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- The Changing Landscape of Early-Stage Investing
Fred’s quality post this morning on the Fiction of the 20% further differentiates USV as an innovative venture firm and is another data point for anyone who’s trying to understand how they’re making so many quality investments and successful exits.
When the world breaks, spoils are rewarded to those who figure out the emerging […]
- Ning, What We Can Learn (or, Commercialization Done Right)
Ning, Marc Andreessen’s new start-up, raised a (whopping) $44M on a (whopping) pre-money valuation of $170M.
Ning, launched two years ago, yields some excellent lessons. Let’s recap:
After building unfulfillable expectations as stealth start-up 24 Hour Laundry, Ning finally launches as a site that allows users to “roll their own social applications.” Umair from Bubblegen accurately […]
- Ning / Facebook
I’ve been thinking about Marc Pincus’ question re. Ning: “i do wonder, however, what marc’s strategy is given that he is one of the biggest believers in facebook becoming the new platform for social media innovation. anyone have any thoughts or insights?”
My response:
Could they be attempting to take an alternative route to becoming a […]
- Constraints vs. Limits
I’ve come to appreciate just how important it is to accurately frame the problem when working through complex issues. For years I’ve spent too much time paying too little attention to this critical problem solving step.
Identifying all issues that could touch the problem and impact the solution is important. No real biggie there.
But […]
- Innovation Night II
The first Innovation Night was a success, bringing together over 100 people from the Golden Horseshoe region with a shared passion for innovation.
Eighteen presenters received valuable feedback and guidance on their nascent business ideas from some of the region’s brightest business minds.
We’re holding a second Innovation Night at Philthy McNasty’s (upstairs), 1250 Brant Street, […]
