February 2010
12 posts
“And when you have a choice between using the product of a small company or a...”
– Big change in the tech world. (Scripting News) (via fred-wilson)
WatchOne of the most powerful TED talks I’ve seen. This is part of the problem we’re hoping to attack via our investment in Local Dirt.
“Greg Battle here, at your service. Neither rain, nor sleet nor snow nor hail...”
– This is a snippet from an email forwarded to me, unprompted, by a friend who was just thrilled by the customer service they were getting from one of our portfolio companies. It served as a brief reminder of just how fortunate I am to be working with some truly amazing and talented people.
Today’s song is inspired by Bijan’s...
“If you’re using bit.ly to shorten URLs and add a Techcrunch (techcrunch.com) or...”
– A glimpse into some of the very cool things under development at Bitly.
Branded short URLs in the wild and on TweetDeck - TweetDeck’s posterous (via rafer)
“Success of a start up is dependent upon whether co-founders want it enough....”
– This quote from Paul Graham reminds me a bit of this SNL skit (starting at about 4:30). In it Hilary Clinton (Amy Poehler) responds to Sarah Palin’s (Tina Fey) assertion that you can have anything, including the presidency, if you really want it by mocking “I guess I should have wanted...