The 7 Cardinal Sins of Startup Founders
Cardinal Sin #1: Delusions of Grandeur The worst kind of founder is one who thinks they are the second coming...
What the Heck Happened to Creativity in Silicon Valley
Everyday I see the same things: The same startup names that take a perfectly normal word and change it by...
The Upside & Downside of This New VC Firms Strategy
Silicon Valley has long prided itself for creating the Pied Pipers of the world, but venture capitalists themselves have been...
What Barbara Walters’ Amazing Career Can Teach Us About Women in VC
Jeff Bussgang’s recent article about the lack of women in VC struck a nerve with me as this topic has...
Should VCs Start Crowdshaming Sh-tty Startups?
Like most VCs, I get carpet bombed with pitches almost non-stop. They can range from the benign and harmless pitches...
The Unusual Economics of My New Small Fund
Charlie O’Donnell wrote a short blog post of the economics of his fund and no surprise, it was representative of...
Do not Go Chasing Distribution Waterfalls: The Future of VC Compensation
Just recently I read Kanyi Maqubela’s post on distribution waterfalls and carried interest and felt compelled to write a rebuttal. First of...
The Purple Cow: Startup Edition #1
As a purple cow evangelist, I always have a few crazy ideas that are percolating in my head, which is...
Chasing Unicorns #3 NYC Edition
Pijon, Modalyst and Kid & Coe are part of this weeks special NYC edition of Chasing Unicorns. What Kid &...
Chasing Unicorns #2 STD’s & Mastering Time Edition
Welcome to the second edition of Chasing Unicorns. Last week was the special love edition and the first of many Chasing Unicorn...