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March 12, 2012
My friend Alan Patricof of Greycroft has a great saying: “private to private transactions are like trading my dogs for your cats.” That’s funny and mostly true on the relative valuation side of a private to private transaction. But I’m convinced that most startups don’t consider the advantages and opportunities of buying other startups early ...
March 9, 2012
In the future, I bet yours will too. Barber Bart is great – Bart and Eddie and the team are good guys that do a nice job and deliver a lot of nice touches, including charging stations for your mobile devices while you get a cut. They charge a lot, but you get value – ...
March 5, 2012
The daily grind of business to business vacation rentals can be tough, but the lean, mean team at Packlate is tougher. They have a weekly Fight Night. The “hook” of this article is fun, but read the full story here – they’re growing and really getting traction – over 15,000 properties listed and bookings up ...
March 5, 2012
Video Pre-Roll Advertising: SOLVED
We've all had the experience -- we want to watch a video online, but have to watch some useless pre-roll video beforehand. This often frustrates the user, doesn't deliver value to the brand, and reduces the consumer's perception of ...
March 5, 2012
Solve Media takes on Pre-Roll Video Ads
Our portfolio company Solve Media is at it again – this time aiming their user time-saving and advertiser brand-lifting powers at the ubiquitous video pre-roll. See below and see more here on AllThingsD and at Solve Media. Solving the Pre-Roll Blues from Solve Media on ...
March 4, 2012
Inside Apple by Adam Lashinsky
I’m a longtime customer and fan and student of Apple. I feel I know a lot about the company, but I learned a lot from Inside Apple and would highly recommend the book – especially the audio version read by the author. Apple is a wildly successful and very peculiar place, and this book is ...
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 ...