Updated Jan 23rd: Please don’t email me your pitch. I’m not looking for new investments outside my personal network. If you’d like you can follow me on Angel List to get notified of my new investments. Thank you. —- I’ve always found “angel investing” to be such a funny term. It almost comes across as being some kind of religious
Launching your startup is probably one of the most important things to get right so you get as much momentum going in the beginning and have as many people as possible show up to use your product or service. I have been starting companies now for 15 years, and one of the things that I’ve really tried to figure out
Over the last 25 years, almost all of the private sector jobs have been created by businesses less than 5 years old. It’s because of this fact, that I believe most economic development strategies are broken. They focus on convincing bigger, established companies from outside of the region to open up new, remote offices, and focus less on fostering new
In 2009, I was at a party in San Francisco and had a chance to talk with Keith Rabois about startups and why certain ones succeeded, while others failed. As someone who’s invested and been involved with some of the best companies (Square, Slide, PayPal, etc.), his insights were extremely profound. One of my favourite anecdotes was that most great
Business, like many things in life, is a numbers game. Just like in hockey, if you get enough shots on goal, eventually you’re going to score. That’s why I believe, to accomplish anything in business, you should treat it like a funnel. Let me explain by sharing a story: A few months ago, I was advising a startup on their
