We benefit from a startup culture where it’s okay to fail, but that doesn’t mean we should avoid examining the mistakes that lead to the loss of capital, jobs, and the opportunity cost when increasingly limited venture capital dollars go to the wrong companies. It’s time for Silicon Valley to Continue Reading
It was reported in early February that the two product managers, hailing from Google (Walk) and Twitter (Patel) would raise a $25M first fund. It appears fundraising has gone so well that the two have closed are raising and additional $10M, bringing the total to $35M according to their Form Continue Reading
Companies currently interviewing for Y Combinator have taken the Internet’s advice to reach out to alumni to practice before they present, but unfortunately we don’t scale very well. I’ve prepped with a dozen teams so far and will probably talk to a dozen more before the weekend ends, but that Continue Reading
Tomorrow marks 1 month since Y Combinator Demo Day for the Winter 2013 class of startups, and since I’ve been tracking their progress for awhile now I have a pretty good sense of who has seen sustained interest, growing traffic, and increased audience through social media. The weeks after Demo Continue Reading
My old startup died. I have been working on my new startup. It’s kind of named after this band I love, but not entirely. New name, and we’ve got a long way to go. Art Is Hard Cut it out – your self-inflicted pain is getting too routine the crowds Continue Reading
Earlier this month my post “Zombie VCs” raised hackles throughout the industry by naming firms who appeared to be inactive based on a lack of new investment data available in Crunchbase, If today’s article byDan Primack of Fortune “Fewer than 100 tech VCs left?” is anything to go by, my Continue Reading
This post is part of a series on data-driven blogging which includes the Startup Index and Investor Index. I have quantified companies from 500 Startups, Y Combinator, TechStars, Andreessen Horowitz and First Round Capital and would love to hear your feedback on what I should measure next. I hate subjective Continue Reading
Oh oh oho. damn, here we go again. Oh oh oho. Common passed on this beat, I made it to a jam, now everything I’m not, made me everything I am. damn, here we go again. people talking shit, but when the shit hit the fan everything I’m not, made Continue Reading
This post is part of the Startup Index series, which ranks companies and profiles investor portfolios on a monthly basis. I have previously indexed Y Combinator, 500 Startups, TechStars and Andreessen Horowitz. Like data-driven news? Check out the Traction Tracker and the Active Investor Index, and be sure to let Continue Reading
Last night I logged into Referly for the first time in a few weeks. I’ve been trying not to do that, because there are still so many things I want to fix and when I see them I just… and I was so in love with it and it’s just… Continue Reading