My mother was born on May 12. She died on May 12, which was Mother’s Day that year. Altogether too coincidental. I’ve blogged about that before and a memorable scene involving shoe boxes (more here). It was during that moment that I began to think about quitting my job to start a new VC firm.
Software Has Eaten Retail
In a different life, I worked extensively at Bain & Co. in the supply chain and retail industries. It put me on the radar of Amazon.com and various VC firms, as the e-commerce wave was arriving in the late 1990s. I’m thinking about those moments as I read a WSJ article on how Target has fired
Kepha’s Upcoming ‘Annual Meeting’
VCs are very lucky in many, many ways. Investors entrust us with piles of capital in multiple ten-year funds, which are essentially open check books. Portfolio companies count on us to help them source/land great recruits, find potential strategic partners, land early flagship customers, etc. As I’ve blogged before in a series of posts (more here), venture
Investing in The Cloud
I love The Cloud as a consumer, but I’m uncertain about investing in the cloud infrastructure layer as a VC investor. By the former, I love the fact that I can share team documents (Dropbox), back up my iPhone and iPad (iCloud), check email in a low friction way (Google Apps), keep to-do lists (Evernote), stream
Time, Money and Health
I don’t know about you, but I feel as though time is accelerating. As a friend of mine observed today: “The years feel short now–where have the past 10 years gone?” For me, this all started when our youngest child became self-sufficient. No more diapers, teeth-brushing or bathing. Suddenly, I emerged from that labor-intensive co-caretaker role and had
The Strange World of Donald Sterling
OK, I think I got the facts straight. You’re a billionaire, who owns a pro basketball team. You own a lot of apartment rentals. The U.S. Justice Department sues you for discrimination; you pay a $2.7 million fine. ESPN’s Peter Keating profiled you and the many misogynistic and racist things you’ve allegedly said. Last year,