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/
Aug 16th
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
Aug 9th
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...
Aug 9th
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...
Aug 5th
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...
Aug 5th