Deadpool 2009

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 Posted in Research | 2 Comments »

In September 2008 I posted What’s in the Deadpool?; a categorization of failed startups (based on TechCrunch coverage). I’ve done the same analysis for 2009 and the results are below. ... Read more..

PostRank Top Blogs of 2009

Thursday, January 14th, 2010 Posted in Portfolio Company, Research | 2 Comments »

PostRank published the Top Blogs of 2009 today and along with a very detailed list of the top blogs, there are some interesting stats from the gobs of data they ... Read more..

The nature of engagement

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009 Posted in Portfolio Company | 1 Comment »

One of the joys of writing for the Tech Capital blog is the intense and relentless rivalry [sarcasm] among the various authors of this blog. I undoubtedly blame PostRank for ... Read more..

Word Clouds: What are they good for?

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009 Posted in Research | No Comments »

Word clouds are a great way to quickly visualize word density in large amounts of text. We've all seen word clouds before but not many people create them for their ... Read more..

12 Things I Love About How Our Portfolio Companies Operate

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009 Posted in Best Practices, Human Resources, Portfolio Company | No Comments »

Over the years Tech Capital has developed a set of best practices for building technology companies. Some of these best practices have come from our own experiences and some have ... Read more..

Startup Metrics at Web 2.0 Expo

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 Posted in Best Practices, Conferences | No Comments »

I really enjoyed Dave McClure and Hiten Shah's Startup Metrics presentation at this year's Web 2.0 Expo a few weeks ago. What really struck a cord with me was Dave's ... Read more..