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Fred
I'm a VC with a wife and 3 kids.
Interests: music, yoga, golf, art, venture capital, technology, biking, family, skiing, internet
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Feature Friday: Save To Foursquare
Posted 19 hours ago at A VC
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#iMarch
Yesterday and today we are conducting a virtual march on Washington to let our elected officials know that the time has come for comprehensive immigration reform. If you are of the opinion that we ought to keep things as they... Continue reading
Posted yesterday at A VC
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The IPA
No, I am not blogging about India Pale Ale, although I must say that I am a big fan of it. I am writing about one of the best patent hacks I have seen in the decade that I have... Continue reading
Posted 2 days ago at A VC
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Native Advertising Event
This Thursday from 1pm to 6pm, our portfolio company Zemanta is co-hosting a summit on native advertising here in NYC. I've written and spoken a fair bit about native advertising so regular readers will likely be quite familiar with this... Continue reading
Posted 3 days ago at A VC
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Success Has A Thousand Fathers
Back in the early days of AVC, I did a thing called VC Cliche Of The Week. There was an RSS feed of all of them powered by Delicious, but it is broken and most likely can't be fixed. You... Continue reading
Posted 4 days ago at A VC
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Congratulations Indiana
Posted 5 days ago at A VC
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Video Of The Week: SNL's Take On Google Glass
This is pretty funny. Continue reading
Posted 6 days ago at A VC
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Fun Friday: Morning Joe
Posted 7 days ago at A VC
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S4 Running Stock Android
Posted May 16, 2013 at A VC
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A Day Late And A Dollar Short
So RIM has decided that it is time to make Blackberry Messenger (BBM) cross platform. They announced yesterday that by this summer BBM will be available on iOS and Android. The time to do this was in 2008/2009 when BBM... Continue reading
Posted May 15, 2013 at A VC
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Losing The Team
Boards can be pretty patient. They can put up with a lot of failings, particularly in the early days of a startup when the product isn't where it needs to be. But one thing a Board cannot tolerate is when... Continue reading
Posted May 14, 2013 at A VC
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You Can Do Too Much Due Diligence
It's Monday, time for another lesson I've learned in the venture capital business. Today I will tell a story that I love telling. It has some of my favorite people in it. Back in 2004, early in my blogging career,... Continue reading
Posted May 13, 2013 at A VC
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Mothers Day
Happy Mothers Day to all mothers out there. I am particularly grateful to the two mothers in my life, my mom and the Gotham Gal. I looked at the mirror the other day and saw my mom in my face.... Continue reading
Posted May 12, 2013 at A VC
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Video Of The Week: Build A School In The Cloud
The Gotham Gal and I just watched this TED talk. It's very thought provoking. Continue reading
Posted May 11, 2013 at A VC
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Feature Friday: Dedicate A Song
Posted May 10, 2013 at A VC
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Piecemeal Patent Reform
Patent trolls are one of the biggest scourges on the startup ecosystem in the US. The ideal solution, which was recently taken by the country of New Zealand, would be to ban software patents outright. But try as we might,... Continue reading
Posted May 9, 2013 at A VC
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Off The Schneid
The almost two year long slump is over. I've led a new venture investment for USV, which closed a few weeks ago and was announced last night. The company is Coinbase and my blog post announcing the investment is on... Continue reading
Posted May 8, 2013 at A VC
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The Web's Community Of Communities
Posted May 7, 2013 at A VC
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Great Entrepreneurs Will Listen To You But Will Follow Their Own Instincts
I told this story in the comments to saturday's video post, but since not everyone reads the comments and I want this to make it into MBA Mondays, I figured I would turn it into a case study. In the... Continue reading
Posted May 6, 2013 at A VC
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Life Lessons From Improv
The Gotham Gal and I just watched Dick Costolo's commencement speech which he gave yesterday at the University Of Michigan. He went back to his time doing improv in Chicago and cited two big lessions he got from that experience;... Continue reading
Posted May 5, 2013 at A VC
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Video Of The Week: My Talk With Arrington
I talked to Mike Arrington this past week at TechCrunch Disrupt. We covered some fun topics, most of which will be well known to the AVC community. It's just shy of 30mins. Continue reading
Posted May 4, 2013 at A VC
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Feature Friday: Hack Your Home Screen
Posted May 3, 2013 at A VC
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Good Things Come to Those Who Code Campaign Wrapup
The widget came down on Tuesday night at midnight. The DonorsChoose campaign I called Good Things Come To Those Who Code is over. Here are some stats: Total Raised: $25,172 Donors: 162 Students Helped: 8,551 I really appreciate the generosity... Continue reading
Posted May 2, 2013 at A VC
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Mentoring At AFSE
When I've written posts about the stuff I and others are working on to bring more computer science into the K-12 school system, I often hear "let me know how I can help." This post is about how you can... Continue reading
Posted May 1, 2013 at A VC
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We Didn't Know What We Had
I sat next to Jim Cramer last night at a dinner put on by some mutual friends. I hadn't seen Jim in a while so it was a great opportunity to take a trip down memory lane. In 1996 or... Continue reading
Posted Apr 30, 2013 at A VC
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