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Re: Acknowledging Priveldge

bryc3 — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 16:37:51 -0000

I'd agree with them too.

Re: Searching for Tomorrowland

bryc3 — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 01:31:16 -0000

That fact isn't lost on me either Rocky.

Re: A Different Approach To VC

bryc3 — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 12:22:35 -0000

still feels risky to me!

Re: A Different Approach To VC

bryc3 — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 12:10:12 -0000

commonality is intent. each had the intent of building their business with no outside funding. most did just that. but a few saw potential for larger scale emerge as they built and decided to raise traditional VC to capture what they couldn't from their own cash flow. my hunch is that by encouraging and supporting companies to focus on revenue and customers that scale will reveal itself. and several within a portfolio will have a similar breakout opportunity.

Re: A Different Approach To VC

bryc3 — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 11:30:28 -0000

Similar situation in our current group. Interestingly, once they had even our small investment the banks were much more willing to work with them. They secured a non-dilutive loan for the deposit on some space to move them out of their apartment and into an office. Their revenue is up 6x since starting the program. Stories like theirs suggest to us that there may be more we can do with this experiment.

Re: A Different Approach To VC

bryc3 — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 11:24:46 -0000

If this ends up being what our portfolio looks like, I think our LPs would be ok with it: http://37signals.com/bootst...

Re: A Different Approach To VC

bryc3 — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 11:14:44 -0000

Yes, this is a huge and under appreciated dimension to the Entrepreneurial Industrial Complex I touched on in the talk. The VC/LP dynamics play a significant and defining role in the game as its being played today.

Re: A Different Approach To VC

bryc3 — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 11:11:06 -0000

That's a big piece of what we wanted to test in messaging and execution- VC intangibles w/o much of the VC emotional and operational overhead.

Re: My XOXO Talk

bryc3 — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 10:22:51 -0000

One "no" does not a tragic ending make. We are far from closed. In fact, we're just starting to ramp up v. 2. So much more we want to do and we have support from others within our LP ranks to continue to push this forward.
Thanks for all of your support and encouragement along the way!

Re: The Biggest Misunderstanding About Indie.vc

bryc3 — Mon, 07 Sep 2015 23:34:50 -0000

Not sure I understand what you're proposing.

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bryce.vc

Re: Ferraris Don't Grow on Trees

bryc3 — Mon, 22 Jun 2015 18:43:00 -0000

love that!

Re: The Indie.vc Companies

bryc3 — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 15:56:59 -0000

thanks Halle!

Re: Drafting a Declaration of Independents

bryc3 — Wed, 22 Apr 2015 10:52:26 -0000

Your last sentence is at the heart of what we're trying to prove out with this experiment. Thanks for getting it!

Re: Drafting a Declaration of Independents

bryc3 — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 14:37:38 -0000

Perry from Kickstarter has been a sounding board for both the Indie.vc program and the Declaration of Independents.

Re: The Many Temptations of Indie.vc

bryc3 — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 18:49:27 -0000

Love that book.

Jason has been a great resource as we think through different dimensions of indie.vc.

Re: An Update on Indie.vc

bryc3 — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 20:52:01 -0000

Thanks for the encouragement Tara.

I reread that paragraph above and realized I was a bit unclear about what I was referring to when I said it wasn’t about the money. I took another stab at it and hope that makes clearer what kind of founder we don’t think would be a good fit for indie.vc.

Re: There's Something About Ello

bryc3 — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 22:59:37 -0000

thanks Seth.

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Re: Our Investment in Hipcamp

bryc3 — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 15:53:32 -0000

Thanks Jeff!

Re: Twitter is addicting in the same way slot machines...

bryc3 — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 18:26:19 -0000

well said.

Re: Routines and Rituals

bryc3 — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 17:06:04 -0000

Great ideas here.

Re: Routines and Rituals

bryc3 — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 20:01:36 -0000

Thanks Semil. I miss it every day.

Re: A baby boomer covets a car. A teen only needs...

bryc3 — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 13:32:35 -0000

Well said.

Re: Fascinating read on the rise of mobile addiction...

bryc3 — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 21:40:50 -0000

Me too!

Re: Collision Hours

bryc3 — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 17:05:45 -0000

if you decide to make it an app or even write the post, please send it my way!

Re: Collision Hours

bryc3 — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 16:21:12 -0000

Would love to see what a “collision calendar” looks like. Have you posted a template for it anywhere online?