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SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

By definition?—?I’m I’m over-paying for every check I write into the VC ecosystem and valuations are being pushed up to absurd levels and many of these valuations and companies won’t hold in the long term. The market definition has changed but what we do mostly hasn’t. Are we in a bubble?” of the fund.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 16, 2012

By conceptualizing, selling, gathering feedback and then developing a product, startups achieve success more quickly and economically. Large companies write business plans, why of course, that’s the organizing document for a startup. Preaching What You Live. That was the implicit statement. If you find one, you become a company.

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AUGUST 18, 2010

It’s as good as it gets in personal productivity / life reflection. Here’s how I break down the four quadrants (and I’ve put my definitions in here – not Covey’s). That’s why productivity wasn’t tough for me as a CEO. As individuals we have choices about how we spend our time.

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JANUARY 1, 2016

If you have a team of 10 people then by definition 90% of the time spent on activities is not put in by you and on a team of 100 it’s 99%. In fact, 50% of our investments are in Southern California, from Santa Barbara to San Diego. Almost by definition we’re control freaks. It’s important to get buy in.

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JANUARY 21, 2010

When to get a lawyer - If you plan to be a venture or angel backed technology company (what I mostly write about) the best time to start meeting and getting to know lawyers is long before you ever start your company. I write about some of the lessons in my post on Startup Mistakes. Many people start companies arse backwards.

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