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Trust, But Verify

Seeing Both Sides  Dec 03 09

A lot has been written in the last week about the scandal at Canopy Financial, a venture-backed, high-flying start-up that attracted $75 million in capital at increasingly higher prices from top-tier firms, only to come crashing down in a dust... Full story...

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Mother in Law Market Research

Seeing Both Sides  Feb 25 10

I'll never forget my first marketing class at business school. Our professor peered at us with an intense glare as he pushed back on our standard, "chip shot" comments.

Curt Schilling Earns (an Expensive) Harvard Business School MBA

Seeing Both Sides  Feb 04 10

In his storied baseball career, Curt Schilling has rarely found himself at a loss for words. So it was great fun to watch him sit speechless for an hour as Harvard Business School students dissected his entrepreneurial venture and some.

A Lost Generation of Entrepreneurs?

Seeing Both Sides  Jan 27 10

I've been worrying lately that we are suffering from a lost generation of entrepreneurs. That was my first reaction when I read what Sequoia's Doug Leone said a few weeks ago about innovation and age at a recent talk with.

The Five Domains of High Performance

Seeing Both Sides  Jan 18 10

I'm pleased to have a guest blog post by Kevin Oakes, CEO of my portfolio company i4cp (the Institute for Corporate Productivity) and a leading thinker in leadership and high performance.

Why Invest in oneforty and the Real-Time Web?

Seeing Both Sides  Jan 14 10

Today's announcement of our investment in oneforty is a useful prompt to talk about why I'm a big believer (and now investor) in the real-time Web.

Where Have All The Good Mentors Gone (from Boston)?

Seeing Both Sides  Jan 10 10

I confess to being a Shrek fan. My kids made me (well, sort of) buy the music CD to Shrek 2 and my favorite song on that CD is the Jennifer Saunders song - "Holding Out For A Hero".

Why Do VCs Blog (and Tweet)?

Seeing Both Sides  Jan 05 10

For decades, the venture capital industry was like a Yale Secret Society - very clubby, discrete and opaque.

Time for Massachusetts to Pass Education Reform

Seeing Both Sides  Nov 14 09

I've been blogging for five years about the start-up, innovation economy and I almost never write about politics.

What Makes Boston's Start-Up Scene Special? - video

Seeing Both Sides  Nov 11 09

Here's the video from the talk I gave at HBS on what makes the Boston start-up scene special.



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