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September 27, 2015
Tonight I hosted an impromptu AMA on Twitter, and I was surprised by how many people asked about how to network to startup investors. The question itself isn’t surprising, but when I responded with “get introductions via...
Read more →June 18, 2015
A fictional scene from the hours leading up to the emergency board meeting held by Raviga Capital that we weren’t allowed to see, during the HBO Silicon Valley finale. Season 3; Episode 1: “Monica for CEO” — with a new l...
Read more →January 3, 2015
I really do love New Years. Reflecting on life and setting goals to make it better definitely feels like a process worth celebrating, and since my professional life began 10 years ago I’ve really enjoyed spending some of...
Read more →November 28, 2014
This year has been an interesting one for blogging, I’m writing a lot more drafts and publishing far fewer posts. I’ve adopted Medium as my main platform for what I’d consider to be my “professional” writing because the...
Read more →June 20, 2014
Full Disclosure: I bought Twitter stock in the company’s IPO and I will not be selling it anytime soon. Each year around the holidays I head North to Washington State to hibernate for a few weeks with my parents at their...
Read more →April 9, 2014
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Read more →March 15, 2014
The year we suspended disbelief long enough to find a frighteningly ambitious startup idea. From “TechCrunch Killer†to “Bloomberg for Startups†and beyond… Part of my job as an early stage CEO is to protect m...
Read more →February 9, 2014
I build software to help venture capitalists source deals, here are the ones I wish I had done Over the past few years I’ve made a handful of personal angel investments in founders who I think are incredible, and I am...
Read more →February 8, 2014
We completely started over, here’s what happened. After shutting down our previous product I was depressed, disillusioned with consumer tech, and definitely had blood in my mouth. I took the huge chip on my shoulder on...
Read more →November 4, 2013
Today I wrote about some potential methods for benchmarking startup investors, and on a call with a client this afternoon I was asked how I handle the inevitable pushback from investors who aren’t in the top 10 of the li...
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