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Why Communication with Investors is Important -
Board meetings are a pain in the ass.
Unless you're a well funded, growth stage company that has lots of hands on deck--tons of instrumentation that easily dumps out pretty charts and metrics, or luxury emenities like, well, time, most entrepreneurs probably feel like they could be doing more productive things than telling their investors what they did last month.
The Best Leftovers Ever -
Yesterday, I got profiled in Crain's about my investment philosophies. They do this cool lunch series where they try a new place and profile both a person and a place.
Taking Responsibility for the No -
I hear a lot of funny things about other VCs. This one doesn't really do early stage, that one doesn't really get consumer.
No more "I" in NYC: How the city is changing whether you like it or not -
Seemingly overnight, a bunch of parking spaces disappeared in New York City--replaced by bike share racks.
Just Say No -
I reserve the right to be 100% wrong on any of my investment decisions--but at least I make them, and I try to make them fast.
My Career Regret - The Money and Interestingness Trade -
Ten years ago, I was an analyst for the General Motors pension fund, working on fund investments into leveraged buyout funds and venture capital deals.
The Battle for Indoors -
So Shopkick is apparently profitable, driving hundreds of millions of new sales to merchants--remember them? The in-store retail check-in app?
And Belly? They just had their millionth Point of Sale loyalty check-in.
Nothing: Accomplished -
Your grand plans. The best you could ever hope to achieve...
A failure.
A failure to strike fear.
Introducing New Yorkers to the Water -
For almost ten years, I've been volunteering on New York City's waterfront--introducing lifelong New Yorkers and tourists alike to kayaking.
What ever happened to Print Shop? -
When I was in the fifth grade, I made a pretty penny printing out desk covers. I don't know if anyone else did this, but I'd get my pack of 10,000 Print Shop clip art items, pick a tiled format, and put someone's name in the middle of an 8 1/2x11 sheet of paper.
