Archive | August, 2004

Getting the real dirt

Aug 26, 2004
in Web/Tech

Jeff Nolan has an interesting post about how a US General views blogs as an excellent source for unfiltered information. Jeff goes on to postulate that CEOs could also get unbiased information from their field as well. In the private sector it’s only a matter of time before CEO’s, at least the better ones, start [...]

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Post mortem

Aug 25, 2004
in Entrepreneurship

I recently had a board meeting for one of my portfolio companies and was upset because during the sales pipeline review we only heard great things about the pipeline, new closed deals, and the possibility of beating our quarter yet again. What bothered me, however, was that we did not spend enough time discussing the [...]

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Innovation is not dead

Aug 16, 2004
in Open Source

Here is another example of why commoditization is not killing innovation. In fact, it can and has given a number of companies a leg up in terms of developing and deploying new products in record time and at low costs. Using so-called commodity software and hardware actually does not kill innovation but speeds it up. [...]

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Global expansion

Aug 6, 2004
in Globalization

We are truly living in a global world these days. Many startups I meet with today are either taking advantage of offshore development or have pushed up plans to expand sales internationally. Given the broader scope of this trend, I have changed the category name Offshore Resources to represent a broader theme, Globalization. While taking [...]

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We don’t like surprises

Aug 4, 2004
in Entrepreneurship

One of the recurring themes of dealing with VCs and boards is that we do not like surprises. In addition, tell us the facts, and if there are any negative surprises give us action steps on how you are going to remedy the situation. I have written about the VC/Entrepreneur relationship before and due to [...]

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