A historical collection of our writing.
Roger Ehrenberg:”As both an active angel investor and entrepreneur, I can say one thing for sure: macroeconomic woes aside, the New York early-stage investment scene is vibrant, exciting, and full of possibilities. I have seen more interesting deals with strong business models than any time over […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
Henry Blodget, at Silicon Alley Insider, speaks the truth about some online videos:”Everyone is jumping aboard the executive-video-interview bandwagon, which is too bad, because most executive video interviews suck. Why? Because who has 20-30 minutes to sit around watching glib, telegenic folks […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
Rarely have I read a more interesting essay about the psychology of venture investing than this piece written by Todd Jaquez-Fissori. I don’t know Todd, but his post is a most welcome take written with a rare honesty and rich in both substance and fact:”Point of this rambling was that there are a […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
Paul Kedrosky: Whatever your feelings about Twitter, business plans are overrated, and profits perhaps even more so. Why? Two reasons. First, because VCs are professional nit-pickers. Give them something to find fault with, and they’ll do it with abandon. I generally tell people to come to pitch […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
I wrote a piece for the new Silicon Alley Insider site about seed investing in New York.It is about the fact that while venture funding statistics show larger funds and more later stage investing, there are still a wealth of early ventures being formed, and getting funded. The article can be found […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
Page views? Visits per week? Time spent per visit? What’s the answer?Social Degree posits another approach:A user is much more valuable to a community, to the publisher, and to the advertiser if they are interacting and contributing. 1,000 highly engaged page views is far more valuable than 10,000 […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
