From time to time, I pursue what I call pet projects which keep me fresh. These projects range from digital thru non-digital and I mostly invest my own capital into them. Most of the time, the projects fade into oblivion, but the end point is not what I’m seeking, it’s the journey – as I [...]
Category: Startup & Venture Capital
I just came back to the office after a great morning with David Tisch, the NYC entrepreneurial investment community and the whole techstars group (currrent & past classes). I was very impressed with today’s presentations and there are certainly a few I will follow up directly with. For me, I was most impressed with: Contently, [...]
I was on the phone with a founder of a major data play within the digital ecosystem this afternoon. We were discussing the next 12-24 mos of acquisitions and who the big players will be. This post is not about who will be acquired or do the acquiring, or the bankers who will make some [...]
This post was inspired by an email conversation between Taylor Davidson, Adam Liebsohn, and myself early this morning. Taylor works at kbs+p Ventures and Adam is the founder/ceo of a startup called VoyURL. “The best way for a startup to get a dataset like that is to create some sort of self-expression platform, a way to [...]
This is one of the first guest posts I’ve had in a long time, potentially years. It’s by Taylor Davidson, who is my colleague at kbs+p Ventures. It originally appeared yesterday in his premium newsletter entitled, “From Me to You.” I highly recommend that you subscribe to it, if you are interested in startups, finance, [...]
3+ month assignment. Could go much longer, depending on the fit. Could go much shorter, depending on the fit. I’m looking for a hybrid 30% visionary, 70% executor who has demonstrated entrepreneurial ability within the advertising technology or financial technology markets. You should have a passion for media trading and at least a working knowledge [...]
Today’s opening keynote was given by Paul Graham, at the YCombinator Ad Innovation Conference in Mountain View. I attended along with @tdavidson and @barryl530 to see the early stage innovation that’s happening in the ad tech space. We were certainly impressed not just with the innovation but with the amount of great agencies in attendance [...]
I’ve been noodling the opportunity around an ad tech dream I had. Yes, I really do dream about these things. We all know the positions that Yahoo! and AOL are in. I won’t go into that here, other than they will need to make some short term decisions rather quickly. As a proactive entrepreneur, what [...]
