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Some Career Advice
Albert Wenger – Jul 8, 2010
Following our recent recruiting effort to find Christina and Gary I have been spending a fair bit of time meeting with people we encountered in the process who wanted career advice. Here are some of the points I have found [...] Read more
Some Useful Perspective
Albert Wenger – Jul 7, 2010
Yes it is officially hot in New York City these days. I don’t know if I can stand this when I am older, but for now I quite enjoy the huge seasonal differences. They are a reminder that much as [...] Read more
A Run In With Bacteria
Albert Wenger – Jul 6, 2010
I love to blog about all the awesome things that the Internet is bringing and how that creates great investment opportunities. But once in a while I have first hand experiences that remind me how much innovation could/should/will (?) occur [...] Read more
Foursquare Financing
Albert Wenger – Jun 30, 2010
Yesterday saw the “wire transfer heard ‘round the world,” as Bryce put it in a tweet. Foursquare did indeed close a Series B financing as has by now been widely reported. My job of writing a blog post about this [...] Read more
Supreme Court in High Gear
Albert Wenger – Jun 29, 2010
The Supreme Court handed down a bunch of rulings yesterday. The two that I find most interesting relate to patents and guns. Both rulings are disappointing, as I am against software patents and for stricter gun control. But they are [...] Read more
Some Thoughts on the Super Angel Funding Discussion
Albert Wenger – Jun 28, 2010
Concentric Circles of Angel Investors
Albert Wenger – Jun 25, 2010
First time entrepreneurs who are just getting going frequently ask me about how to find angel investors. I usually tell them about my theory of “concentric circles” of angel investors. The gist of my theory is that each time you [...] Read more
Big Victory for Google and UGC in General
Albert Wenger – Jun 24, 2010
Yesterday, a judge granted YouTube’s Motion for Summary Judgment in the Viacom v. YouTube litigation. This is a major victory for all user generated content (UGC) companies because it strongly affirms the DMCA safe harbor. Congrats to David Drummond and [...] Read more
UI/UX: Form Laziness Nuisances
Albert Wenger – Jun 23, 2010
I complained about one pet peeve on Monday (stock certificates for startups) and can’t help myself with another one today: programs that complain about user inputs that are easily fixable. Yesterday I copied a bunch of email addresses from Jobscore [...] Read more