As I write this, the President of the United States is taking his place at the front of a joint session of Congress to present his jobs plan for America. A critical speech to a supremely critical audience – the Republican caucus, most certainly, and the American people at large. He will talk about extending [...]
Continue Reading →This morning, I kicked off my 24th and last DEMO conference. By the end of the day tomorrow, Venture Beat’s Matt Marshall will be the sole executive producer of the DEMO Conferences and I’ll be on to something new.
History shows that companies created in down economies are just as likely to [...]
Continue Reading →I’ve always known that Josh Kopelman is smart, but his April Fools’ prank, TheUnFunded.com, is brilliant.
Had he wanted to open a dialog on the deteriorating relationship between Venture Capitalist and Entrepreneurs he could not have found a better catalyst. While the site was intended as a joke, its [...]
Continue Reading →You don’t have to spend too much time getting to know me before you learn that I grew up in the 60s and 70s in Pittsburgh. Then, Pittsburgh was a gritty mill town. My favorite field trip was to the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, which I remember as a [...]
Continue Reading →We try to stay above the fray around here – engaging in back-and-forth with other bloggers doesn’t seem to benefit the reader – but sometimes the posts just write themselves. Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman, based in Seattle, recently commented on the insularity [...]
Continue Reading →On the evening of March 13, I’ll be moderating a panel of CEOs of VC-backed companies to explore issues of leadership, skills, pressures and balance that every startup CEO faces. I’ve had the pleasure to work with Frederic Lucas-Conwell, principal at Continue Reading →
