Uncertainty Wednesday: Sample Variance (Cont’d)
Last Uncertainty Wednesday, I used meteorite impact data to make the point that sample variance may be much smaller than actual variance. Following the post, I was asked a great question on Twitter: “Is there such thing as estimation error [...] Read more
DuckDuckGo Moves Beyond Search
Our portfolio company DuckDuckGo which offers a search engine that doesn't store your search history or track you announced some new offerings this week. Here's a quote from the announcement: Over the years, DuckDuckGo has offered millions of people a [...] Read more
DuckDuckGo Moves Beyond Search
Our portfolio company DuckDuckGo which offers a search engine that doesn’t store your search history or track you announced some new offerings this week. Read more
ADP Acquires WorkMarket
ADP announced this morning that they have acquired our portfolio company WorkMarket . Read more
The Importance of Sleep
It appears that some people genetically need only 4 hours of sleep per night. Well, I am not one of them. I also don’t seem to be needing less sleep as I am getting older. Instead, I have come to [...] Read more
Pacific Time
It’s that time of year again. The Gotham Gal and I are spending the rest of the winter out west. Blog posts will start coming in around 6am PT/9am ET. We plan to spend this winter in Utah (where I [...] Read more
Video Of The Week: A Conversation with Fred Wilson and Carlota Perez”
This was seven years ago. I went back and watched it recently and it has stood the test of time Read more
Owning Yourself
I saw the news today that HuffPo is shutting down their "contributor network." we are ending the HuffPost contributor platform. The platform, which launched in May 2005, was a revolutionary idea at the time: give a megaphone to lots of [...] Read more
Owning Yourself
I saw the news today that HuffPo is shutting down their “contributor network.” we are ending the HuffPost contributor platform. The platform, which launched in May 2005, was a revolutionary idea at the time: give a megaphone to lots of [...] Read more