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The Consumer. What does a consumer do?Well consume.But investors and entrepreneurs use the word "consumer" as shorthand. It has been the capitalist slang for "human." Does this mean that there might be...
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evhead: The Birth of Obvious Corp.Just a note out about Evan Williams' new company, called Obvious, which acquired the assets of Odeo, where my firm Charles River Ventures was one of the investors.Evan...
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Connected AlonenessHave you noticed that you are spending more and more of your time in front of your PC? And less time in front of your usual media, like the TV, like the radio, like the newspaper?...
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CRV QuickStart: Clarity on What it isMy firm Charles River Ventures announced yesterday a program to help entrepreneurs get a cool idea off the ground called QuickStart. There's been a tremendously...
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Messaging:Part I Communication and LanguageI've been thinking about the nature of the internet and communications. I've got a lot of stuff to post. But I am going to break it down into a series of...
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Messaging:Part II Community Around CommunicationIn Part I, I talked about the nature of our symbolic communication. And the origins of our messaging. Well, there is also a set of communication that...
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Ideas and Attention: It used to be about getting your "15 minutes of fame"Now it seems like its all about making your point in "30 seconds of attention"I found a great site called Presentation Zen....
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EnvironmentA close friend of mine executive produced a great movie called An Inconvenient TruthIts a very interesting and incredibly well produced and directed view about our environment.While watching...
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Identity and DifferentiationI have a thesis that a lot of consumer purchasing is driven by the genetically driven need to be different and reproduce. I noticed this because I was reviewing multiple...
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The Family TreeI am happy to say that I am back to blogging.And happy to announce that my twins were born and are healthy. My best seed investment so far :)And we are soon to announce an investment in...
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The World's Best View on Government SpendingUse your mouse and arrow keys to zoom and pan around the entire universe of government spending. Use the fullscreen button on the right next to the menu button.
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