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March 7, 2010

Entrepreneurs Helping Entrepreneurs

Rob Hayes - Permanent Record

We had a great event this week co-hosted by First Round Capital and Mayfield Fund called "Entrepreneurs Helping Entrepreneurs."  There were well over 150 seasoned and new entrepreneurs in attendance networking with each other for a few hours.  Additionally, a … Continue reading

March 1, 2010

This Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out

Kent Goldman - The Cornice

It’s easy to adapt to challenges you face many times. It’s difficult to be good at the things you rarely confront. Knowing how to adapt to seldom seen circumstances is the key to driving a start-up forward. This past January, we held our annual First Round Capital CEO Summit to bring together our portfolio company CEOs [...]

February 28, 2010

The Entrepreneur Wears Prada

Kent Goldman - The Cornice

It’s always surprising when you see the lessons of the tech start-up world reveal themselves in unexpected places. This past weekend my I saw the movie, “The September Issue.” It is a documentary on the production of a single issue of the women’s fashion magazine Vogue and its editor Anna Wintour. The movie is true story [...]