stubbornness all come to mind. But this year, I found a reason more dangerous than all of them, worse because its lackluster so...
Read more →October 15, 2016
I’ve been doing some updates to the good ol’ blog, and noticed a fun post from 2.5 years ago highlighting my picks at the time. RelateIQ — I ended up investing in their Series C as a result of this post (their founder S...
Read more →January 2, 2016
“Am I doing a good job?†“Am I doing everything I should be doing?†I ask my cofounders these questions from time to time.They say yes and give me a hug, and my ego is placated. But later on I still wonder am I r...
Read more →October 24, 2015
My life is really full, as a startup founder and CEO there are endless things to do. There are always more meetings I could take (maybe should take?) and by the time Friday evening rolls around I’m usually pretty happy t...
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