A historical collection of our writing.
Yesterday, I wrote about why the open web is under attack. Today, as promised, the follow up on what to do about it. I believe the single most important thing is to let Congress know that people actually care about this. Big companies are spending a lot of money lobbying, but good old fashioned […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Yesterday, Tim O’Reilly published a provocatively titled post: “The War for the Web.” In it he discusses the dangers to the web as an open platform from the attempts by the biggest players to own more and more of the user experience: I share Tim’s concerns. If you have not read Tim’s post, go read […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Had a great discussion at dinner last night about the future of publishing and the role of authors and agents. My believe is that agents have to start providing content capital. The idea behind content capital is pretty much the same as that behind venture capital. Content capital puts up the […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
The first startup I was involved with was a management consulting company in Germany. I had been out of college for less than a year when I joined four much more experienced guys in forming Bossard Consultants Germany (some initial funding was provided by Bossard France, a well established […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
One of the persistent questions for anyone investing money (whether in the public or private markets) is how to achieve excess returns. I have been thinking about this quite a bit over the last weeks as we have prepared for our annual meeting with the Limited Partners in Union Square Ventures and […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Yesterday, Chris Dixon announced on his blog (http://cdixon.org) the formation of Founders Collective, a $40 million seed stage fund. I have known about Founders Collective for some time and am excited about the launch. I have written on several previous occasions that there is never enough seed […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
