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My friend Kirk backed this project earlier this week and I got a notification and checked it out and backed it immediately. I like everything about this project. Finding opportunities for people with special needs to work productively and happily is such a great thing to do. Email readers can watch the video here.
I am a big fan of celebrating your wins. I often highlight "micro wins" with executive coaching clients as moments worth celebrating. I also love figuring out where a founder is going and what their north star metric could be, both now and in the future. In the fast paced world of startups, leveling the …
For as long as I can remember, Pier 76 on the west side of Manhattan has been home to the west side tow pound. Some of my worst moments as a NYC resident have been there retrieving a car or a scooter, something I've done more than I want to remember. It was pure misery […]
ENS stands for Ethereum Name Service and it is a decentralized domain name system built on the Ethereum blockchain. You can get domains with the .eth extension by going here, connecting a wallet, and searching and purchasing a domain. I have purchased fredwilson.eth and avc.eth and a bunch of other .eth domains for my family. […]
From 2016-2018 I was on the board of trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation. This organization oversees the thirteen Wikimedia properties including Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikibooks, Wikimedia Commons, and so on. Its goal is to provide the infrastructure that makes free knowledge available to everyone. There are more than 200,000 Wikimedia editors and...
NYC has a primary next week (June 22nd) in which parties will pick their nominees for Mayor, City Council races, Borough President races, and Manhattan will pick candidates for Attorney General. Because NYC is overwhelmingly Democratic, the primary is the main event. Most of the time, Democratic candidates prevail in the General Election in Novembe...
Lifelong Learning From 42 Joseph Campbell Quotes: Were in a freefall into future. We dont know where were going. Things are changing so fast, and always when youre going through a long tunnel, anxiety comes along. And all you have to do to transform your hell into a paradise is to turn your fall into a […]
I remember when a friend of mine told me five or six years ago that he had bought some Dogecoin. I thought "what is he doing?" and dismissed it as something silly and or crazy. Dogecoin was initially introduced in late 2013 and 7 1/2 years later it has amassed a market cap of $43bn […]
This blog has decided to take a summer vacation. I've been blogging regularly since 2005 (typical 15 – 20 posts a month.) I'm going to take a break for a while. Now that The Entrepreneur's Weekly Nietzsche: A Book for Disruptors is out, I've started working on my next book. I'm trying some different stuff […] The post Summer Vacation ap...
It is believed that approximately 250k people die each year due to medical errors, which makes this the third leading cause of death in the United States, according to data from Johns Hopkins University and the National Library of Medicine. … Continue reading →
Since releasing my newest book The Entrepreneur's Weekly Nietzsche: A Book for Disruptors I've been continually getting the questions "Why Philosophy and Entrepreneurship?" and "Why Nietzsche?" Dave and I cover this right off the bat in the book, so I thought I'd toss up an excerpt that addresses the question with part of my own […] The post ...
I just backed this project. I love the idea of a simple deck of cards that can let anyone or any group design a website without any software or device. So many times, I have known pretty much what I want for a website for a project, an event, a new business, or whatever, but […]
Most venture firms define success through their growth and generational longevity. We don't. When Hunter and I started Homebrew it was with the idea that wed always stay small and focused. That meant wed never grow the partnership beyond the two of us and that when we were done investing, there wouldnt be a next […]
Online jobs can make your dreams come true. The following online jobs aren't necessarily easy to obtain, but when you discover your way around, you can build up long term career skills, which you may turn into a small business or even a profession. When…
Dr. Jo Boaler is an evangelist. Evangelism comes from a Greek word meaning bringing the good news. The good news that she brings is that there is a better way to teach math. Jo started her career as a math teacher in secondary schools in London. Then she received a masters and Ph.D. in The post Dr. Jo Boaler appeared first on Guy Kawasaki.
Its not easy to contact your childs school to get the help you need to ensure your childs attendance. The best way to get your questions answered is to call, and calling only works during business hours, which is a significant barrier for working parents. Even if you call, the person best equipped to answer your specific question may or may not be ...
Matt Blumberg has a new book out titled Startup CXO: A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Company's Critical Functions and Teams. It's a follow-up to his previous book, Startup CEO: A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Business. I've been working with Matt since 2000. That year, we merged two companies: Return Path and […] The post Startup CXO: A Fie...
