My Napoleon

https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/asarva/13378541395/ Next perhaps I should get the Tennis Court Oath done.

My Napoleon

https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/asarva/13378541395/ Next perhaps I should get the Tennis Court Oath done.

Venture value propositions (was: Fulfill all your fantasies here)

Really good post from a while ago somehow made it back up my radar from Roger Ehrenberg on designing a VC portfolio: http://informationarbitrage.com/post/19519971830/thoughts-on-vc-portfolio-construction When I previously read it, my reaction was just “you shoot the guns you have” — sounds

Venture value propositions (was: Fulfill all your fantasies here)

Really good post from a while ago somehow made it back up my radar from Roger Ehrenberg on designing a VC portfolio: http://informationarbitrage.com/post/19519971830/thoughts-on-vc-portfolio-construction When I previously read it, my reaction was just “you shoot the guns you have” — sounds

Dangers of Dogfooding

We are dogfooding Knotable now. And learning about some of the ways you can fall into some dangerous doggy behaviors as you do. More about it here.

Dangers of Dogfooding

We are dogfooding Knotable now. And learning about some of the ways you can fall into some dangerous doggy behaviors as you do. More about it here.

OH: from one of NYC’s top founders re: venture firms

*Overheard* I have no respect for those guys who are “partners” at the $2bn AUM venture firms. What are you saying to me? You got a job out of college at some bank, then an associate role at DFJ in

OH: from one of NYC’s top founders re: venture firms

*Overheard* I have no respect for those guys who are “partners” at the $2bn AUM venture firms. What are you saying to me? You got a job out of college at some bank, then an associate role at DFJ in

Free To Air: my prediction

It’s going to die very soon, far quicker than anyone is currently predicting.

Free To Air: my prediction

It’s going to die very soon, far quicker than anyone is currently predicting.

Curious how this will render

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Curious how this will render

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Radio Show topics.

I’m on Sirius in a little bit with a friend who has a show there. Here is our discussion: Apologies if off topic as I don’t know the typical agenda. But here are some ideas on my mind. Wearable bionics.

Radio Show topics.

I’m on Sirius in a little bit with a friend who has a show there. Here is our discussion: Apologies if off topic as I don’t know the typical agenda. But here are some ideas on my mind. Wearable bionics.

Krafty TShirt by AmolSarva on Etsy

https://www.etsy.com/listing/193489218/krafty-t-shirt?ref=cat_gallery_1&ga_ele=shop_open&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery

Krafty TShirt by AmolSarva on Etsy

https://www.etsy.com/listing/193489218/krafty-t-shirt?ref=cat_gallery_1&ga_ele=shop_open&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery

Blockchain for legal

Bitcoin for money is cool. For contracts is cooler. Tonight I heard a great further angle — use the Wikipedia/yelp workflow on top of this to resolve disputes on contracts. Faster and cheaper than government monopoly on justice.

Blockchain for legal

Bitcoin for money is cool. For contracts is cooler. Tonight I heard a great further angle — use the Wikipedia/yelp workflow on top of this to resolve disputes on contracts. Faster and cheaper than government monopoly on justice.

Phoning in rich

Brilliant nugget from the genius I was quoting about Herb Simon last week, this week he passed along a line from Meg Whitman. When she bought their company at Ebay for a lot of money, she said “I don’t want

Phoning in rich

Brilliant nugget from the genius I was quoting about Herb Simon last week, this week he passed along a line from Meg Whitman. When she bought their company at Ebay for a lot of money, she said “I don’t want