Don’t Cede Control: Why You Need to Cut out Middle Men in Negotiations

Middle Men. Middle People?

They exist in all forms of work and life. They’re essential in helping us get our jobs done because they specialize in something we do not. They do a…

One Book Every Entrepreneur and VC Should Own

This article originally ran on TechCrunch.

tl;dr version:
If you’re an entrepreneur or VC or will be working in this industry — buy this. read it. live it.

Reflections of America this July 4th

July 4th.

The funniest experience I ever had on July 4th (US Independence Day) was in 1999. That was the year I spent July 4th in Tokyo, where I was living for 6 months.

Why I’m Doubling Down on the Twitter Ecosystem

Today I’m announcing that GRP Partners is doubling down on the Twitter ecosystem by investing in DataSift, a company who provides a real-time data platform and tools to third-party developers and corporations.

Turning the Camera on Chris Dixon

Chris Dixon is one of my favorite people in tech and writes one of the few blogs I read religiously. If you don’t read it and you care about tech & entrepreneurship, you should.

Twitter Delivers You 4x More Traffic Than You Think. Here’s Why …

This article originally appeared on TechCrunch (this version is slightly different). Most web publishers measure where their traffic is coming from using an analytics package such as Google Analytics, Omniture or Core…

The Coming Brick Wall in Venture Capital & Why This is Good for US Innovation

This is the final part of a 3-part series on the major changes in the structure of the software & the venture capital industries.

Version 0.9. What Do You Think?

I’m excited to announce that we silently launched our new website last week. Like a startup we took a very “version 0.9” approach.

Twitter, Jobs, Democracy & The US Elections

I recently wrote a post about the open nature of Twitter and why I’m long on its future. I know it’s easier to write “horse race” stories about who’s signing up more users, raising more funding or who’s “hot” lately. But something more nuanced is at hand…