Andy Weissman | Union Square Ventures | Page 13 of 23

Oct 19, 2009

We all want to create or invest in platform businesses - those that enable other businesses or participants to add features, content, build other things into/onto the platform, extract associated but not directly related content therefrom, thereby creating infinite scale [...] Read more

Oct 3, 2009

"Lesson number two: don't get high on your own supply" -- Elvira Hancock At betaworks we try to (over) simplify some key principles (no business development, for example) to operate our businesses, and look for inspiration for those ideas in disparate [...] Read more

Sep 21, 2009

We have a saying at betaworks - "no business development allowed." Of course, it's tongue in cheek and we don't really mean it (well, maybe we do), but it represents the application of one of our core business scaling principles. Namely, [...] Read more

Dec 31, 2008

Kortina implored me to do resolutions, like him, instead I will just write down what I want to do more of next year:

1. Help spread the joy of Tipjoy. Of course I am hopelessly biased and financially motivated, but I [...] Read more

Oct 12, 2008

Latest things I am tracking:

• WWOOF - world wide opportunities on organic farms - ebay for farming - "WWOOF is an exchange - In return for volunteer help, WWOOF hosts offer food, accommodation and opportunities to learn about organic lifestyles."
• Devo - [...] Read more

Sep 30, 2008

CDARS - "When you place a large deposit with a network member, that institution uses CDARS to place your funds into certificates of deposit issued by banks in the network. This occurs in increments of less than $100,000 to ensure [...] Read more

Sep 6, 2008

Lazyweb links:

• http://www.fuspy.com/ (via kortina)
• Dave Cancel's invisible web
• Twitter Counter
• Daytum - what is it? I like anything that greets one with a "Hello"
• Recomm.me "a simple Twitter bot with memory"
• Stevienickshasneverthe prison burpee Read more

Aug 18, 2008

What is the song of the summer? (via mediaeater)

• songmeanings.net and lyricwiki - total repeat usage on these
• Very Loud - b/c it needs to be louder, sometimes
• Backtype - comment search, see, google can't find everything
• github "social code hosting"
• gutbots Read more

Aug 5, 2008

Whuffiedrop.io - "simple private sharing"

• twistori "wish" (I want this as a screen saver)
• WTF is Twitter
• Play Crafter "a place where you can easily play, make and share games"
• slydial Read more