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Re: Quiet Giants

Eric Friedman — Fri, 24 Jan 2020 10:11:19 -0000

This is why your tempo has been great - just keep going vs getting scorched.
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Re: Turning A Loss Into A Win

Eric Friedman — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 12:04:46 -0000

Never waste a good crisis.

Re: Helium

Eric Friedman — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 15:15:26 -0000

Feels like this is 10+ years in the making for the USV thesis - great to learn more about and excited to dig in.

Re: Blogging Break

Eric Friedman — Mon, 20 May 2019 20:42:34 -0000

Checkout pressable or WPEngine - I bet either would be open to helping and migrate over. Let me know if you want some help - seems like a good project.

Re: Focus (or Do Less, Better)

Eric Friedman — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 21:33:28 -0000

Always loved this quote. You are right.

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Re: Rethinking AVC

Eric Friedman — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 10:42:27 -0000

I would say the main takeaway from your own words is “be your own bitch” - beholden to another platform is going to be difficult. Unless there is a federated self owned service I would tread carefully or look to the full export abilities to move if/when the service goes away.

That being said I think the workflow is more important - I have signed up more people personally to “your daily email” and they never visit AVC. Your flow and content ending up in inboxes via the email subscription seems to work well.

Re: Broken Syndicates

Eric Friedman — Sun, 04 Nov 2018 11:12:41 -0000

The other large group heavily affected by a recap and restructure are the employees. Great post and reminder that reputation is everything.

Re: Can’t find a mentor? Become one

Eric Friedman — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 22:13:03 -0000

Always.

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Re: The Heartbeat

Eric Friedman — Wed, 27 Jun 2018 18:21:34 -0000

Being a part of this kind of shipping cadence is unlike anything I have ever experienced before - there is a constant hum in the office, the product feels alive, people are excited for the latest and greatest, and morale skyrockets. It starts to help with recruiting, future vision, investors, and all facets of the business. I was lucky enough to be a part of this activity - and I have always described the "pre" moment to this phase as "Building the Machine" because its about finding the right people to build the machine, to build the business. Once you have assembled that crew - you energize the group and get the first heartbeat.

Re: Taxation Of Carried Interest

Eric Friedman — Wed, 06 Jun 2018 09:18:23 -0000

This is a great debate - it is too bad the old comments sections and discussions seem to be missing (hidden?) because they are now closed. I remember wading through them in 2007 and wanted to jump back in but they don't seem to be there.

Re: Cryptonetworks and why tokens are fundamental

Eric Friedman — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 12:46:13 -0000

Great write up thanks for sharing - I think we will see this framework applied and projects come out with it, and include models not even yet defined.

Re: Streaming The Olympics

Eric Friedman — Sun, 11 Feb 2018 12:52:16 -0000

I’m half joking because I haven’t really ever asked it - it results in everyone participating telling stories like mentioned in post, family sharing, ex’s and more. Just a sociologically interesting question of our time. Lots have their own account and flaunt it while others have had a college roommates friends friend account for years.

Re: Streaming The Olympics

Eric Friedman — Sun, 11 Feb 2018 11:18:15 -0000

A favorite interview question when getting to know a candidate: who’s Netflix password do you use? (Insert cable, HBO, Hulu etc as needed)

Re: Disqus and Zeta

Eric Friedman — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 12:39:33 -0000

What a ride - learned so much from this company, this team, this deal, and the platform.

Re: Video Of The Week: The NYS DFS Virtual Currency Hearings

Eric Friedman — Thu, 31 Aug 2017 14:16:38 -0000

Great job - thanks for sharing. Already interesting to look back at this, and will be amazing in years to come.

Re: Creating Tech Apprenticeships For Military Veterans

Eric Friedman — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 12:19:55 -0000

This is a great initiative and a huge need+opportunity for veterans.

Re: Zemanta – From SeedCamp to Outbrain

Eric Friedman — Tue, 25 Jul 2017 13:15:27 -0000

Thanks for sharing your lessons learned - I have a lot of great lessons learned from Zemanta and great to see this outcome.

Re: Convertible and SAFE Notes

Eric Friedman — Sun, 12 Mar 2017 10:14:02 -0000

I think eShares has done a great job of solving the founder view problem through transparent and easy to read cap tables and vesting. I am more cautious of lawyer cap table views as they are accurate but harder to read.

Re: No more second guessing yourself

Eric Friedman — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 09:20:10 -0000

Go with you gut. Easy to write, harder to follow.

Re: Turning 50

Eric Friedman — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 09:41:03 -0000

Happy Birthday Albert !

Re: Tap into truth: 10 questions to ask your advertising data provider

Eric Friedman — Sun, 05 Feb 2017 15:09:18 -0000

Great questions - everyone should be asking all parties this in their ecosystem :)

Re: AVC, Gotham Gal, and Feld Thoughts Communities Rally $100,000+ For The ACLU

Eric Friedman — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 12:55:54 -0000

Great to see this working, and great to see the results. I was looking for the "what do they raise in a year" stat so thanks for posting.

Re: A $20,000 Match Offer On ACLU Donations Today

Eric Friedman — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 21:34:24 -0000

Thank you Fred

Re: Video Of The Week: What is DNA and How Does it Work?

Eric Friedman — Sat, 07 Jan 2017 09:43:16 -0000

I always think about Dino DNA
https://youtu.be/qUaFYzFFbBU

Re: Sunsetting popular features

Eric Friedman — Thu, 10 Nov 2016 12:27:41 -0000

Building a Company is hard, being a good editor is harder. Nicely done and well communicated. Thanks for sharing this as too much of this is opaque most of the time.