Early investing = Early adopting
As seed-stage investors, First Round Capital invests early in a company's life. Typically we're funding PowerPoint slide decks -- and are investing in pre-product, pre-revenue companies with incomplete teams and uncertain business models. The reason we're able to take ...
Calling London - A Volcanic Opportunity
What a bizarre world we live in. My partner, Chris Fralic, has found his trip to London "indefinitely extended" due to a volcano in Iceland. So he's decided to put together a last minute "Office Hours" tomorrow, Sunday. I ...
The importance of communication…
I am now experiencing full withdrawal symptoms. It has now been almost a day and a half without access to my e-mail. We use Intermedia to host our e-mail -- and have historically found them to be very reliable. ...
NYC is a great place for deals
As I wait (and wait) for the construction of our First Round Capital NYC office (overlooking Union Square) to finish, it’s good to know that our decision to open the office is sound. I went to last Thursday’s Open ...