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The National Broadband Plan

A VC  12 hours ago

I went down to Washington, DC yesterday to participate in an event that celebrated the 25th anniversary of .

Filtering Social Media To Find Signal Out Of Noise

A VC  less than a day ago

Yesterday's WSJ had an interesting piece about Alacra's new Pulse Pro offering. For those that don't know, I invested in Alacra in 1999 via Flatiron Partners and have been on its board ever since.

My Ideal Phone System

A VC  less than a day ago

We're getting ready to move and it's time to figure out the phone thing again. This will be the fourth phone decision our family is making in the past eleven years.

The Profit and Loss Statement

A VC  2 days ago

Today on MBA Mondays we are going to talk about one of the most important things in business, the profit and loss statement (also known as the P&L).

Commerce 2.0?

A VC  3 days ago

I cringed when I used the "2.0" term in the headline of this post, but I think it's useful. In the past year, when people ask me what I think is interesting in web technology, I often talk about emerging.

The 0.00% Yield

A VC  4 days ago

The Gotham Gal and I don't normally keep much cash in the bank. We like a portfolio of tax free municipal bonds for our cash that is not invested in venture deals, private companies, real estate, and the like.

One Year Of Foursquare

A VC  5 days ago

Our portfolio company Foursquare turned one year old yesterday. They posted about their birthday on the company blog.

The Cashless Exercise

A VC  6 days ago

Sorry for the inside baseball title, this post is not about net exercising options or warrants. It is about an exercise I've been going through since the beginning of the year.

Transitioning From One Job To Another

A VC  Mar 10 10

Mark Suster just keeps putting out great stuff on his blog. Last night he posted about the tricky issue of transitioning from one job to another.

The Public Dashboard

A VC  Mar 09 10

I really like how Tumblr publishes some key stats publicly every month in their own stylized dashboard.

Accounting

A VC  Mar 08 10

I'm making up the curriculum for MBA Mondays on the fly. The end game is to lay out how to look a businesses, value it, and invest in it.

Candid Camera

A VC  Mar 07 10

A couple weeks ago I went down to Miami for Future of Web Apps (FOWA). It was a great event and I highly recommend it to web developers and entrepreneurs.

Monopolies, Retransmission Fees, and Screwing Customers

A VC  Mar 06 10

There's been a battle going on between the "broadcast" TV networks and the cable networks over something called "retransmission fees.

InSITE Talk

A VC  Mar 05 10

InSITE is a group of business and law school students from Columbia and NYU who provide free consulting services to startup companies.

Panels

A VC  Mar 04 10

Mark Suster, who writes the best VC blog out there right now, has a post about sitting on panels. He gives the following advice: Educate Entertain Discuss and Debate (have a dialog) Build Awareness of your firm/company/brand Make connections with.

Standardized Venture Funding Docs

A VC  Mar 03 10

There was a lot of noise in VC/startup land earlier this week about the Series Seed documents that can be used to close a seed round.

Rolling Up Your Sleeves and Getting Your Hands Dirty

A VC  Mar 02 10

Charlie O'Donnell asked me last week asked me about lessons I learned on my first venture capital investment.

Piercing The Corporate Veil

A VC  Mar 01 10

Yet another MBA Monday topic comes from the comments of last week's post. This series is turning into a conversation which makes me very pleased.

Own Your Online Brand

A VC  Feb 28 10

This past friday afternoon, I joined David Karp, founder/CEO of Tumblr, Dennis Crowley, founder/CEO of Foursquare, Aaron Earls of New Media Strategies, and Chris Grosso of NBCU at the MBA Media and Entertainment Conference to talk about social media.

Entrepreneurship and Social Change

A VC  Feb 27 10

I posted about The Blue Sweater recently and said: I have always believed in the power of entrepreneurs and for profit initiatives to change the world.



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