Sometimes you work, and you don’t see the benefits. Sometimes you toil away, and the hoped-for goals continue to elude you. And, sometimes, the impact you have happens after you’ve gone. I think the work of Martin Luther King, Jr., is one such example. When he was alive, social justice was elusive. Gains were hard-fought.
The Guardrail-to-Guardrail Markets
One of my morning meetings today was with a CFO, who is looking for his next gig. He has headed up finance for quite a few start-ups. He recounted one such company, in the 1998/1999 time frame. It went public. Revenue was $1 million. Its market cap was $2.2 billion. “Those were the days!” he
How to De-Stress?
I’m wondering what you do to maintain your health? I work out every day and watch what I eat, but getting shingles was unexpected. I’ve been doing a lot of reading, and asking, about better health and heard the following: Practice mediation See an acupuncturist Go vegan Avoid processed foods Do a juice cleanse I have
The ‘New Normal’ for Venture Capital (via @avc)
Like many VCs, I’ve long admired Fred Wilson and what he and his team at USV have built. I think his post today is very important, which is why I’d like to highlight it. Fred is writing about recently-announced data from the National Venture Capital Association and a comment from NVCA President Mark Heesen: The
Pain and a Sincere ‘Thank You’
I’ve been experiencing agonizing pain the past few days (more here). My fault, really: the doctor offered painkillers and I declined. With nearly all of the family out of town, I wasn’t sure how I would fare, when nothing was ameliorating the sudden lightning bolts of pain in my body. I’ve been very lucky in
‘You’ve Got Shingles’
That’s what the doctor today told me. My jaw dropped. I asked, “Didn’t that become extinct a while ago, like scurvy and hoof and mouth disease?” So, the excruciating pain in my back isn’t from a fall while skiing. It’s from a suddenly-revitalized chicken pox virus traversing through my nerves and sending pain signals to