Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed. – Seneca
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Festivus, day 7: A review of (almost) every movie I have ever seen and Venture Capital in Professional Services companies
This post is about Venture Capital in Professional Services. It is also a movie(s)r review. Reviews, celebrity interviews and NSA surveillance chatter had me expecting a great movie. It started [ … ]
Day 4 of a new Festivus year, Venture Capital in Professional Services and Aquaman v. Batman
Venture Capital in Professional Services and Aquaman v. Batman I hired a Scrabble coach many years ago. One of the worlds best players to help me improve my game. My [ … ]
Day 365 of Festivus: Feats of strength
Day 365 of Festivus: Feats of strength As I close up 2013, a contemplation on what I have learned and practiced and what I have learned and have not practiced. [ … ]
Venture Capital Festivus: Professional services
There is an awful lot of start ups out there. Time is a very efficient mechanism for sorting quality and quantity. I have no doubt that with crowd funding platforms [ … ]
Open Data emergent. Disruption ahead?
Open Data emergent. Disruption ahead? Technologists are very excited about being permitted to innovate within NYC government, their initial, high visibility focus of improvement includes procurement. However, I anticipate that [ … ]
Will Tech Move Forward as an Industry?
Tech in NYC, as an industry is cautiously and (maybe) reluctantly emerging. It is hesitant, thrifty and somewhat unprepared. The real estate industry has a 400 year head start, manufacturing [ … ]
Twitter buyer beware. Why I’m not buying the IPO
Twitter buyer beware. You might have remorse Twitter reality TV debuts on NYSE Thursday. I am a twitter user. I would not buy its stock… At least not until it has [ … ]
Jason Calcanis: rethink & and Google redux
Jason Calcanis:rethink & and Google redux Many great companies have perished, or suffered horribly, from a type of corporate indigestion. @jason wrote an excellent post capturing the Google comprehensive strategy [ … ]
Pinterest as corporate VC model
Pinboards: it’s a confession of our DNA, a wish list and an imagining of what would ‘complete me’. “I want this, it goes with that, this is the value it [ … ]