Tweet Dave McClure put out a post a week ago calling for more consumer startup VCs to be versed in building products, user interface/experience, and engineering.  I’ve been thinking about this a lot as Venture Capital is starting to evolve and most first rounds are done by firms with smaller overall fund size such as [...]

Tweet If you are a geek, there is a good chance you either have a HTPC (home theater PC) or have at least checked out the concept a bit.  It’s a fairly simple concept  at heart:  buy a small form factor or media center looking PC and hook it up to your TV to consume [...]

Tweet I’m on my way to the valley as we speak (mountain view ironically) for startup school and other fun adventures. When I make the trek from Florida to the Valley it often involves long layovers in random cities. Today’s is Chicago. The saving grace to layovers as any geek traveler will tell you is [...]

Tweet I’ve been doing a fair amount of research lately on tons of different sectors.  One I’ve taken a hard look at is online publishing, specifically online local news and journalism.  I’m also an avid reader of online publications with 200+ in my RSS reader, which I’ve been using since 2004.  To be honest, most [...]

TweetEric Ries is often cited for his belief in developing the “Minimum Viable Product” in order to get to market as fast as possible, test some theories on whether it solves the core problem you’re aiming at, and iterate from there.  We did that with Ramamia and truly believe in it.   There’s a problem [...]