Email Conventions and Why Email Clients Suck
There are two common email conventions in my world that I use many times a day in Gmail. I don’t remember where either of them came from or how much
Help Fund The Pioneers in Skirts Documentary
Lucy Sanders (NCWIT CEO), Sarah Bird (Moz CEO), and I are all participants in the Pioneers in Skirts documentary that is currently fundraising on Kickstarter. Please help us make our
Why This Labor Day Weekend Is So Important
I like Memorial Day weekend and Labor Day weekend a lot. They are my bookends for summer and kick off the official “back to school” fall cycle. I realize that
The Twenty Minute VC Podcasts
I don’t listen to that many podcasts, but I like ones that are a short (< 45 minute) interview format. I can listen to one of these on a run
Doing The Right Thing In A Recap
Six weeks ago I wrote a post titled The Silliness Of Recapping Seed Rounds. I described a situation that occurred in one of our FG Angels investments that I thought was short sighted
Entrepreneurs Unplugged with Larissa Herda on 9/3
Phil Weiser and I are interviewing Larissa Herda on Thursday 9/3 at CU Boulder from 5:30 – 7:00. It’s going to be a doozy – Larissa is dynamite and we
Startup Koan of the Day
If you are playing the long game, what should you do next?
We Just Led A $10 Million Round in Spare5
A few weeks ago I reposted some great advice from Fred Wilson for pitching entrepreneurs: “Fundraising is simple: find investors that get excited about your company.” Our experience with Spare5 and th
A Venture Capital History Perspective From Jack Tankersley
In January, Jerry Neumann wrote a long and detailed analysis of his view of the VC industry in the 1980’s titled Heat Death: Venture Capital in the 1980’s. While I
The Confidence / Competence Ratio
After skimming the New York Times this morning (while Amy reads it word by word), I felt like a philosophical dump. Maybe it was the article on why Trump is