March 2010
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Mar 31st
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Listen Milt Jackson and Wes Montgomery -...
Mar 29th
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“I’ve still got what it takes to take what they got.”
– Fred G. Sanford
Mar 28th
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Four VC Firms Battle For Foursquare, Valuation... →
sawickipedia: rafer: gbattle: tedr: rafer: Rafer sez: @denniscrowley Get the winner to give up their presumed pro rata rights, board seat, and preferences entirely, and cut them a break on valuation. You won’t regret it. Ted says: @dens Pick the one that gets 4sq the most ;) (oh, and get rafer’s terms too ;) [Tea leave reading: if this is 4sq, then excellent choice!] gbattle sez: ...
Mar 27th
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Four VC Firms Battle For Foursquare, Valuation... →
tedr: rafer: Rafer sez: @denniscrowley Get the winner to give up their presumed pro rata rights, board seat, and preferences entirely, and cut them a break on valuation. You won’t regret it. Ted says: @dens Pick the one that gets 4sq the most ;) (oh, and get rafer’s terms too ;) [Tea leave reading: if this is 4sq, then excellent choice!] gbattle sez: Pick the one who is really cute!  :-P ...
Mar 26th
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Listen Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble -...
Mar 26th
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Listen Stevie Ray Vaughan - “Couldn’t Stand...
Mar 26th
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Mar 24th
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Listen Guthrie Govan - “Wonderful Slippery...
Mar 23rd
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“Let’s say that someday technology will allow anybody to find out every...”
– Scott Adams, Dilbert creator
Mar 22nd
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Listen Teena Marie - “Behind the Groove” -...
Mar 22nd
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Mar 22nd
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Listen Shalamar - “A Night To Remember” -...
Mar 21st
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Listen Francis Coppieters - “Sales Talk” -...
Mar 19th
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Mar 17th
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Mar 16th
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“They are sitting on gold but drilling for oil.”
– Me, just now, over GTalk regarding a certain web property’s monetization strategy.
Mar 16th
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Mar 16th
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“The iPhone vision of the mobile Internet’s future omits controversy, sex, and...”
– Tim Bray, co-inventor of XML, recently hired Android “Developer Advocate” for Google. +1.
Mar 15th
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Listen Sly & the Family Stone - “Family...
Mar 15th
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Mar 15th
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Mar 15th
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Listen Herbie Hancock Headhunters -...
Mar 15th
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VC is More Like Chess Than Poker
You missed a huge part of the analogy between any type of investing (in this case VC) and poker - sizing your bets according to the risk/uncertainty, also known as conviction - what stage are you in, pre-flop, turn, river, and what betting position are you operating from, on the marker, big blind, little blind, etc. However, given the time horizon in venture, I don’t believe poker is the...
Mar 14th
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Mar 14th
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Listen Paul Gilbert - “Dancing Queen” (ABBA...
Mar 14th
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Listen The JB’s - “The Grunt”.  This...
Mar 12th
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Listen Dizzee Rascal - “Fix up, Look...
Mar 11th
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Listen Grant Green - “Does Anybody Really Know...
Mar 11th
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Listen[hypem:zone3]: “Percolator” by Dj Cajmere...
Mar 10th
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Mar 9th
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Listen Joseph Arthur and the Lonely Astronauts -...
Mar 9th
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Mar 9th
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Listen Goapele - “Butterfly Kisses” - Soul...
Mar 9th
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Mar 9th
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Mar 9th
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Listen Baby Charles feat Dionne Charles -...
Mar 8th
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Facebook Lauches Payments Between Friends Service →
So, we have Facebook throwing their hat in the ring with Buxter.  I should have figured this when I saw “Credits Balance” under the Accounts menu (might @ikirigin ex-Tipjoyster-cum-Facebooker be behind this?).  Given this move and others like it - Apple baking in micropayments to the iPhone API, PayPal’s Adaptive Payments, Twitter Maestro @jack’s Square, and my good friend...
Mar 7th
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Listen Hayseed Dixie - “War Pigs” (Black...
Mar 7th
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Mar 6th
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Listen D’Angelo - “Me And Those Dreamin’ Eyes Of Mine”...
Mar 6th
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Listen D’Angelo - “Me And Those...
Mar 6th
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Listen D’Angelo - “Me And Those...
Mar 6th