The "Feedization" Of The Web (continued)
Back in March 2006 I wrote a post about the "feedization of the web UI" where I observed that I was seeing more and more web UIs that reminded me of the news feeds that are common in the financial markets. I predicted that we'd see more of that in...

The "Feedization" Of The Web (continued)
Back in March 2006 I wrote a post about the "feedization of the web UI" where I observed that I was seeing more and more web UIs that reminded me of the news feeds that are common in the financial markets. I predicted that we'd see more of that in...

The "Feedization" Of The Web (continued)
Back in March 2006 I wrote a post about the "feedization of the web UI" where I observed that I was seeing more and more web UIs that reminded me of the news feeds that are common in the financial markets. I predicted that we'd see more of that in...

Open Systems, Open Data, Transparency
Hank Williams points out that the front page of the Angelsoft website is really great. For those that don't know Angelsoft is a free web service that many angel investors use to manage their deal flow. We've looked into using it to manage our deal flow...

Chrome, Android, and The Cloud
A journalist friend of mine once said about Google "they are a freak of a company, the best advertising business ever built is funding the largest collection of mad scientists ever assembled". I love that description of Google and have used it many...

Black Swan Quote Of The Day
“ The payoff in a human venture is, in general, inversely proportional to what it is expected to be. —Fred Wilson Dot VCNassim Nicholas Taleb, The Black Swan I am finally getting around to reading this important and...

Reblogging Comments
If you visited this blog over the weekend you saw this post which looks like this:That post was a reblog of that comment left by Joe Lazarus. I was able to reblog it with one click using Disqus.  This is a feature I've been asking for since...

Venture Fund Economics: Allocating Follow-On Capital
It's time for another entry in my Venture Fund Economics series. This time I'd like to talk about the importance of allocating follow-on capital. One of the great things about early stage venture capital, as compared to many other investment...

Venture Fund Economics: Allocating Follow-On Capital
It's time for another entry in my Venture Fund Economics series. This time I'd like to talk about the importance of allocating follow-on capital. One of the great things about early stage venture capital, as compared to many other investment...

Friends and Neighbors
We are all used to the idea of friends in social nets. It's not entirely clear to me what a "friend" in the context of a social net is and it's getting more confusing all the time.But neighbors is something I can get my head around. I know what a...

Ten Things I Want On My Mobile Phone
1) Shazam for places - I blogged about this when I was in Scotland earlier this month. I met a company at TechStars yesterday that might be able to build it. I hope they do.2) Shazam for people - same idea. even more possibilities for this one.3)...

Is Geek Tech Going Mainstream?
There was a set of map charts on some popular blog this week that showed how 'geeky' your web service is. The more its users were centered around silicon valley, the more geeky your web service is.Of course this is the fear we who invest in leading...

The Death Trap
Jason Calacanis may have quit blogging, but he hasn't quit writing valuable and provocative thoughts. His email yesterday on Google is worth reading. I think someone reblogged it but I am writing this from my blackberry on an early morning train so I...

Blogging In The 'Burbs
Many readers of this blog know that I am a huge fan of "placeblogging" or "hyperlocal". I believe that the future of community newspapers will be found on the web where residents will blog about local issues that matter to them and...

Are You In College In NYC And Thinking About Working At A Startup?
Greg Yardley, founder/CEO of our portfolio company Pinch Media tells the following story about graduating from college and facing the career question:When I finished school, I had a MA in Russian history and absolutely no idea what to do with myself - I...