October 2009
15 posts
Does Microsoft Matter?
I’ve been asked to speak at a retreat for a group of senior Microsoft technologist next week. I presume their first, second and third choices fell through, but I’m looking forward to it regardless. They’ve specifically asked me for a read on trends we’re following at OATV and a pulse on how Microsoft is perceived by start-ups. I’ve got the first part covered, but...
Ask Not How Big Your Market Is Today, But How...
Q: How did you estimate the size of the market?
Ev: We didn’t. I ran into this question when we were at Google with Blogger. People asked how big is the market for blogging? I said “I don’t know”, but if we make it awesome lots of people would do it. With Twitter there is no market, other than we knew it was cool.
“A master at the art of living makes no distinction between his work and his...”
– Wilfred A. Peterson
“You’re not thinking big enough.”
“No good idea that changes the world is universally regarded as one at its...”
– Steve Jurvetson from The Importance Of ‘Crazy Ideas’ To A Successful VC Firm
Announcing the foursquare angel roster...
The foursquare team just keeps getting better!
foursquare:
A little less than a month ago when we announced that we raised some seed financing from USV and OATV, we alluded to some of the angel investors we also brought onboard. We wanted to take a minute and give a shout-out to our angels and all the support they’ve given us so far.
Jack Dorsey, creator of Twitter. Twitter has changed the...
6 Hiring Tips from Michael Dell, Mark Zuckerberg... →
WatchOne of the better “why and how to take venture capital” presentations I’ve seen. It was prepared by Ben Holmes at Index Ventures.
Amazon's EC2 Generating ~$220M →
An interesting benchmark for gauging the overall size and velocity of the cloud services marketplace.
“Since its first round of funding and at its current $1 billion valuation,...”
– and other fun stats related to Twitter’s recent funding from Mashable.