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Resource Efficiency: Do You Have A High Growth Startup? | Mark As Read |
Here's a little video on resource efficiency - an important concept to understand when thinking about how to finance your startup.
Constructive Disagreement: Debate Is Good | Mark As Read |
The more your leadership team debates decisions the better your company will be. Are you optimizing for disagreement? Here?s how. I?m a believer that the scope of the CEO?s role should narrow to roughly four facets as the company scales....
How Much Is Your Startup Worth? | Mark As Read |
My friend San Kim, founder of ShowMe, just stopped by and we whipped up a little video explaining how to think about the value of your startup. How much is your company worth before you raise money? Here's how to...
Hack @ Kohort: Seeking Front-End Dev Rockstar | Mark As Read |
?It?s not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.? Seeking: Frontend Web Designer / Javascript / CSS / HTML We are seeking an expert Web designer with excellent HTML, CSS, and jQuery skills to...
Who's The Boss: VCs or Founders? | Mark As Read |
A shiver goes down my spine when I hear a VC refer to a portfolio company as ?my company? or a CEO as ?my CEO.? The implicit suggestion is that VCs are kings and the lowly founder is the grunt...
Bro vs. Pro Sale | Mark As Read |
When you?re setting out to hire sales people it?s important to know what type of sale you?re making. While there are many distinctions in the types of sales that companies make, one noteworthy paradigm is what I call the Pro...
Why You Want Your Competition To Succeed | Mark As Read |
When I was in High School I taped a picture of the next guy I was going to wrestle to my bathroom mirror. I stared him down as I scrubbed my teeth every morning. I was on a mission to...
UX Explained | Mark As Read |
I just came across this TED talk. Very interesting thinking about human psychology that has implications for product and pricing decisions. Enjoy.
Transforming Italy Into A Startup Hub | Mark As Read |
Any plan to transform an entire country into a thriving startup ecosystem is a lofty goal for a mere mortal. Despite that, Fernando Napolitano has set out to do just that. Fernando organized a conference in Rome that took place...
Your Product Is A Distraction | Mark As Read |
Magicians know all about the use of distractions. Flash something shiny over here, while they change something over there. Like lemmings we, the audience, stare at the flashiest thing in sight, unable to see the dull and mundane. Here's the...
Hiring People I Like | Mark As Read |
When I left my last job and set out to build Kohort, I laid out a few personal goals. One of them was simply to always work with people that I like and that I hoped would like each other....
Don't Let Expenses Snowball | Mark As Read |
My mom used to say: 'The things you own end up owning you.' While there's probably a psychological argument buried in there somewhere, there are some tactical implications of this phrase. When you buy something, you're also stuck protecting, maintaining,...
Why Entrepreneur Communities Matter | Mark As Read |
I just landed back from my trip to SXSW. It was a lot of fun but it was also inspiring. The energy & passion to drive change bubbled up from every street corner, dive bar and seat in conference. The...
Surprise: 5 Startup Expenses You Shouldn't Forget | Mark As Read |
I had a whiz-bang financial model when I set out to ramp up Kohort, the social media start-up I co-founded. But even the best formatting and niftiest Excel tricks won't overcome the wrong inputs in your expense line. Here are...
Building Bridges to MBAs & Speaking @ NYU | Mark As Read |
I was invited in to speak to a swarm of NYU Stern MBAs yesterday. The stadium seating positioned lots of eyes to stare down at the topic at hand - how to get a job in VC. You can pick...
Kohort Has A New Office | Mark As Read |
It's been an exciting few weeks for the Kohort team. We just scooped up a new space on 20th & Broadway and are now getting settled in. Bright colors, comfy couches and "sturdy" IKEA desks now adorn the space. Here...
Tech Block - It's Real, Beware | Mark As Read |
Ever tried to teach your grandma to use a computer? I did. While she eventually figured it out, there was a period in which she was too scared to learn. She was afraid to click on buttons and links because...
