A historical collection of our writing.
The NoSQL movement has been gathering a lot of steam lately (despite some folks misgivings about the name). There have been meetups in major cities around the world – most recently in Berlin – and there is a big conference coming up in Atlanta. I am happy to say that MongoDB has been extremely well […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Brad BurnhamAt Union Square Ventures, we seldom invest in a company before it launches publicly. The exception is when we have the opportunity to back an experienced entrepreneur with a strong team and a strong product vision. That is exactly what happened with Tracked.com. So we now find ourselves in the […] Read more
Someone recently said to me that the most interesting things happening on the net these days are breaking down the walls between disparate realms of information and between different modes of interaction. Google Wave is a big attempt to at breaking down walls. Another take is launching today from […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
A while back I did a series of posts on board effectiveness. In it I wrote the following about conducting a board meeting: I have recently come to learn an important lesson: If the person running the board meeting is not doing this, it is critical for another board member to step in an make […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
We all want to create or invest in platform businesses – those that enable other businesses or participants to add features, content, build other things into/onto the platform, extract associated but not directly related content therefrom, thereby creating infinite scale and value. And […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
Apparently some of the early television shows were essentially “filmed radio” (I know I have heard this quote a number of times, but of course right now I don’t seem to be able to find a link on google). In other words instead of developing a format native to the new medium, things got started […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
