One of the challenges of pitching a new idea is that, inevitably, you have to be able to compare it to an existing idea for people to understand what you’re pitching. This is doubly true when talking to investors. This…
Month: January 2008
More Facebook bitchin’ ‘n’ moanin’…
My battle with appreciating Facebook continues… As I’ve mentioned before, there are a number of things I really don’t like about the way Facebook works (see my post about becoming a Facetard). But then every so often I read something…
Revisiting Plan B…
A few folks have been having trouble with the link to our illustrious Plan B — the ultimate VC investment opportunity… This version should work just fine. Enjoy! P.s. If you’d like to embed this video elsewhere, here’s the requisite…
Finding the “fun” in fundraising…
A number of years back, I was running a 3D animation studio. One of our projects was a feature film. This thing was the cheesey Count Dracula of projects that wouldn’t die. We’d try and sell it, try and sell…
CustomInk Rocks…
We like schwag. You probably like schwag too. At my last company, we used to print a lot of fun t-shirts and early on we took a liking to CustomInk. They have reasonable pricing, decent minimums and good turn-around times. …