Fred Wilson wrote a few weeks ago about how he invests his money (more here). I thought I would do the same. A huge chunk of our net worth is tied up in the Kepha funds. For the rest, I follow the Yale endowment model, but adjusted for retail investors. Specifically I follow the recommendations
1st Job Out of College: Should You Start a Company?
I caught up this week with a friend of mine. He’s a serial entrepreneur and has been hanging out at MassChallenge. During our discussion, we talked about when it’s right to start a company? Should you start one right after college? He’s of the opinion that you should not do so right after school. He
The End of GPS Systems
My car has a fancy navigation system, complete with traffic updates. The free iPhone app, Waze, trounces it. Waze is always ahead of my car’s nav system, with better data. The app tracks everyone in real-time, and so, you can’t really beat that. My car’s nav system has about a 30 minute lag in data
Football, Tom Brady and Motivation
I love watching football. It is a major vice in my life. It consumes hours, both from watching it and reading about it. One thing I really like is the human effort required to play in the NFL. For example, there’s a great video series about Tom Brady called “The Brady 6”. ESPN’s Mike Reiss
Lifelong Learning
Brad Feld Tweeted this morning about a blog post his father wrote (more here). I found it inspiring. Some members of the Feld family get together every year. He writes: Our private Chitaugua took place August 23rd-26th. Each of the 6 of us had 2-3 hours to talk about anything we wanted. During that time there
Post Script: The Broke Entrepreneur from Europe
It’s not often that I empty my wallet to help someone out. I’ve written in the past about such a time, when an entrepreneur from Estonia was nearly broke (read “Entrepreneurship Is Hard”). He was sleeping on people’s couches. Well, I reached out to him to get an update. Unfortunately, he did have to move