Genuine VC

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Chad is the CEO of thoughtbot, a consulting firm that makes web + mobile apps for early-stage startups. The two companies had been working together for a while, especially as both are deeply embedded within the Ruby on Rails developer community, with a strong following for their respective offerings. I’m quite bullish.” “I

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Genuine VC

MARCH 14, 2012

Of course that includes “mobile-first” applications and companies which ride the adoption of tablet devices (more on those in upcoming posts). In the past month or two, it’s become especially salient to me that the release of the Microsoft Kinect Developer Platform last summer is something fundamentally game-changing.

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Genuine VC

MARCH 14, 2012

Of course that includes “mobile-first” applications and companies which ride the adoption of tablet devices (more on those in upcoming posts). In the past month or two, it’s become especially salient to me that the release of the Microsoft Kinect Developer Platform last summer is something fundamentally game-changing.

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Genuine VC

JULY 19, 2010

But leveraged distribution via platforms (organic/paid search, social networks, mobile devices) and self-service monetization (ad networks, app stores, payments) is what has truly empowered startups to become real scalable businesses on very small amounts of initial capital. Small checks now have big power.

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Genuine VC

JULY 17, 2012

While I guess you could develop a “strategy” to networking successfully (… with many a book written about the subject), I think becoming especially productive at networking is largely tactical. And as a VC, I get plenty of practice doing it. As one of my former high school coaches used to put it, “Practice doesn’t make perfect.

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Genuine VC

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

But second, we’ve also had a number of internet successes which have trained and developed people (e.g. And the larger imports (Microsoft, Google, eBay… recent challenges not withstanding) have now been established for a time that people have had at least a few years to formally train in internet software product development areas.

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Genuine VC

JANUARY 22, 2014

Establish firm contact and communication system for managing and coordinating business development interactions. Responsibilities: Plan and produce small- and large-scale events with entrepreneurs and high-level technology executives.

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