Hot SXSW Panel: Building Entrepreneurship Communities | Mark As Read |
I'm heading down to SXSWi this year and I'm pleased to be sitting on panel organized by Kohort's Shane Reiser. The panel is called ?How to Build Entrepreneurship Communities? and will include my friends Brad Feld, Paige Craig, Nick Seguin,...
The Role Of Operations | Mark As Read |
There has historically been a lot of focus on the role of the CEO, the tech & product teams and sales & marketing personnel. Business writing has engulfed each of these functions and the tabloids rave about celebrity executives from...
When Do CEO's Scale? | Mark As Read |
When discussing how CEOs scale within their companies, most people are referring to a CEO's ability to delegate or manage a larger team. What's interesting is that I suspect that the delegation skills required to be successful in managing an...
The Rule Of The One-Way Street | Mark As Read |
Ever find your team debating a decision in which there are two very different yet justifiable solutions to a given problem? We all have. Very often these are the most contentious and most complicated decisions simply because despite rigorous review...
Kohort Rings NYSE Bell | Mark As Read |
Kohort was asked by the Startup America Partnership to help celebrate their 1-year anniversary. Alison and I ended up ringing the bell at the NYSE. The video is below. PS - the "bell" is actually a big green button.
How We Brainstorm | Mark As Read |
During my first week at Columbia Business School in the fall of 2007, class was interrupted to do an exercise with an improv troop. Not being much of a thespian, I scowled thinking that my time was about to be...
#SOPA / #PIPA Explained | Mark As Read |
For techies who are nestled in their startup caves some of the major web properties (Google, Wikipedia, etc) protested SOPA/PIPA yesterday by either shutting down their sites or changing some of the content on their homepages. While we have a...
Why We Brainstorm | Mark As Read |
Once a company starts operating, brainstorming often falls by the wayside. But there's a cost to that?big ideas get missed and, unexpectedly, your team's morale may lag. So every week I huddle with the team at Kohort for a brainstorming...
High Peaks Launches Seedlet Program | Mark As Read |
The cultural norms in the venture capital industry change. What I mean is that deal terms ? valuation, control rights and beyond ? change over time. A sweetheart deal last year is an outrage this year. A few years back...
Social Media Makes Us Happy...Chemically? | Mark As Read |
There's some very interesting research presented in this TED talk about how our biochemistry drives our happiness & good intentions. Interestingly his studies have shown the engaging people in our lives through social media also triggers the biochemistry that makes...
Minimum Viable Team | Mark As Read |
The phrase ?minimum viable product? has become part of the start-up lexicon. It?s a useful term for that significant milestone in the start-up life cycle?when an entrepreneur has built a stripped-down most basic version of his or her product so...
What's The Goal Economic Growth Or Economic Equality? | Mark As Read |
I came across this TED talk over the weekend. The speaker argues that the greatest driver of social issues in developed countries is economic disparity within the country, not the actual growth rate of the economy. In other words, he...
You're Ignorant | Mark As Read |
You probably don't know nearly as much as you think you do. I certainly don't. In the spectrum of knowledge even the most insightful human only sees a sliver of light. Here's the beginning of a long list of what...
My Live Q&A on Inc.com | Mark As Read |
For those who missed it - yesterday I did a 1-hour live Q&A on Inc.com. There were some great questions from the viewers. You can watch the Q&A here: Watch live video from Inc. Magazine on Justin.tv
A Reason To Lose Sleep | Mark As Read |
I'm breaking from my normal flow of startup banter this week to hit a political topic (or two) that I think every smart web-o-nerd needs to be thinking about. Today's topic surrounds our country's #1 political issue (in my opinion)...
High Peaks U: Media Training | Mark As Read |
High Peaks CEOs & Ambassadors converged on Cooley Wednesday night to attend a rockstar course on Media Training. The course was part of a series High Peaks casually calls High Peaks University where we have industry leaders in a swath...
