Malcolm Gladwell lit a few fires last week with his (broadly perceived as negative) review of Free: The Future of a Radical Price, Chris Anderson’s new book. Gladwell is more negative on Anderson’s examples (such as YouTube as successful free...
Topics: Entrepreneurship, Media

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Well, it’s been a week since VCDB went live and the response has been overwhelming… and instructional.  First and foremost, I’ve been surprised by the impact that Twitter has had on traffic.  As a group instant messaging app...
Topics: Entrepreneurship, VC

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This one’s been a long time coming, so I’m glad to finally be throwing back the curtain.In short, I’ve built a tool meant to help open doors in the venture capital financing community.  If you’re short on time, give it a go...
Topics: Entrepreneurship, VC

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In the midst of conversation with an investor/entrepreneur out of Dallas, I mentally stumbled over his musing, “Good tooth to tail ratio.”  This one was new to me, though the startup world is full of bizarre analogies.  I’m...
Topics: Entrepreneurship, Media

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Market makes for a healthy obsession.  Marc Andreesen calls it “the most important factor in a startup’s success or failure.”And there are plenty of market intricacies to ponder but size is a big one (forgive the pun...
Topics: Entrepreneurship, Healthcare, Media

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