Because Abu Nazir is playing the long game. This way no one expects a thing. -Carrie Mathison, Homeland I missed the Season 3 premiere of Homeland last night. It’s one of my favorite shows in recent memory. For those that don’t watch it, the main plot is this: a POW returns home after 7-8 years …
Monthly Archives: September 2013
Pitching SV Angel: The Executive Summary
This post will give a small glimpse into how we evaluate opportunities. It’s more about process than substance (i.e., what we look for). When we receive an email from a referral source introducing us to a founder, we typically ask the founder if they have an executive summary. This may sound tedious and old-school. But …
Photo-sharing Fatigue
Photo-sharing gets a bad rap in startup worlds. The conventional wisdom is that there are too many and that bright entrepreneurs should work on something more significant than “just another photo-sharing app.” Douchebag investors pontificate about how bright founders should use their gifts to solve hard and valuable problems. This obviously implies that photo-sharing isn’t …
Richard Feynman and FoundationDB
Richard Feynman is one of my heroes. He was a true original thinker and probably one of the most brilliant minds of the 20th century. He was the Michael Jordan of physicists. In his day, NBA All Star players said Jordan was on a different level. They were great but he was different. That’s a …