A historical collection of our writing.
In January I posted about staying fit (http://continuations.com/post/347328558/staying-fit) and mentioned that we started family yoga on weekends. While the kids’ participation has waned a bit, Susan and I have been quite consistent. In the past, I didn’t understand why some people were so fanatic […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Fred WilsonIn last week's MBA Mondays, I introduced the topic that we'll be focused on for the next month or so; projections, budgeting, and forecasting. In that post, I described projecting as a "what if" exercise that is done at a higher level of abstraction than the budgeting and forecasting exercises. I […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Unix has some very powerful commands available. For instance, the simple combination of “rm -rf” if invoked by a superuser at the root would pretty much delete every file and directory on the system. Because such power is available systems are often configured to provide for some measure of […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Anyone who does mechanical work appreciates the impact the right tool can have on a job. For instance, the other day I needed to open up a cover that was held down by six screws. I first tried a screw driver. The screws were so tight, they didn’t even budge. But because the screws had […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
This week my blogging is likely to be lighter than usual and my email responses slower than usual. The reason is that we have move to the phone screen stage of finding candidates for the two positions at USV. If you are interested / have applied, you can read a more detailed update on the […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
This is a two-part update: first some notes on process and then some additional info on applicants. We managed to complete a first pass of all 616 applications (359 for Analyst and 257 for General Manager). As a next step we will conduct 75 telephone screens (47 for Analyst and 28 for General […] Read more
