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February 29, 2012
Brett Berson - Turning a Portfolio into a Community…
Ever since I became a VC, one of the most frequent questions I get asked is: “Don’t you miss being an entrepreneur? Will you ever do another startup?” And I think my answer typically surprises people – because my ...
February 28, 2012
As TED2012 kicks off today, here’s an excellent 7 minute TED Talk by a guy who gets paid to watch YouTube videos. We’re proud to have been one of the 10,000 parodies of Rebecca Black’s “Friday.” ...
February 27, 2012
4 signs of the design mindset (my talk at AgileUX NYC)
TweetThis weekend I had the opportunity to speak along side a bunch of fantastic people at the AgileUX NYC conference. The event was awesome, you can see all the presentations on the conference site and I can’t wait for the next one. Thanks to Jeff and Will for putting it together and for everyone who ...
February 24, 2012
We couldn’t be prouder of our portfolio company Bazaarvoice on their Initial Public Offering. Brett and Michael and Sam and the entire team built something really special, with passion and dedication and hard work and fun along the way. We’re also excited as this is the very first IPO by a First Round ...
February 22, 2012
FRC is the most active VC in NYC
According to Crain’s New York Business, First Round Capital was the most active VC in the New York Metro in 2011 by number of investments. Here’s the full list by number of 2011 investments First Round Capital 25 RRE Ventures 21 Lerer Ventures 20 Connecticut ...
February 15, 2012
We’re excited to be investors in Aereo, the service announced yesterday that allows users to stream and record over-the-air broadcast television on connected devices like PCs and iPads. It launches initially in New York City on March 14th and is priced at $12/month after a 30 day free trial. We’re in good company with CEO ...
February 13, 2012
My friend Mark Hughes, CEO of C3Metrics and former VP Marketing at Half.com, wrote an important piece on AdExchanger recently. It’s a shining example of irony in the “world’s most measurable medium.” How many people saw your ad? The bad news is it’s way less than you thought. The good news is your click-through rate ...
February 9, 2012
Software is about to eat chronic disease and save us $2 Trillion per year
Open data enables fundamental shifts in the way patients manage their health and the start-ups that most deeply engage consumers around health data, the ones that help them understand it, consume it and make it actionable, will influence trillions of dollars in annual ...
February 8, 2012
Tip of the hat 1 – First Round Portfolio company Adaptly was written up by Razorfish Media Director as one of the Next Media/Tech Companies to make a lot of money Tip of the hat 2 – FRC company Solve Media was written up by Mediapost and is helping retailers capture brand awareness. ...
February 6, 2012
Yesterday was a great SuperBowl – and as always the ads were a big part of it. In 2012 we know viewers were on Facebook and Twitter like never before, and we even know which 10 commercials drew the most comments. But it’s surprising in this Era of Engagement, how few ads were directly promoting ...