From: October 2020

Product Leader and Greylock Partners Board Partner Josh Elman Joins Me On Panic With Friends to Talk Working at the Early Stages of Some of the Biggest Names in Social

I learned so much from my ‘Panic’ with Josh Elman. Like most of my friends in the investing business, I don’t know the full backstories. When did they first geek out? What was their first job? Is there a big miss that haunts them? Josh answered all these for me. Josh has seen so much …

Introducing The 8-80 Portfolio

I like to keep things simple, including my portfolio. Over the years I have gravitated to owning companies and sectors whose products are needed, used, loved and trusted across the globe by people in every age group: from 8 to 80. No list or portfolio is perfect. I am constantly tinkering with my list and …

Setting Off On Your Own…

Fred Wilson has a good post titled ‘Setting Off On Your Own‘ which I did in 1997 to start my hedge fund and pivoted to my start up Wallstrip and angel investing in 2006. The pivot to Wallstrip and angel investing was inspired by YouTube and Vanguard. By 2005 I knew charging 2 and 20 …