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STEVE BLANK MAY 1, 2012  Why Innovation Dies —– I was reminded how innovation dies when the email below arrived in my inbox. You may have seen one like it in your school or company. | | | A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY MAY 1, 2012 Where's My Billion Dollar Check, I Wonder When a blockbuster deal happens, a lot of people get excited. The press is all over it, money comes pouring into startups in search of the next one, people quit jobs and school to get in the game. It's a gold rush. But there's another reaction that I have heard a lot in the past few weeks that is quite different. It is "why not me?" | | | | | | | |
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FELD THOUGHTS | TUESDAY, MAY 1, 2012 SEOMoz TAGFEE and Me
Today SEOMoz announced that Foundry Group has led an $18 million financing and I’m joining the board. Rand Fishkin (The Wizard of Moz) has an incredibly detailed post up titled Moz’s $18 Million Venture Financing: Our Story, Metrics and Future describing the financing process and company history in great depth. What’s TAGFEE? MORE >> -
INFORMATION ARBITRAGE | TUESDAY, MAY 1, 2012 Information Arbitrage - Entrepreneurship and optionality don't mix
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 Productivity Trick: Pick Your Best 2 Hours
If you aren't getting enough done in your day--and who is?--try try this time management technique. Not all hours are created equal. Some hours produce more net value–for you, your customers and your firm–than others. As my old partner liked to say, "Some of my hours are priceless and some of them are worthless." MORE >> -
THE EQUITY KICKER | TUESDAY, MAY 1, 2012 Gamification – a maturing concept
My engagement with the concept of gamification has followed the pattern below. think this has been true for many people. The badges on Foursquare were fun and I thought the idea of using gaming concepts to make non-game service more engaging had legs. started to get bored with earning meaningless badges and points all over the place. MORE >> - Getting it Right the 2nd Time (our investment in SEOMoz)
It’s not often in this business that you get a second bite at the proverbial apple, but with our funding of SEOMoz announced today we got just that. first met SEOMoz founder and CEO Rand Fishkin in late 2008. It was a pretty memorable meeting in the lobby of the Vitale. It was clearly a big opportunity. Plus they had great tech and a solid team. MORE >>
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