February 2012
2 posts
VC's Pitch Too
My first blog post for MemeBurn. http://memeburn.com/2012/02/how-do-vcs-get-their-money-they-pitch-too/
January 2012
3 posts
“The possibility of the privatisation of the general intellect was something Marx...”
– Slavoj Žižek · The Revolt of the Salaried Bourgeoisie · LRB 11 January 2012
The best Zizek piece in a while (probably since the height of Occupy). He handily explains the becoming-rent of profit, performs a hat-tip and drive-by criticism of Hardt & Negri, and does an eloquent job of making the...
“The mismatch between Silicon Valley and Congress isn’t just that Silicon Valley...”
– Tim O’Reilly (via bijan)
December 2011
2 posts
November 2011
1 post
I won this badge on Fantasy Shopper! →
Scott just followed his first person on Fantasy Shopper, unlocked a badge and won some more Fantasy moolah!
October 2011
3 posts
Interview with Former VC Katy Turner
Katy Turner was a VC at Eden Ventures, one of Europe’s early stage venture funds, before leaving earlier this year to join London startup Videoplaza http://www.videoplaza.com/. Videoplaza empowers broadcasters, publishers and networks to maximise their advertising revenues from the New IP-delivered TV. Their global client base uses the Videoplaza ad management platform to monetise video...
September 2011
5 posts
BRYCE DOT VC: For Whom Is This Service Built? →
brycedotvc:
I don’t use Facebook.
Yeah, I have an account and yes I’ve used my account to sign up for other services I do use, but I’ve not used it on a daily or weekly basis in a couple years.
So I was intrigued when a friend walked into my office last week to show off the new profiles and timelines they…
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“There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody. You built a...”
– Elizabeth Warren (via jacobjoaquin)
Pay It Forward Culture
I find it ironic to be arriving here in Helsinki for the Arctic 15 Conference a week after Steve Blank’s visit and recent blog post on the ‘Pay it Forward Culture’ in SF. http://steveblank.com/2011/09/15/the-pay-it-forward-culture/. I was on the receiving end of the pay it forward culture this evening by Jens Sorensen, CEO of Tuubio.com. He was introduced to me late this...
LaunchRock.com →
Somewhat annoying……..not sure why I’m doing this……….
August 2011
3 posts
Serendipity in London
One of the chief complaints from friends in the Valley is that it sucks jumping into your car to drive around town from meeting to meeting. I realised yesterday how awesome London is (even compared to NYC!) for not wasting time travelling between meeting web startups. Yesterday I walked from Greenpark to Soho and ran into an exec of a large media company grabbing take-away sushi, had a mtg at VC...
Who's Ignoring Their Customer's? →
Lessons on customer service from the best and worst retailers in fb.
July 2011
5 posts
Turntable.FM
A sigh of relief, an easing of the twitches. I am back in America where I can access Turntable.FM and I’m simply amazed at the growth in the number of people and the number of rooms on the site. Now if you’ll excuse me, it’s Friday night and its time to get my DJ on.
What would Alain de Botton do?
June 2011
8 posts
“You can only lose 1x your money.”
– http://www.dfj.com/team/JohnFisher.shtml
Calling Berlin Startups
alexanderljung:
Berlin Startups! Add yourself to this gform, a handy directory of berlin startups for journalists/vcs/etc
https://spreadsheets.google.com/a/soundcloud.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHY2ck0zTzV1UElTRnpVQW82SExDT2c6MQ
(when you submit you’ll get the link to check out others on the list)
How to Raise VC
(My jet-lagged post)
I caught up with Scott Allison, CEO of www.teamly.com today. Besides hearing about the growth of his company’s user base, we discussed raising VC in Europe. He thought that Nic, a Partner at DFJ, put this best when describing his relationship with Josh, the CEO of one of our more recent portfolio company’s Conversocial in his blog post...
One of my favorite songs to listen to walking...
“According to a great article in The NY Times today, Groupon is pushing their own...”
– http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/06/17/abracadabra-for-internet-start-ups-magic-trumps-math/