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Sep 12, 2013

Vinod Khosla said yesterday at Techcrunch Disrupt that one of the hardest things for entrepreneurs is to figure out whose advice to trust on what topic. That is spot on because as an entrepreneur you will get advice from just [...] Read more

Sep 11, 2013

One of the advantages of homeschooling is that it is easy to change the schedule to accommodate special events. On Monday morning we did just that. Jack Hidary, whose campaign for mayor of New York we have been supporting, was [...] Read more

Sep 10, 2013

I have often said that Amazon has done more for startups than all of us early stage VCs combined. I really don’t see a startup anymore these days that is not getting going on either Amazon or sometimes Rackspace’s cloud [...] Read more

Sep 9, 2013

This is a short follow up to my Friday post which argued for protest over more crypto and received a lot of critical comments. Based on these here are my replies to the key questions / objections: 1. The most [...] Read more

Sep 6, 2013

I am a big fan of what Bruce Schneier has written over the years including a recent piece on our Newfound Fear of Risk. But I disagree fundamentally with him on the implications of the latest disclosures around the NSA’s [...] Read more

Sep 5, 2013

I don’t know yet what to make of Smartwatches. I have friends with a Pebble and when I ask them none of them give me a fully enthusiastic endorsement. That could just be the Pebble and the next set including [...] Read more

Sep 4, 2013

Earlier this year someone suggested that I read “How Children Succeed” by the aptly named Paul Tough. It is an excellent book that deals with the question of how to help influence the character of children and how in turn [...] Read more

Sep 3, 2013

No Tech Tuesday today as I am pondering the big news that Microsoft is acquiring Nokia’s devices and services business. From glancing at the deal terms it is not clear to me whether this was really an offensive move (as [...] Read more

Aug 28, 2013

Whenever you are doing something out of the norm – and homeschooling is still that – it is good to find other people who are doing the same and connect with them. A great place to do that is our [...] Read more