Q&A: How detailed a model should I show potential investors for my pre-seed startup?

Answer: None. Avoid any idiot who asks for one for they will never invest in your mobile ad-tech platform. Corollary: Brent Hoberman told me his dad’s (legendary investor) reaction to the LastMinute.com investment pitch. “Anyone who backs your business plan

Q&A: How detailed a model should I show potential investors for my pre-seed startup?

Answer: None. Avoid any idiot who asks for one for they will never invest in your mobile ad-tech platform. Corollary: Brent Hoberman told me his dad’s (legendary investor) reaction to the LastMinute.com investment pitch. “Anyone who backs your business plan

When to give up

The answer is not “never”. That’s the newbie die-hard answer. One answer is when you haven’t even begun to fight yet (eg not raised the first round) AND you are still hearing what you were hearing a year ago. That

When to give up

The answer is not “never”. That’s the newbie die-hard answer. One answer is when you haven’t even begun to fight yet (eg not raised the first round) AND you are still hearing what you were hearing a year ago. That

Toys, where big ideas come from

Tinkering and toys is where lots of great ideas develop. Not a lot at stake. Chris Dixon had a great toys post a few years ago (the next big thing will start as a toy, basically – like Twitter he

Toys, where big ideas come from

Tinkering and toys is where lots of great ideas develop. Not a lot at stake. Chris Dixon had a great toys post a few years ago (the next big thing will start as a toy, basically – like Twitter he

Re-tweeting the archives

A couple days ago I started re-tweeting the archives. Hope it’s not too annoying.

Re-tweeting the archives

A couple days ago I started re-tweeting the archives. Hope it’s not too annoying.

Maildeck iOS mail app review

Not ready for the big time.

Maildeck iOS mail app review

Not ready for the big time.

Affordable skyscrapers?

Apparently the critics hate rich skyscrapers. Were there every any affordable ones? From The New York Times Seeing a Need for Oversight of New York’s Lordly Towers The rise of skyscrapers that dwarf their neighbors, sometimes elegantly but too often

Affordable skyscrapers?

Apparently the critics hate rich skyscrapers. Were there every any affordable ones? From The New York Times Seeing a Need for Oversight of New York’s Lordly Towers The rise of skyscrapers that dwarf their neighbors, sometimes elegantly but too often

On Odesk/Elance

The two top freelance websites are combining. Some reactions from a guy who has used them heavily — maybe $20k spent there this year — me. venturebeat.com/2013/12/22/how-elances-merger-with-odesk-will-impact-the-freelance-space 1. Neither is very big. 30mm net revenue each. Total billings each around

On Odesk/Elance

The two top freelance websites are combining. Some reactions from a guy who has used them heavily — maybe $20k spent there this year — me. venturebeat.com/2013/12/22/how-elances-merger-with-odesk-will-impact-the-freelance-space 1. Neither is very big. 30mm net revenue each. Total billings each around

Tracking everything

Google Analytics is insanely complicated now. I just went back to it after a few years away from the product, and perhaps it is justified, but this thing is insane. I cannot understand it anymore. In the early days “a

Tracking everything

Google Analytics is insanely complicated now. I just went back to it after a few years away from the product, and perhaps it is justified, but this thing is insane. I cannot understand it anymore. In the early days “a