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| | INSTIGATOR BLOG JUNE 8, 2012 The Role of Product Managers I came across an interesting discussion on Branch about the role and future of product managers. I’m not a member there so I couldn’t respond directly, but figured I’d put my thoughts here instead. Yesterday the discussion only had a few comments on it. In that way, Product Managers are very similar to CEOs. Crappy developers. | | A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY JUNE 5, 2012 Some Perspective I don't disagree with PG when he says that Facebook's IPO performance (or lack thereof) has the potential to impact valuations in startup land. think it will be particularly impactful on the late stage and secondary markets where most of the IPO valuation speculation is happening. That means Facebook has an enterprise value of roughly $43bn. | | | | | | | |
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FELD THOUGHTS | TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 2012 Startup Culture: Values vs. Vibe
My friend Chris Moody , the COO of Gnip, has another guest post up today titled Startup Culture: Values vs. Vibe. He’s written about this in the past on his blog, but we both thought it was worth reposting. Enjoy – and comment freely, especially if you disagree or have constructive feedback. Values. 95% isn’t good enough. Play hard.” MORE >> -
AGILE VC | TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 2012  The Difference Between Apple & Facebook � AGILEVC
Apple and Facebook are both platforms, in the sense that their software and user networks are utilized by countless software developers to build their own businesses. In 2011 Facebook paid out $1.4 billion to developers and MORE >> -
GRASSHOPPER HERDER | TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 2012 What is User Experience?
Your job is to make the user happy. The user doesn't care about your features or how you make their problems disappear, they care about being happy. User Experience lean user experience leanux user experience ux MORE >> - Social Proof Is Dangerous
Hunter Walk has a post up suggesting that "social proof" is not as helpful of an indicator of startup quality as it once was. have always hated the idea of social proof. It's just the herd instinct at work. It's nonsense. If you can't figure out why you like an investment and why it will be successful, don't make it. MORE >> -
FELD THOUGHTS | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 2012 Make Your Own Decisions
We describe Foundry Group ‘s behavior as “syndication agnostic.” ” When we make an investment, we are completely agnostic as to whether or not we have a co-investor. This is true at early stages but also true at later stages. But we don’t have any dependency on it for our decision making. MORE >>
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