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Re: What Makes a Great Business Partner?

Michael Broukhim — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 03:26:48 -0000

Great piece Mark. We've started doing team wide leadership / management training and our coach played this video for us: https://www.youtube.com/wat... ...reminds me of Tania's quote :)

Re: Airbnb, My $1 Billion Lesson

Michael Broukhim — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 16:32:12 -0000

Great post and insights Paige. So excited for ArenaVC!

Re: Beware the Post Money Trap

Michael Broukhim — Tue, 24 Feb 2015 20:22:47 -0000

Curious to learn more about why you and Albert see entrepreneurs as systematically so "undisciplined" with managing burn. My experience suggests entrepreneurs raising seemingly outsized rounds are often trying to build a balance sheet for the long haul / putting themselves in a position to control their own destiny regardless of the of gyrations of markets.

Re: How VCs Think About Adding New Partners

Michael Broukhim — Thu, 13 Nov 2014 19:06:50 -0000

Amazing addition -- I've really enjoyed getting to know Kara; congrats to you, her, and the entire Upfront team!

Re: http://michaelbroukhim.com/post/16054680250

Michael Broukhim — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:28:11 -0000

Yes, I'm just very specifically curious about the future of retail / physical space. It's obvious to me that physical newspapers, books, DVDs, etc. are all destined for digital distribution -- just nostalgia / "old habits die slow" keeping them around.

The future of physical space / stores isn't so clear. There's an obvious convenience to online retail -- the selection, the convenience, the ability to curate, personalize, etc... and we've barely scratched the surface. Before a couple years ago, buying apparel online, for instance, was far from mainstream.

But what does that mean for the future of bricks & mortar? Will it be relegated exclusively to non-tradeable goods & entertainment (restaurants, hair salons, etc.)? The Apple Store's an obvious counter-example... but there really aren't many people innovating in that vein. Huge opportunities for those with the appetite for it.

Re: Why I’m Doubling Down on the Twitter Ecosystem

Michael Broukhim — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 21:28:09 -0000

Nice post and congrats on the investment. Definitely see the virtues of the Twitter ecosystem, but worthwhile for any co. to heed some good advice from one of Twitter's earliest investors: "Don’t be a Google Bitch, don’t be a Facebook Bitch, and Don’t be a Twitter Bitch. Be your own Bitch.” - @fredwilson - http://disrupt.techcrunch.c... ...I don't doubt for a minute that DataSift is planning accordingly ;)

Re: Skate Where the Puck is Going

Michael Broukhim — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 19:09:39 -0000

Aaron's situation perfectly handled was Netflix -- always knew that on-demand is where the puck was heading (hence the name Netflix), but started out shipping DVDs because that's where the market was at the time.

Re: Facebook Overhauls Groups, A Social Solution To Create “A Pristine Graph”

Michael Broukhim — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 17:08:57 -0000

Rafael, I think you're missing the basic point -- when a person creates a list, it's for his/her use only (and there are use cases for which that's the best functionality); a group creates an entity which *any single member* can use once it's created -- that's the reason for the expectation for a lot greater usage of groups > lists.

Re: BeachMint Teams With Kate Bosworth To Launch First Vertical: JewelMint

Michael Broukhim — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 14:29:26 -0000

Very excited about Beachmint; confident this will be the first of many successes we'll see from Josh & Diego. They're focused like a laser on building a next-gen commerce company, and we know the opportunity is there...

Some good reading from Fred Wilson and Josh Koppelman:

http://www.avc.com/a_vc/201...
http://redeye.firstround.co...

Re: Gmail’s Permanent Failure: Only Humans Can Build Software For Humans

Michael Broukhim — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:32:32 -0000

I'm with Adam as well; maybe I'm an idiot too but basically the same thing happened to me about a year ago. What was most frustrating was that you couldn't just pay to have it activated immediately...