On Monday, a copy of Startup CXO, my friend Matt Blumberg's new book, arrived at the USV office. I picked it up to take a quick look and thought "this a heavy book!" So I texted Matt, congratulated him on getting the book out, and then asked why it was so heavy. He replied "because […]
I reread Enough.: True Measures of Money, Business, and Life by John C. Bogle over the weekend. I'd read it in 2012 and it had a huge impact on me. If you aren't familiar with John C. Bogle, he founded The Vanguard Group, is credited with inventing the index fund and is a spectacular writer […] The post Investment vs. Speculation appeared fir...
Digital Asset Mining is shorthand for "proof of work consensus validation of public blockchain infrastructure". Thankfully we have the shorthand. But it is important to understand what digital asset mining is. Public blockchains, like Bitcoin and Ethereum, store data securely but publicly in a cooperative ecosystem that is not controlled by any com...
Last week I was scheduled to do a live interview with Eliot Peper about The Entrepreneurs Weekly Nietzsche. He opted to use Twitter Spaces and diligently tested it out a couple of days beforehand to confirm that it would work. Nevertheless, we immediately ran into difficulties, and after ten minutes, we decided to bail on […] The post Twitter...
We had a situation recently where a rooftop solar project on a building we own became too expensive (because of NYC Fire Department requirements) and it no longer made economic sense to do the installation. And yet we want to avail ourselves of solar energy to benefit from the economics of solar, to reduce our […]
Lapham Rising by Roger Rosenblatt. Kind of in the A Man Called Ove genre, with a little farce thrown in, a crotchety aging man comes to terms with his life. Later by Stephen King. Less horror and more detective. King is pretty darn good at making you empathize with a character very quickly, I was […]
I backed this project last week and think the idea is really great. You put a Terra device outside where you hear the sounds of birds in nature and you can then listen to those sounds indoors. There are also features that let you identify the species of birds and track their migration. The video […]
One of the biggest challenges for developers building on Ethereum's market leading smart contract platform/blockchain are the high fees and slow transactions. These issues arise from the fact that the Ethereum blockchain's current architecture is not particularly scalable. The Ethereum core developers have been working on these issues for years and...
Online jobs for college students can be profitable, pay very well, and put you on an effective career path should you select them correctly & you're willing to put in the effort. College students have a unique opportunity when it comes to finding online jobs.…
Thanks to the pioneering work of Barry McCarty and others, paying the "IPO Pop Tax" is now 100% optional. The post Customers Love Free Stuff … But Thats Not Your Problem appeared first on Above the Crowd.
Time Magazine named Martin Lindstrom one of the Worlds 100 Most Influential People in 2009. Thinkers50, a ranking of the top business thinkers, has selected Lindstrom three times. Martin has written seven New York Times best-selling books, and The Wall Street Journal called his book Brand Sense, one of the five best marketing books The post Martin...
CU'sSilicon Flatirons Center Startup Summeris back! Startup Summer provides a fantastic experience for college-age students and interns interested in entrepreneurship and the Front Range emerging company scene. Startup Summer is a free offering that enhances your companys internship program. Your company hires and pays your intern(s). You can hire ...
I've written a bunch about the globalization of the startup economy. You can start and build a tech company almost anywhere these days. That has been true for at least the last decade. But until very recently, raising capital for your startup was significantly easier if it was located in the major startup hubs, most […]
"Turn off the TV and go outside and play." I expect these are words that have been said in almost every household in America. Amy and I hit the bottom of the TV barrel last week while watching Army of the Dead. It was so awful it was good. But it was awful. And … It's June 1 and I'm done for the summer. No TV until Labor Day weekend. And then...
