Ask me anything about business, internet etc.
Recent Responses
-
-
What sector are you in? In consumer internet that's tough. It has gotten very hit driven and investors seem to have short patience. In other sectors, more likely to get a second chance with investors.
-
Just network a lot. Making friends with founders who can introduce you to investors can be a great entry point.
-
I don't think the algorithms are the problem in this case. It's more that people tend to click on things that appeal to their existing sensibilities.
-
Well they probably get paid a lot, but I don't think those companies provide much if any societal value. They have lots of fancy arguments about supplying liquidity etc but I don't buy it.
-
AI developments always feel like they are just around the corner but then turn out to be harder than we think. I think there is a lot of great stuff going on in hardware and biotech. Internet seems to be in less of a tech phase and more of an application/cultural change phase.
-
I'm not really very familiar with it actually.
-
Definitely in 3-5 years. It's one of those things that is inevitable and the only question is when. Sometimes these inevitable things surprise you with how long they take and other times with how soon they come.
-
No, but there does tend to be a correlation between age and having more responsibilities (e.g. kids) that make risk taking harder.
-
They created a multi-billion dollar, profitable company in just a few years. I don't see how that is anything but a big success.
-
Well, another disclosure, I'm an investor in Uber via Founder Collective. I used Uber in NYC on New Years and they had this giant dialog saying the cost was a multiple, so I'm confused about the alleged controversy. Anyone who studied economics knows that "surge pricing" increases utility for buyers and sellers.
-
Hey - I actually ordered a Twine and can't wait to integrate it! I think it could work on day 1 via existing channels - e.g. your Twine could tweet something and ifttt could use that as a trigger to do something else.
-
lol. I try to keep the list very pruned otherwise it is overwhelming as I'm sure you know. No offense intended (actually you are anonymous so not even sure why I don't follow you).
-
We're working on very cool stuff - recommendation system on ebay.com. The data is amazing.
-
Well, I'm just a "business person" now but Bayes' theorem is the basis of all probability theory which in turn is very important to statistics and machine learning. So, it's big.
-
Disclosure: I'm an investor if ifttt via Founder Collective. I love what they are doing now but I think the big thing for them going mainstream will be to get some really great, big hit mainstream "recipes".
-
I think to learn more than one thing. So I learned business (particularly startups stuff) along with programming, which I'd been doing since a kid. You get multiplicative value by being able to move between two areas.
-
Well I should first disclose that via Founder Collective I'm an investor in MakerBot which is kind of related (but I don't think competitive). I think the space of 3d printers and 3d printing services (which is how I think of Shapeways-is that right?) will be huge. The question is just when, not whether.
-
Geez, tough one. Both great companies. I'm personally partial to Soundcloud as a user but that doesn't mean they'll have a bigger exit.
-
Amazing success story. I don't use it but I'm not the demographic I think. It will be super interesting to see how it evolves.
-
Tough one. I think the advent of seed funds, angel list, YC, etc has meant a lot more options for startups to raise less money and get to product market fit. So that's a good thing. But there is also a lot of very excitable VC money out there now and some of these $50M rounds for relatively early stage companies seem like they might come back haunt people.
-
