What Should You Make of the Web Summit Controversy? A View Behind the Scenes

Like many of you I read the Is Web Summit a Scam article making the rounds this week. I have attended Web Summits three times — it is not a scam. Let me get that out of the way. It’s a big conference…

Venture Outlook 2016

There is a lot of uncertainty about the state of the private, high-growth technology markets and the venture capital markets that underpin them. On the one hand innovation is clearly at an all time high unleashed by smart phones, fast telecom networks, social networks that spread commerce…

What Makes a Great Business Partner?

A while back while I was reading the tech press I saw a quote from Randy Komisar, a partner at…

What To Do When Your Competitor Gets Funded?

This morning Clutter.io announced they raised $9 million from Sequoia, arguably the best venture capital firm that exists. Congratulations. Sincerely.

Why @UpfrontVC invested in Disruptive Rental Car Startup @Skurt

Rental cars.

I have never met a person who loved their rental car company or the experience of turning up at an airport, waiting in line, paying a huge fee and then dealing with returns, airport…

What Can You Do if a VC Pulls Their Term Sheet?

What Can You Do if a VC Pulls Their Term Sheet?

What Everyone Should Take Away from Twitter’s 8% Staff Reductions

Today Twitter announced it had laid off around 336 jobs or 8% of its workforce. Nobody should celebrate, cheer or shout, “it’s about time.”