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The ABC of Startup Recruiting
Albert Wenger – Sep 30, 2013
Later today I am giving a talk titled the “ABC of Startup Recruiting” as part of a speaker series that Susan is putting together for Ziggeo. This is the first time I am giving this talk and I am quite [...] Read more
Andre Agassi, Do What You Love, Bob Dylan
Andy Weissman – Sep 30, 2013
If dreams came true, oh wouldn't that be nice - Bruce Springsteen A Google search for "do what you love" returns about 3 million results. Steve Jobs is often quoted in support of this obvious proposition of how we all [...] Read more
Leading vs Following
Fred Wilson – Sep 29, 2013
Hunter Walk has a good post up on the coming competition among angels with syndicates to get into deals. Hunter observes: My guess is there are also some angels who were popular when they represented a $25k check but won’t [...] Read more
Without Their Permission by Alexis Ohanian (Book Review)
Albert Wenger – Sep 26, 2013
Thanks to an early copy (full disclosure: provided by Alexis – thanks!) I just had the pleasure of reading Alexis Ohanian’s “Without Their Permission” on my flight back from SF to New York. The book will come out on October [...] Read more
Homeschool Wednesday: Science
Albert Wenger – Sep 25, 2013
Last week in Homeschool Wednesdays I wrote about the New York State requirement for an Individualized Home Instruction Plan (IHIP). One of the sections that I have been thinking a fair bit about is science. So I have started to [...] Read more
Tech Tuesday: Don’t Fear Technology!
Albert Wenger – Sep 24, 2013
Last Tech Tuesday I wrote about how engineering led companies sometimes underrate the importance of marketing and sales. One of the comments on Twitter pointed out that the converse is also often true and I replied that I will write [...] Read more
German Elections: Flight to Safety
Albert Wenger – Sep 23, 2013
Germany elected its national parliament yesterday and the results are quite interesting. Angela Merkel’s party the CDU/CSU added substantial gains going from 33.8% in 2009 to 41.5% of the public vote now. That is almost the largest majority for any [...] Read more
We Need Broadly Deployed Two Factor Auth
Albert Wenger – Sep 20, 2013
A few days ago I wrote about my support of the defense fund for Barrett Brown. One of the reasons regulators and legislators seem to think we need such over the top draconian sentences is because we have the wrong [...] Read more
Training Wheels
Andy Weissman – Sep 20, 2013
With every mistake we must surely be learning I was having breakfast this morning with a new friend who happened to come of Internet age when I did with a similar set of experiences (he was one of the first [...] Read more