When to sell: the B

Kind of cryptic I realize but read this funnel and conclude for yourself: http://www.cbinsights.com/blog/trends/venture-capital-funnel A key time to sell secondary is the B.

When to sell: the B

Kind of cryptic I realize but read this funnel and conclude for yourself: http://www.cbinsights.com/blog/trends/venture-capital-funnel A key time to sell secondary is the B.

Getting addicted to growth

Most people have never been around something that catches fire and grows quickly. So they speculate about what it takes. But when you make lots of things or invest in lots of companies you occasionally see things blow up. It

Getting addicted to growth

Most people have never been around something that catches fire and grows quickly. So they speculate about what it takes. But when you make lots of things or invest in lots of companies you occasionally see things blow up. It

Amazon share of wallet

Excluding about $200/month on AWS, I spend $2,000 per month with Amazon for my office supplies/furniture, building maintenance supplies for 15 apartments and my personal stuff. Holy crap. Bonus: my total charged was $26.06 on 9 separate occasions. $39.41 on

Amazon share of wallet

Excluding about $200/month on AWS, I spend $2,000 per month with Amazon for my office supplies/furniture, building maintenance supplies for 15 apartments and my personal stuff. Holy crap. Bonus: my total charged was $26.06 on 9 separate occasions. $39.41 on

Performance tricks in Gmail you should notice

1. It’s not infinite scroll. It’s limited. 2. A normal inbox screen shows 50 items. Folders/labels show this too – they are statically generated groups not dynamic 3. If you search, you see 20 results 4. The “count” on matches

Performance tricks in Gmail you should notice

1. It’s not infinite scroll. It’s limited. 2. A normal inbox screen shows 50 items. Folders/labels show this too – they are statically generated groups not dynamic 3. If you search, you see 20 results 4. The “count” on matches

Bill vs Steve

There is a product development talk I give that contrasts customer-led vs creator-led innovation. Here is Twitter cast as customer-led by Benedict Evans “Twitter held an investor day and gave some pointers to future product development. Besides the huge tidying-up

Bill vs Steve

There is a product development talk I give that contrasts customer-led vs creator-led innovation. Here is Twitter cast as customer-led by Benedict Evans “Twitter held an investor day and gave some pointers to future product development. Besides the huge tidying-up

The boring reason podcasting is back

Serial is sick and the wave @cdixon describes is real. But they don’t say why. Here is why: mobile networks are good enough and you can actually stream a podcast whenever you want. http://cdixon.org/2014/11/14/the-return-of-podcasting/

The boring reason podcasting is back

Serial is sick and the wave @cdixon describes is real. But they don’t say why. Here is why: mobile networks are good enough and you can actually stream a podcast whenever you want. http://cdixon.org/2014/11/14/the-return-of-podcasting/

If you build it…

Google Glass future clouded as some early believers lose faith mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0IY18E20141114?irpc=932

If you build it…

Google Glass future clouded as some early believers lose faith mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0IY18E20141114?irpc=932

Successful apps I have abandoned multiple times

Basecamp Highrise Asana Evernote Slack Hipchat Skype Yahoo Mail Flickr Amazon Instant

Successful apps I have abandoned multiple times

Basecamp Highrise Asana Evernote Slack Hipchat Skype Yahoo Mail Flickr Amazon Instant

Backfitting explanations.

“Here’s the formula if you want to build a billion-dollar internet company,” he said. “Take a human desire, preferably one that has been around for a really long time…Identify that desire and use modern technology to take out steps.” Ev

Backfitting explanations.

“Here’s the formula if you want to build a billion-dollar internet company,” he said. “Take a human desire, preferably one that has been around for a really long time…Identify that desire and use modern technology to take out steps.” Ev

How to move up the enterprise sales ladder

Free trial for a month Three month contract with 1 month out 12 month contract with 3 month out 12 month prepaid 5 year contract That’s how you get from free to paid in enterprise contracts (says the founder of

How to move up the enterprise sales ladder

Free trial for a month Three month contract with 1 month out 12 month contract with 3 month out 12 month prepaid 5 year contract That’s how you get from free to paid in enterprise contracts (says the founder of