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I love Boston. I lived there for five of the best years of my life, when I was working at D. E. Shaw & Co., and then when I attended Harvard Business School. If anyone asks, I always tell them, “if Boston had the same weather and career opportunities for me as Silicon Valley, I’d … Continue reading Silicon Valley > Boston (The Data)
I went to Ravi Belani and Michelle Gonzalez‘s Influencer Series event tonight. I’m a bit too tired to write a formal review, so I thought I’d just share my raw notes and quotes (taken with my iPod Touch) and let you judge for yourself if the event was worthwhile: Consumer electronics is swinging away from … Continue reading Influencer Series Notes
This morning, my friend Erica Douglass wrote about why Silicon Valley is broken, and why she moved away: This conversation was a microcosm of the reason I left the Valley. No doubt, this guy had a good-looking website, and two co-founders who had signed on to the idea. That part was great. The part I … Continue reading Silicon Valley Posers And The Inevitable Bust
The latest round of developments in the so-called “AngelGate,” including alleged leaked emails and Twitter fails appears to indicate that the situation is more substantial than I thought. As a result, I’m forced to do something unusual–write a blog post without making any jokes. I’ve co-invested with Ron Conway; I’ve co-invested with Dave McClure. I’ve … Continue reading When Angels Fight, Silicon Valley Loses
A new study by a pair of retired Cisco and IBM execs (covered in this PE Hub piece) argues that Asians are disproportionately underrepresented at the senior management level. After surveying the 25 largest companies in the valley, they found that just 6% of board members and 10% of officers were of Asian descent. In … Continue reading Is There a Glass Ceiling for Asians in Silicon Valley?
One of the key components of the Silicon Valley ecosystem is the gang of Valley law firms that serve all the startups and entrepreneurs. These firms go out of their way to be helpful to entrepreneurs (with the hope that you’ll choose them when you start your next company). The folks over at Orrick invited … Continue reading Two great *free* events for entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley from Orrick
Is anyone else bothered by the near-invisibility in the blogosphere of the Russian invasion of neighboring Georgia? Only time will tell whether comparisons to Hitler’s aggression are overblown or sadly prescient, but I do find it disturbing that Digg’s front page has no mention of the invasion (though it does find room for “Man has … Continue reading Russia Invades Georgia, Internet Yawns
Is there a better blogger than Dan Lyons’ Fake Steve Jobs? Today’s post obliterated the fatuousness of how the Valley believes it can solve the world’s problems. “Bob Metcalfe thinks we’ll solve global warming if we take our cue from the Internet.” At some show in Boston he “laid out his vision of the `EnerNet,’ … Continue reading “One Pair of Glasses”: FSJ Nails Valley Arrogance
Here’s a license plate I saw when driving down University: DAS KPTL The car? A Porsche Carrera.