Strong Words

Nearly 5 years ago we set up a sort of sandbox to begin iterating on different models and messages for a new kind of risk capital. One that…

From the day our v3 applications opened on Jan 1st to closing them on March 1st, we made a lot of noise. From posts to podcasts to tweets…

Not a week goes by that we haven’t questioned our decision to introduce a new set of terms into the funding landscape. They raise eyebrows…

4 years ago we kicked off an experiment to define and shape a path of funding distinctly different from the one size fits all venture model…

Late last year we ran an experimental event we called Founder Field Trips. We had a few goals with the event.

About 5yrs ago the team at Basecamp (fka 37Signals) stopped editorial work on a section of their site they called Bootstrapped, Profitable…

A harsh reality of modern entrepreneurship is that most founders have never worked for a profitable company.

I heard from a friend this week that their company was shutting down and, frankly, I was shocked. I wasn’t an investor in the company but I…