July 2010
34 posts
bijan sabet: An outline for an early stage board... →
We have invested in many first time founding teams that have never participated in a board meeting before. To make them useful it’s good to be prepared and engage your board. Here is an outline I like to use. Of course there can be versions of this depending on the stage of the company. But for…
Young and Brilliant: Ditching the word... →
As many of you know, I’ve been spending a lovely summer here at Betaworks (despite the fact they are located in NYC). Since I’ve been here, I’ve been thinking about the use of the term “Incubator.” Incubators these day tend to spawn images of Y Combinator and Y Combinator clones. There’s…
“Manly Study Highlights
* Nashville is the Mecca of manliness. With its high...”
– Manliest Cities
“App Store developer Jason Ting has released data on iAd revenue from the first...”
– Developer Earns Nearly $1,400 in One Day With iAds - Mac Rumors
Rex Sez: 11.8% CTR not 0.118% but 11.8%!!
“But then again, if patients were the center of healthcare, not insurance...”
– Jay Parkinson + MD + MPH = a doctor in NYC (Doctors at Harlem Hospital Didn’t See 5,000 heart tests.) (via pukomuko)
Rafer sez: But plane crashes are more scarier. #badatmath #badatgrammar
(via rafer)
Rex Sez: If patients demanded safety the health industry would just nod it’s head in...
“Netflix could be a big loser in the United States Postal Service’s plan to hike...”
– Netflix Loses Big In Postage Increase
Rex Sez: Go big - go all streaming and phase out DVD mailers all together. Who wants to even bother dropping those in the mail anymore? STREAM it all FTW!