Building simple web apps I have the need to start building some simple websites and web apps. This is probably the 3rd or 4th time in my career Ive jumped into building simple sites. React is awesome but is a very large pile of technology. If you just want to hack together a website for a limited […]
So this is pretty cool. Dirt is a daily newsletter about the entertainment industry. The folks behind Dirt are funding it with a crowdfunding campaign on Mirror using NFTs. There are three Dirt NFTs you can buy, a single edition called Rainbow Wave, an edition of 30 called Pearl Pink, and an edition of 100 […]
Customer support is the delivery of support to customers prior, during, and even after a sale. The perceived success of these interactions depends heavily on how employees respond to the customer's attitude towards them. Often times customers will let their guard down when talking with…
Malevolent Republic by K. S. Komireddi. A virulent criticism of current Indian politics. I don't know enough about India to really know how to think about this topic. I need to read and learn more. Exo by Fonda Lee. YA novel about a young soldier caught between the sides warring over the future of Earth. […]
As winter finally loosened it's grip, I felt the urge to get in my car and wander. It seems like most of the time I end up in Concord. (Camera: Mamiya 7ii, Film: Kodak Portra 400, Lab: Richard Photo Lab)
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I am returning to a topic that I have talked a lot about on this blog. A number of years ago at our annual CEO Summit, we had Angela Duckworth speak to our portfolio about Grit, the topic of her excellent book on the subject. In Angela's research, she determined that the single greatest determinant […]
I am working on a new weekday routine the goal of which is to give me more time to read, think, and meet in person and less zoom meetings and phone calls. I am also mixing up my morning routine and attempting to sleep and work out longer. The net of all that is I […]
Most of the quotes we discuss in The Entrepreneurs Weekly Nietzsche we found by reading his work, but a few are well-known lines that you may have heard before. This is one, used in our chapter Monsters: He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster. And if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into...
Jeff Hawkins founded two mobile computer companies: Palm and Handspring. If youre not too young, you may have heard of their products: the PalmPilot and the Treo smartphone. Anton Chiang from Cupertino, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons More recently, Jeff founded the Redwood Neuroscience Institute, a scientific organization focused on unde...
My newest book, The Entrepreneur's Weekly Nietzsche: A Book for Disruptors, shipped today. It's available on Amazon in Kindle, Paperback, and Hardcover. If you are so inclined, go buy a copy today! I'm particularly proud of this book, as it is a more philosophical approach to entrepreneurship than my other books. I wrote it with Dave Jilk, the co-f...
Silicon Valley and the media industry that surrounds it values youth. The culture is driven by the 20-something irreverent founder with huge technical chops who in a David vs. Goliath mythology take on the titans of industry and wins. It has historically been the case that VCs would rather fund the promise of 100x in a company with almost no revenu...
Six months ago I wrote When The Big Companies Show Up about Sony releasing their first holographic display and what I thought about that development, given my role as an investor via Foundry and board member in the 40-person purveyor of fine holographic interfaces in Brooklyn called Looking Glass. In that post, I wrote: When I ponder my life in 204...
I was rooting for Phil Mickelson all weekend to win the PGA at age 50. I've watched Phil for thirty years and I've seen all of the highs and lows and there have been many. He plays the game of golf with a level of creativity that can often lead to problems. He is a […]
What to read AsCharlie Kindelpoints out, you can't trust Amazon reviews anymore (if you ever could).The entire system has been gamed and broken, in every product category.I am constantly on the prowl for better ways to find accurate product ratings. How does one find good books to read? First and foremost, I rely on friends and […]...
If I am going to be outside much, I need to wear a hat to keep the sun off my face. My light skin doesn't react well to the sun. I like baseball-style hats, but I don't like wearing logos. So this Kickstarter project got my attention. Fun stylish hats without logos, made with sustainable […]
Back in the early 2000s, it was exciting to blog and use social networks to create our own media and move away from the traditional media outlets. That was the pull that got me into blogging and got me investing in Twitter. It was a powerful feeling. But a decade and a half later, it […]
Rich Benoit is a remarkably funny guy. He creates content for a YouTube channel called Rich Rebuilds. This features his adventures rebuilding and repairing cars. His automotive saga took off in 2016. At the time Rich needed to own a Tesla, but Teslas were $100,000 new and $70,000 used. He was too cheap The post Rich Benoit of Rich Rebuilds appeare...
My newest book, The Entrepreneur's Weekly Nietzsche: A Book for Disruptors, comes out next Tuesday, May 25th. This has been an on-again, off-again project with Dave Jilk that began in 2013. We were spending the weekend in Keystone with our wives (Amy and Maureen), which generally involved a lot of sitting around reading. Dave was reading On Nietzsc...
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