Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

And so it happened that between 2000-2008 I was the biggest buzz kill at dinner parties. They have marked-up paper gains propped up by an over excited venture capital market that has validated their investments. Logic tells me the following: It is hard to make money angel investing. It was an investment management class.

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Invest Angel Technical Review Venture Capital 299

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2010

Anyone who works in the venture business or frankly just lives in Silicon Valley will be used to hearing a buzz word rise up out of nowhere to capture the technology zeitgeist and find its way into every entrepreneur’s product development plan or every aspiring entrepreneur’s pitch deck. And I feel the same about investing.

Startup 296

Startup Evite Web Ideas 296

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2013

I’ve seen them too often, and they seem to be the same for every company (and every marriage) no matter how great the team is. Your marketplace buzz is non-existent, skeptical, or even negative. Investment partners are squeezing you. Cashflow is killing you, with no new money in sight.

Startup 100

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2012

I’ve seen them too often, and they seem to be the same for every company (and every marriage) no matter how great the team is. Your marketplace buzz is non-existent, skeptical, or even negative. Investment partners are squeezing you. Cashflow is killing you, with no new money in sight.

Startup 91

Startup Press Design Sales 91

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 6, 2011

I’ve seen them too often, and they seem to be the same for every company (and every marriage) no matter how great the team is. Your marketplace buzz is non-existent, skeptical, or even negative. Investment partners are squeezing you. Cashflow is killing you, with no new money in sight.

Startup 98

Startup Press Design Sales 98

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Today I’m announcing that GRP Partners is doubling down on the Twitter ecosystem by investing in DataSift , a company who provides a real-time data platform and tools to third-party developers and corporations. And better yet, the company has a product that will turn the stream into a lake. What does that mean?

Platform 307

Platform News Startup Invest 307

InfoChachkie

MARCH 8, 2011

After investing a few seconds of psychological energy attempting to recognize the character, many readers were willing to read the rest of my response in order to learn the figure’s identity. I did not do this deliberately – my use of this technique was happenstance. Even so, by asking readers, “Do you know who this is?”

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