Shimel Speaks
Alan Shimel, the Chief Strategy Office at StillSecure, is podcasting up a storm. Alan’s up to podcast #6 and giving my friend Scott Converse and his ClickCaster podcasting service a g
I Love My Sidekick 3
My partner Greg Galanos led the first round investment in Danger, the company that makes the T-Mobile Sidekick. I’ve loved it since the day the Sidekick 1 came out and
Testing Writely Posting To Movable Type
Jim and I are using Writely to collaborate on our Board of Directors series. I had some character interpretation problems between Writely and Movable Type – they were similar to
Board of Directors: Duty of Care and Duty of Loyalty
Jim Lejeal and I have worked together for almost a decade – I was one of the investors in his last company – Raindance Communications (now part of West Corp)
Speaking of Patents
No – I haven’t read it yet (just the summaries.) Yes – I probably will (read it.) However – until then – Chris Pirillo has the best word on the Friendste
More on Abolishing Software Patents
The partners of Union Square Ventures (Fred Wilson and Brad Burnham) recently had a “Union Square Session” on “Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Public Policy.” In these
Sales Forecasting – The Waterfall
Josh Kopelman has a great post up about Sales Forecasting, along with a sample model of a “Waterfall Forecast.”
The New Public Company Option Pricing Strategy
Quest Software has been competing with Mercury Interactive for a number of years. In the past, several of Quest’s strategic moves clearly positioned it as a alternative to Mercury. H
Wimbledon on the Computer
We’re at our house in Homer which doesn’t have a TV (by design). Amy loves watching tennis and wanted to watch Wimbledon. Our Tivo at our house in Boulder broke
Getting Rid of the Best People
My friend Will Herman is on a blogging tear these days. Today, he wrote a long, excellent post titled “When To Get Rid of the ‘Best’ People That Work For