This week I’ll be running a series of Five Question interviews with small businesses which were facilitated by BondStreet, a SMB lending platform (we’re investors). LocalBiz stories are really fun for me since my first high school job was working in an independent bookstore. These people are true founders and entrepreneurs just like any venture […]
I’ve cosigned a letter elaborating why a Trump Presidency would be devastating for America’s innovation. Along with 150 of my tech industry colleagues, this collaborative effort identifies some of the ways we believe Trump’s rhetoric and policy beliefs put the American economy at risk. My support of Hillary Clinton this election coincides with my distaste for […]
Pandora’s July 2011 redesign was greeted with pretty unanimous enthusiasm from its loyal community. They even added music feeds via Facebook Connect, a step which led to Wired magazine proclaiming that Pandora became a “social network.” A year later, while Pandora’s business has experienced tremendous growth, it’s fair to say that their social feeds haven’t. […]
Last week I quit being a user of Pandora, and they couldn’t have been happier. Why? Because I became a customer, paying $36/yr for their new Pandora One (P1) service. Is P1 such an awesome improvement over their free service that i felt compelled to upgrade? Actually no, while the P1 bells and whistles are […]
“Growing the team” is almost always one of the ways entrepreneurs utilize new investment dollars. Whether it’s adding capacity to an existing function (#MawrEngineers) or bringing new talents onboard (“we intend to make our first marketing hire”), glossing over these bullet points towards the back of the pitch deck would be a mistake. I’m interested […]
