August 2010
5 posts
"It's Evolution Baby"
Pretty sure these “battles” between Angels and VCs and the evolution of the funding side of the start-up ecosystem is good news for the “do’eurs”…
http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/15/venture-capital-super-angel-war-entrepreneur/
First There Was LeBron James Inc. Now There's...
With LeBron’s brand taking a MASSIVE hit with “The Decision” circus, here comes the dyanmic Steve Nash with a big time Madison Avenue heavyweight in Deutsch’s Michael Duda launching a competing venture which I’d bet on…
http://adage.com/agencynews/article?article_id=145303
It's Too Bad Dave McClure Doesn't Tell It Like It...
http://www.fastcompany.com/1676896/moneyball-for-startups-invest-before-productmarket-fit-double-down-after
The INTERNET has changed life DRAMATICALLY for BILLIONS around the globe — yet most VCs & lawyers still close deals via fax & snail mail.
Fuck. That. Noise.
Most consumer internet investors, large or small, have no goddamn clue what they are doing. They are getting killed on...
Mike Cassidy = My "Michael Jordan"
To create, build and exit 1 is AWESOME…but 4!!!???
“Mike, great to meet you…can I carry your bag? Get you a cup of coffee? Clean your pool? Detail your car? Whatever I can do…just get me in the game and on your team”
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2010-08-03-cassidy03_ST_N.htm
Thanks to Brett DeBord of PROtential, a big hitter in the making, for forwarding...
ENORMOUSLY POWERFUL Statement From Google's CEO
“Like WHOA”…what else can you say about this one…absolutely incredible to consider the implications of what we’re experiencing right about now
Every two days now we create as much information as we did from the dawn of civilization up until 2003, according to Schmidt. That’s something like five exabytes of data, he says.
Let me repeat that: we create as much...