This is the fifth and last blog post in a series on trust. I’ve written in the past about trust between a VC and an entrepreneur (“When Entrepreneurs and VCs Break Up”), between a VC firm and its investors (here and here) and among Partners in a VC partnership (“When VCs Divorce”). Today, I’ll write
Series on Trust: When VCs Divorce
This is the fourth post in a blog series on trust. I previously wrote about how trust is critical in the VC-entrepreneur relationship (“When Entrepreneurs and VCs Break Up”). I also wrote two posts on trust between the VC and his investors (the “LPs”), looking at the relationship from each party’s perspective (the posts are
New Investment: Shareaholic
We’re really excited to announce that we led a Series A investment in a company called Shareaholic, which reaches 270 million users a month. More details in this Tech Crunch article.
A Morning Bike Ride
We are about to finish a two-week vacation on Cape Cod. One of my favorite things to do is to get up at dawn and go for a long bike ride. There’s something rejuvenating about biking in the coolness of a summer’s dawn, with only the sounds of awaking birds and the rhythmic whir of
Band of Brothers & July 4th
One of my favorite books is Stephen Ambrose’s Band of Brothers. He writes about a company of paratroopers during World War II, following them from D-Day to the end of the war. They land on Utah Beach in complete chaos, push through Europe, almost freeze that winter, help liberate Dachau, and take Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest
Impressed with Cloze
I’ve been playing with the beta product for Cloze, one of our new investments. I know I’m biased, but this really changes how I use email and manage my contacts. Very slick product. Wow. I”ve been interacting with it most of the morning. Founders Dan Foody and Alex Coté are onto something. Here’s the value