Seattle Board Day
I’m on a six week rhythm in Seattle for the three boards I’m on up here – Gist, BigDoor, and Impinj. While I don’t have them perfectly synced up, I’m
Founders 2010 #11 and #12
The last two episodes of the Founders 2010 series are up. Episode 11 is called Hard at Play. Special guests include Howard Lindzon (StockTwits CEO), David Brown (one of the
VC Seed Funding Example: Trada
My partner Seth Levine has a detailed post up today titled Trada – from the beginning that describes the creation and financing of Trada. Foundry Group is the seed investor
Reflecting On An Intense Week In Boulder
A week ago I had just gotten home after a month in Homer, Alaska. I was totally chilled out – I worked plenty in July but had very little physical
Now That's How You Do An Angel Pitch Event
I attended the second Open Angel Forum in Boulder tonight. Simply put, it was dynamite. This is an intense week for seed stage stuff in Boulder as TechStars Demo Day
The Mac Won Me Over
On June 20th, I declared that I was going to try A Month of Mac. I took my Macbook Pro (an older model from about 18 months ago) up to
How I Think About Seed Investing As A VC
Last week saw an explosion of discussion around seed investing, including plenty of negative comments around VCs as seed investors. While I agree that many VCs are crummy seed investors,
The House Advantage
As I watch Amy scurry around and put the final touches on our Homer house before we leave to go home to Boulder, I thought I’d stay out of the
The Buzz on Angel and Seed Investing Continues
Ah – well – another day passed and there was once again a ton of chatter around angel investing. A lot of it was prompted by AngelConf 2010 which you
Reverse Flips
Like most of the blogosphere, I’ve been trying to use Flipboard since its extraordinarily well executed (or well hyped – I can’t tell yet) announcement. But, like almost everyone I