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Mar 5, 2009

There is an old and perhaps slightly shopworn saying in the venture business that you back the jockey and not the horse. But in markets undergoing dramatic transformation, where there is a real advantage to being quick on your feet, [...]

Feb 25, 2009

There is a great post up on the Pinch Media blog that links to a presentation they did for an IPhone user's group here in New York. Pinch Media provides analytics for several hundred applications in the iPhone app store. [...]

Feb 13, 2009

This is hardly news since it leaked almost a month ago. Today our portfolio company Twitter announced that it has raised $35mm from two west coast venture capital firms, Benchmark and IVP. Union Square Ventures will also invest to maintain [...]

Jan 28, 2009

David Swensen, the guy who manages Yale University's $19 billion endowment was asked the other night by Charlie Rose if there was anything he learned in school that informed his investment strategy today. David replied that he learned to argue [...]

Dec 10, 2008

As anybody who has looked into dieting or just improving their nutrition knows, there is a lot of conflicting advice on the impact of fats and carbohydrates on your body. But no matter what you ultimately conclude, you are now [...]

Nov 17, 2008

One of the big "aha moments" for me in the past couple years came when I hooked up a Mac Mini to a large display in our family room in the spring of 2007. Slowly but surely, our family started [...]