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Looking For Product and Marketing Talent

A VC  Nov 23 09

Our portfolio company Covestor is looking for a VP Product and a head of marketing. Both positions are in New York City. Covestor has created an entirely new form of investment product - people powered investing. With Covestor you don't... Full story...

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Flash, HTML5, and Mobile Apps

A VC  less than a day ago

About a year ago, I wrote a post about Apple's "blind spot" for Flash. I took more heat for that post than anything else I've written here other than political posts.

Lightweight Advocacy

A VC  3 days ago

I was at a board meeting of a non profit this week and the talk turned to "advocacy" and whether or not the non profit should be doing any of that.

NYC BigApps Winners Announced

A VC  4 days ago

I've posted about the NYC BigApps contest a few times here. And you all helped me with my chore of judging all 85 apps.

Likes In The Comments

A VC  5 days ago

I don't exactly know why, but I've noticed a significant increase in the amount of "liking" going on in the comments recently.

Rewards and Monetization

A VC  6 days ago

I really like what Dennis Crowley, founder and CEO of Foursquare, said about "rewarding checkins" in this post on Business Insider: Foursquare's [success] depends on providing "the most incentive for a user to check-in.

Quirky and The Cone Of Silence

A VC  Feb 02 10

My family is tired of hearing me talk about "The Cone Of Silence". This is an electronics product I'd love to have.

The Present Value Of Future Cash Flows

A VC  Feb 01 10

My friend Pravin sent me an email last week after my "How To Calculate A Return On Investment" post. He said: I wish there was a class that I could take that would teach me how to properly research stocks/companies.

Empowering Your Team

A VC  Jan 31 10

Mark Pincus, founder/CEO of our portfolio company Zynga, is interviewed in today's NY Times on the topic of leadership.

Democracy In Action

A VC  Jan 30 10

Yesterday the President went to Baltimore and spoke to the House Republican retreat. I saw a bunch of tweets and headlines about it yesterday so I used the "add to boxee" bookmarklet and this morning I sat down and watched.

AVC People

A VC  Jan 29 10

Jerry sent me an email last night after a day of exchanging comments with the people on this blog. I replied and explained to him: there are a couple hundred "regulars" that hang out at AVC it's like our own.