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Re: Top 3 Temptations of a Young VC (Part 3):

Healy — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:40:55 -0000

Rob, once again some solid points. One of the biggest temptations I've had since joining the early stage venture business is becoming very quick to make a judgment, in all aspects of my life. I have to make snap decisions based on very little info everyday for my job that I'm finding that this is rubbing off in the rest of my life. I don't even know if I read menus at restaurants anymore, I just pick something. I don't want to become a judgmental jerk, but I see how this job makes it really easy to become one.

Re: Rob Go's Tumblelog - Almost stepped on this bird going to the office -...

Healy — Fri, 29 May 2009 11:16:03 -0000

Some days I feel like that too.

Re: Social Media Marketing Summit: Brand Spotlight on Best Buy

Healy — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:40:47 -0000

This is really interesting; thanks for the post.

Re: Healy the Blogger

Healy — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:58:47 -0000

Thanks for the props Scott!

Re: Infinity & Beyond

Healy — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:26:29 -0000

Someone at my wife's company forwarded a news article she had gotten from google alerts about how a major client of the company was evaluating a competitor's product.... she sent the article to the entire executive team. It caused quite a stir, until one of the VPs noticed it was an article from 2001. Really funny.

Re: VC Process

Healy — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:13:55 -0000

Thanks for noticing Scott!

Re: Romney on the Bailout

Healy — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:42:37 -0000

This was a very well thought out piece. Thanks for sharing it.

Re: Knives

Healy — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:16:14 -0000

Pretty sure there is a weekly "show" on QVC about knives. Not sure they have the same level of craftsmanship, but it they are authentic "Rambo" or Lord of the Rings quality knives who are we to complain??

Re: Wolverine

Healy — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:04:18 -0000

Wait, I thought Wolverine was from Canada or something.

Re: Reblog: Himmelsblog

Healy — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:59:01 -0000

I love that. I hope it's real.

Re: My Role in the Collapse of Lehman Brothers

Healy — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:28:49 -0000

Great post, interesting to hear both sides of the events roiling the market right now.

Re: More on how I was right - Facebook is dead as a platform

Healy — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:19:22 -0000

FB's still not a bad way to cheaply acquire users to other sites, but the application market is not maturing as people hoped. I've seen great user acquisition success with FB groups and highly target advertising using the FB platform (although my own effort fell flat on its face.)

My big question is how the iPhone application world will evolve... any thoughts? (I know you have to support RIM given your location, but still you must have an opinion.)

Re: Your Business 2.0

Healy — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:42:41 -0000

Craig, very good points. The “Company” idea is pretty key when founders are positioning their startup to the potential investors. VCs aren’t excited about the services component, except as it relates to the new product. I’m not sure you have to create two entities, assuming you are just shutting down the consulting business to focus on the new “product” business.

While it is fine to highlight the startups founders previous consulting work, a founder shouldn’t position that previous consulting work as the revenue cornerstone for the new “product based” business. Don’t dwell on the prior consulting work – talk about the big vision for the product.

It might not even be worth mentioning the previous consulting revenue unless you have an incredible growth trajectory. Investors can easily be turned off by a company that shows flat topline revenue for the past couple of years (even if that revenue kept your family fed and helped you develop the product!)

Re: http://www.instigatorblog.com/8-tips-for-successful-venture-capital-meetings/2008/12/09/

Healy — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:28:05 -0000

Ben,
Great list of tips for successful VC meetings. You've linked to one of my VC pitch tips, but there are a few other ones on my blog too - http://www.startable.com/category/vc-tips/
Awesome blog; you can pitch me anytime!
Healy

Re: Think Twice Before Raising Venture Capital

Healy — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:30:11 -0000

Matt,
The blog post was actually by me, Healy Jones, not Prasad.
Thanks,
Healy

Re: Search for love, not a job

Healy — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:10:17 -0000

Do not underestimate the power of large MBA student loan payments to crush the entrepreneurial drive...

Re: http://blog.inc.com/entrepreneurial-strategies-for-growth/2008/11/managing_growth_companies_in_u.html

Healy — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:52:24 -0000

Peter,
Great article. I'd add: "Don't allow your sales force to hunker down."
Healy