Re: http://michaelbroukhim.com/post/883715276

Michael Broukhim — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:21:35 -0000

And later in the article: "An unscheduled call that rings on my phone fails the conversational Turing test: It’s almost certainly junk, so I ignore it. (Unless it’s you, Mom!)"

Re: 26 and graduating

Michael Broukhim — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 03:39:29 -0000

danny, stop pretending you're sensitive; girls are not falling for this bullshit

Re: http://michaelbroukhim.com/post/758766745

Michael Broukhim — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 21:08:38 -0000

haha... it's actually a slogan for Jenny Craig... ;)

Re: Dishes and Guessing Game

Michael Broukhim — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 05:56:23 -0000

can i guess?

also, danny, check out Rob Donnenfeld's Food Crawl blog in NYC; similar concept, and I think you'd like his approach: http://foodcrawlnyc.tumblr....

Re: Father’s Day + Mom Story

Michael Broukhim — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 23:11:39 -0000

I can't believe wen beat me as the first comment...

Re: Father’s Day + Mom Story

Michael Broukhim — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 23:11:10 -0000

Danny, no one cares about your blog.

Get Dad one of these t-shirts: http://www.onehorseshy.com/...

HAHAHaaaa...

Re: I've Changed My Mind About The iPad

Michael Broukhim — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 12:14:17 -0000

Fred - longtime avc reader and new ipad owner here. Curious, how do you type on the device (portrait? Landscape? Thumbs? Full hand? Bluetooth keyboard?) ...typing has been very arduous for me and is the one thing keeping it from being the killer email device that you describe. I'm several times more efficient in a laptop or an iPhone...

Re: Whom Should you Hire at a Startup?

Michael Broukhim — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:54:45 -0000

really enjoyed this piece. great stuff Mark. In my own experience, everytime we've tried to take a shortcut in hiring, it's backfired; when we've aimed "too high" (e.g. sorta already made it), it tends to fall apart... there's just no replacement for hunger + talent.

Re: The Cohort Analysis

Michael Broukhim — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:08:27 -0000

Great thoughts here Joe. Would love to hear any more ideas you'd be looking for; we'd be happy to incorporate into Twillist (http://alpha.twillist.com) ...feel free to email hello@twillist.com

Re: The Cohort Analysis

Michael Broukhim — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:58:32 -0000

This is exactly what we're aiming to do with Twillist (http://twillist.com); we'll be adding a layer of meta-data to lists and automation / suggestion to list creation & discovery. We're very bullish on the possibilities for discovery that Twitter lists creates.

Great post Fred on cohort analysis... it's something we've been working on perfecting @totspot... no easy task to nail this type of analysis, but leads to very rich understanding of your users and changes to your app.

Update: btw, here's the alpha link to Twillist: http://alpha.twillist.com

Re: What Makes Us Happy? | Joshua Wolf Shenk | The... - Michael Broukhim

Michael Broukhim — Sat, 16 May 2009 23:01:45 -0000

Very cool study on happiness, life, success, which includes JFK and Ben Bradlee amongst its subjects...

Re: Here’s the reality: The job creation, innovation... - Michael Broukhim

Michael Broukhim — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:01:09 -0000

Jim, thanks for dropping by. Will definitely check out your site. I think
the important point is that taxpayer dollars are better served in the growth
centers of the economy (vc-backed or not) rather than propping up companies
on their last breaths... Also hopeful for a 2010, if not late 2009,
bounceback :)

Re: Cartoonists having trouble drawing Obama

Michael Broukhim — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:51:10 -0000

Even the word 'cartoonist' still gives me nightmares...

Re: A Possibly Irrelevent Idea for Stablizing Home Prices

Michael Broukhim — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:07:42 -0000

Creative... but what's to stop a foreign country from giving money to its citizens to buy U.S. houses as political sabotage?

Re: Super XLIII: Obama v. McCain, Part Deux

Michael Broukhim — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:18:25 -0000

Uncanny... I love this post