Archive | October, 2010

Standard investor update for startups

Oct 20, 2010
in Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital

I remember when we hired a new CEO for one of our portfolio companies and my tip to him was to overcommunicate.  We had a few large VCs on the board and a number of high-profile angels that could also help in various ways.  His job was to keep everyone up-to-date but also to know [...]

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Don't build an empire overnight – lessons from FreshDirect and Webvan

Oct 7, 2010
in Uncategorized

The other day I received a direct mail piece from FreshDirect, the online delivery service based out of New York.  What struck me is that the service has been around for years in NYC, and it is now getting out to some of the suburbs in New Jersey.  In fact, after having done a little [...]

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