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August 27, 2010

The Network Behind The Social Network

Chris Fralic - Nothing To Say

Here's a fun graphic that shows the network of people and connections that Geoff Cook the CEO of myYearbook put together to build the company. You can read the full story here. ...

August 25, 2010

If two R’s is good, three is better. A new SaaS metric: Monthly Recurring Revenue Ramped (MRRR

Phin Barnes - SneakerHead VC

Click Equations invention, Monthly Recurring Revenue Ramped, is a great addition to the SaaS ...

August 24, 2010

“No” hurts. “Maybe” can kill.

Phin Barnes - SneakerHead VC

In investment decision making, timing is everything for the entrepreneur. "No" hurts. "Maybe" can ...

August 23, 2010

Community

Josh Kopelman - Redeye VC

Over the last six years, we have tried to build First Round Capital as a community of entrepreneurs -- not a collection of companies. We've always tried to find ways for our entrepreneurs to benefit from (and help) each ...

August 20, 2010

Not a bad day…

Josh Kopelman - Redeye VC

If day's could have a "like" button, I definitely would push it today. An exit to Facebook. Two women First Round Capital founders on the cover of Entrepreneur Magazine. And an exit to Google just in time for cocktails. ...

August 19, 2010

New and Improved

Josh Kopelman - Redeye VC

It's been almost five years since I went to Typepad and created this blog. And while I've added content over the years -- the look of the blog hasn't changed. Until today. Today I launched a redesigned blog -- ...

August 17, 2010

Go ahead girl! (build a start-up and make the world a better place)

Phin Barnes - SneakerHead VC

if more women started companies, the world would be a better ...

August 9, 2010

Taking Care of Business in New Hope, PA

Chris Fralic - Nothing To Say

If you know me you might know that my family and I have lived in New Hope, PA for most of the past 15 years. What you might not know about are some of the great things the local business community is up to.Lets start with the tech world and our portfolio company myYearbook - we've been fortunate to have worked with CEO Geoff Cook and the team for the last 4+ years, and he just wrote a great guest ...

August 4, 2010

Redefining Success - The Giving Pledge

Chris Fralic - Nothing To Say

It's worth a moment of reflection on what's happening with the The Giving Pledge. In the VC/Technology community we spend a lot of time trying to create wealth, and one of the ways success is measured is by how much money was made. But there's not as much focus on what people do with their resources once they've been attained, and many who have achieved it have searched for significance beyond ...

August 3, 2010

Are you my investor? The only 100% guaranteed accurate test of investor type ever offered for free

Phin Barnes - SneakerHead VC

Are you my investor? The only 100% guaranteed acruate test of investor type ever offered for ...