West Coast VCs Dress For Country Clubs? | Mark As Read |
I?m not much for the East Coast vs. West Coast VC debate. That hype got old after Biggie and Tu Pac left the scene. Frankly, I hope every region becomes more entrepreneurial ? it?s not about competition, it?s about collaboration,...
How VCs Do Tech Diligence | Mark As Read |
While every investor operates differently, there are generally norms. When it comes to conducting technical due diligence most VCs don?t do heavy due diligence unless the company is building a truly new type of technology. If you?re building a new...
The CVC30 | Mark As Read |
Last night the Columbia Venture Community announced the CVC30. The CVC30 is a list of some of the most interesting people in startrup ecosystem out of Columbia University. This list represents the achievements of a lot of hard working folks...
Appreciating David Whittemore | Mark As Read |
If you're active in the New York community, you probably know David Whittemore. Dave has been around these parts for awhile now as a member of a few startups (Monior110, OnDeck Capital) and now as a Founder of Clothse Horse...
Ask MPD | Mark As Read |
Schuyler Brown over at Founders @ Fail is rolling out a new type of content - video Q&A with founders. He asked me to be one of the founders to answer questions. I'm supporting Schuyler & you can find my...
Raise Cache | Mark As Read |
For those who didn't make it to the Raise Cache event last night - you missed out. 1,500 of us hauled into the Armory on 25th & Lex with a thirst to help support the local tech ecosystem. The for-us-by-us...
Announcing HPVP Advisors | Mark As Read |
HPVP is rapidly growing lots of roots in NYC. I've already reported that we opened an office across from General Assembly on 20th and Broadway, hired Rahul Gandhi and launched an Ambassador Program which includes a slew of rockstar founders...
HPVP Invests In PublicStuff (with Lerer Ventures & First Round Capital) | Mark As Read |
HPVP has been a busy little bee. The firm just announced that it invested in PublicStuff along side First Round Capital and Lerer Ventures. The HPVP team is very excited about Public Stuff - it's a smart idea led by...
The Expression Of Love | Mark As Read |
If you find the investor of your dreams and they seem to be interested in you, you don?t have to follow the rules of playing hard to get until the very end. In some situations you can make the fundraising...
Reflecting | Mark As Read |
It's been about a year now since I left DFJ to do Kohort. A lot has happened over the past twelve months in my life & it feels like a good time to take a tiny bit of inventory. (Disclaimer:...
Unveiling The Kohort Blog | Mark As Read |
There's a lot happening at Kohort right now - these are exciting times for us. We plan on sharing more about what happening with the company via are newly unveiled blog. If you want to be up to speed on...
Baking: How To Make The Best Out It | Mark As Read |
Every industry has its nuances. One of the most painful parts of the software space is waiting for the product to be baked. For business folks, waking up day-by-day to wait for software development can feel like watching a pot...
CEOs Need To Check Out | Mark As Read |
As they delegate more of their day-to-day tasks, CEOs will be able to increasingly focus on strategic alignment. To me, strategic alignment means coordinating your efforts internally to achieve progress that fits into the external opportunity. In order to do...
What A CEO Should Do | Mark As Read |
I?m a believer that CEOs shouldn?t own workstreams. If they own a customer relationship, marketing plan or product function they won?t be available to invest time in supporting their team. You should be available to help someone on your team...
Kohort Hiring Senior Web Developer | Mark As Read |
Kohort is expanding - we're going to add one badass designer that is ready to take on a big challenge that will showcase their design wizardry to the world. If you haven't heard of Kohort you can get a little...
Hiring Is Like A Grab Bag ? Aim For B+ Or Better | Mark As Read |
When you hire someone you never quite know what you?re getting. Even if you live by the adage ?hire slow? and do laps and laps with your prospective new hire, it?s still unfortunately a bit like a grab bag. We...
The Value Of Diversity | Mark As Read |
I?m a big believer that companies are stronger when they have diverse teams. Diversity to me isn?t just about race, background or career history. That?s far too limiting. To me, diversity is about perspective. Diversity of perspective stems from experiences...
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