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GreenPDF has a ton of info about the carbon costs of paper, fun to read. i am not sure why they commingle the message with PDF adoption, that seems ... Read more..Friday, June 6th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Seattle Startup Index here — thanks Marcelo — some good Ignition portfolio representation but kind of sad we missed out on Lolcats ânâ Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can ... Read more..Thursday, March 13th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Idea Blob: An Infectious Way to Fund Your Green Business : Ecopreneurist — ok not really green specific but interesting Reusing worn oil production tubing as jewelry — just looks cool. Artifical ... Read more..Wednesday, January 16th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
William Brentâs Search for Cleantech — good summary from William Brent Read more..Sunday, November 4th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Marcello is running this Seattle Startup Index — 200 Seattle Startups - November SSI — kind of cool Read more..Monday, September 24th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
DocuSign Raises $12.4 Million — Jonro is pretty excited about these guys, they seem to be making great progress Yet more new features at Judy’s Book — the deal quality keeps ... Read more..Sunday, July 8th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
When three ex-MSFTies partner: Theyâre Beautiful! - istartedsomething — I’d been meaning to notice these guys, looks like they are up to some cool stuff. Not sure how they ... Read more..Monday, June 25th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
blog.pmarca.com: The Pmarca Guide to Startups, part 4: The only thing that matters In honor of Andy Rachleff, formerly of Benchmark Capital, who crystallized this formulation for me, let me present ... Read more..Monday, May 14th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
The Big Picture | How to Fail As a Trader in 10 Easy Steps — “9. Trade with your emotions”. These probably apply to any investment business Ten most ... Read more..Tuesday, March 20th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
EarlyStageVC: Web 2.0 - Over and Out — great article. Hard to get excited about Web2.0 ideas, they have entered the realm of the ordinary. When a startup ... Read more..Wednesday, March 14th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Via Techcrunch, TheFunded which tracks feedback on VCs by funded companies. This s awesome, more transparency and communication is always good. I note Bessemer is rated highly, I’m ... Read more..Thursday, March 1st, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
I wonder how the LPs feel (via Mattishness) at Starting Up by Rahul Pathak Bob on tripods. Bob knows photography Andy reminds me to disconnect every once in a while. The jobster ... Read more..Tuesday, October 10th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
In service of the course I am taking at UW, I did a random walk thru MEMs investments this morning. Not exhaustive, just work in process notes for me. VCs BA ... Read more..Tuesday, September 5th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Feld Thoughts: The 80-19-1 Rule — “That leaves 19%. This is the golden segment. If you can figure out how to engage these folks, you win. If ... Read more..Wednesday, June 14th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
We’ve got a new version of our website up — Ignition Partners â HELPING ENTREPRENEURS SEIZE OPPORTUNITY - way more modern and we expanded our last fund Mpire hires a new ceo. I ... Read more..Monday, June 12th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Martin came by and updated us on Imperium Renewables today (nee Seattle Biodiesel). Sounds like they are hitting on all cylinders, man I wish I’d been smart enough to ... Read more..Friday, December 9th, 2005 Posted in Blog | No Comments »
Ok well really this is the Jobster blogging roundup. Jason on Where do you want to be in 5 years?. Great interview question — and moreover a great question to ... Read more..Tuesday, November 29th, 2005 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Nice mention of Judy’s Book over on A VC — “…the brain child of Andy Sack and his partner Chris DeVore…Andy is a smart and scrappy entrepreneur…” Jobster live is way ... Read more..Monday, October 31st, 2005 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Top Web2.0 VCs — some of these guys are going to make a lot of money. Phil Bogle on the need for a more sophisticated economy for web2.0 services Everything Tom writes ... Read more..Friday, October 14th, 2005 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
They’ve turned their corp website into a blog – UnionSquareVentures.com. We’ve been talking about doing this for a year but just never got there. I love their motivation: We realized that our ... Read more..Thursday, October 13th, 2005 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Phil points to Alan Steele: Imagine the situation in which the release bucket is actually half-empty of features, that there is actually “spare time” in the release. ⦠what would you do? Naturally, ... Read more..Monday, October 10th, 2005 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Jason on the future of the online job market. Right or wrong, it is smart to have some view of the future of your market. Mark Maunder, another jobster blogger Livemarks ... Read more..Wednesday, October 5th, 2005 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
One of our earliest investments, RLX, was purchased by HP. Congrats guys! This article is a little critical of the company, no surprise, theregister is generally pretty snarky. But they ... Read more..Monday, October 3rd, 2005 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Ha ha — a comparison of VC behaviour with mental disorders. Read more..Monday, October 3rd, 2005 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Very thoughtful article on investing in medical data. Fifteen years ago, I indentified data businesses as good place for venture capital investing. Being located in New York, I found investing ... Read more..