Would you believe that I got so excited about the project that I forgot to post it to my own blog?! I launched a game on Kickstarter called Robot Turtles. You can see the video on the right hand side of my blog, or view it here on Kickstarter. I’m humbled and amazed by the response ...
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Those of you who caught my talk at Ignite 21 already know that I’m a thoughtful coffee convert, going from 1-2 cups per week to 2-3 cups per day when I discovered that I was a fast caffeine metabolizer by having my DNA sequenced, leading me to buy a bunch of bluetooth peripherals and ...
Some places are just delightful to work. Two years ago, Google bought my startup, Sparkbuy. Ever since I’ve been leading a delightful double life as a PM on the Google Ads team and the CEO of Google Comparison Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Google. It’s been an amazing run ...
I’m delighted to announce that I’m advising Highway One, a new SF-based incubator for hardware startups. Why does the world need another incubator? Because hardware’s hard, and hardware’s different. And Highway One is magical. It’s not an accelerator for hardware ...
Originally published on Sulia We went camping with the family this weekend. We’d never done it before. That’s OK, first time for everything. We spent a lot of time figuring out our location, because that would be hard to change later. We didn’t worry much about our precise ...
This article first ran as a guest post in Geekwire. For a long time I’ve felt like I must be either the first or last entrepreneur to discover the ABC series Shark Tank. Â For the uninitiated, it’s pure startup voyeurism: a company stands in front of a panel of 5Â plutocrats, ...
Dream of striking Kickstarter gold, but lack inspiration? Â I’m here to help. Â Don’t forget to hook me up with a few freebies when you get your assembly lines rolling. Optimal Notebook Lightweight, distinctive looking, with a built in holder for a standard pen. Â Bonus points for ...
I had an inspiring coffee meeting with an early stage startup today. Â They have a clever and differentiated product, revenue traction, and great headway on their seed round. It’s a B2B business and the CEO’s an experienced salesperson. Â He knows exactly which businesses need his ...
Hacker News is an interesting lab for job postings. It’s a target rich environment, so you know the right people are reading. Unlike many sites, you can’t pay to rank higher or show your headline in blue. Â There’s no category search. Â The rules are simple: if Y Combinator ...
Chris Zacharias, founder of imgix.com (and Y Combinator grad), recently wrote an interesting blog post that postulated a different funding strategy.  Instead of pricing his round at market, he priced it significantly below.  He claims this gave him access to a group of high-quality ...