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I recently wrote a post about the rise of platforms that enable companies to more easily deploy and scale tech platforms to power their business. This is an important topic because most startups …
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Last week, Fred Wilson wrote a post on current labor shortages across the country. I completely agree with Fred that we don't have enough workers today, and it's a systemic risk to the growth of our …
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In building the Huffington Post, Thrillist, and JackThreads, I've invested a lot of venture capital into building tech platforms. Even though we were media and commerce companies, we described …
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When I see 99% destruction in value in a once high flying startup, there must be some useful lessons in there somewhere. I know I'm a bit late on the Tumblr story, but I was on vacation last week! …
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The rise and fall of the women's fashion e-commerce company Nasty Gal has always been of particular interest to me. The company was founded in 2006 by Sophia Amoruso, but the years of seemingly …
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This summer I was lucky enough to coach two student teams at the summer accelerator that was run by the Berthiaume Center for Entrepreneurship at UMass Amherst and Valley Venture Mentors. I love …
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