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Announcing a Deal I’ve Wanted to Talk About for a Year

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RedBeacon was the 3rd winner (year 1: Yammer, year 2: Mint.com) – not bad company. Because I knew that Ethan was on to a powerful idea and one in which he had developed huge competence and domain knowledge in. The company was called Red Beacon. I acted as the occasional mentor, advisor and coach to Ethan. Nice sweep!

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 3

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So there is likely robust demand from borrowers. Especially for their stage of development. And I know that great startups like Yammer are doing well. This is interesting because just 2 years ago many of these businesses were shut down by the SEC. Enter P2P lending. I know the product intimately and it rocks. Enter Xobni.

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On Leadership, Teams, Success & Happiness

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You want somebody who can raise $15 million to build out your R&D, business development and sales organizations. I am a strong believer that leadership and team development comes from these daily interactions. She’s protecting them from the most intellectually demanding activities. Leaders are intelligent, for sure.

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Data is the Next Major Layer of the Cloud & A Major Victory for Startups

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For decades the “layering&# of technology has allowed us to develop IT systems and networks in a specialized way that let’s best-of-breed technology solutions to emerge at each layer of the stack and to allow people with different skill sets to specialize in key areas without having to have competence in every technology arena.

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