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Extracurricular Fireworks: Friendster, Prezi, Rovio, Bonobos + O’Reilly & Doerr
With the end-of-quarter groupwork frenzy I am behind on posting the academic lecture notes – hope to get to that this weekend. But meanwhile, as the flow of new thoughts from extracurricular guest...
View ArticleWeek 33: Network Centrality, Bass Diffusion, SaaS Sales & Data Science
Stanford GSB Sloan Study Notes, Week 3 (33), Spring quarter Head down in two inches of readings for this week and a fresh flow of first written project deadlines, like a two-degrees-deep analysis of...
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Sten @ a16z
August 1st marked the end of my 8+ year journey with Skype, after returning from an academic break at Stanford. As expected, the top incoming question following my departure tweet has been “what’s...
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First Decade of #SkypeMafia
On August 29th Skype is celebrating its birthday. As it did as a small European-rooted startup, so it does as a product in the portfolio of Microsoft. This time it is a round one, too: first 10 years....
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On Bridges, Part 1: Realizing how Europe and Silicon Valley are drifting apart
This post is 1st of 3 in the series aimed at discussing ways Silicon Valley and European tech scenes could contribute to and gain more from each other. The series are an expansion of a short speech I...
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On Bridges, Part 2: Why Should Europe Care for Silicon Valley
This post is 2nd of 3 discussing ways Silicon Valley and European tech scene could get closer to each other. The series are an expansion of a short speech I gave at Slush conference in November 2013 –...
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On Bridges, Part 3: What Can Europe Give to Silicon Valley?
This is the final post of 3 contemplating how Silicon Valley and European tech scenes could get closer to each other. The series are an expansion of a short speech I gave at Slush conference in...
View ArticleSo… What Does an EIR Actually Do?
This has been a persistent question since I started my Entrepreneur in Residence gig at Andreessen Horowitz, and one that I have had to both figure out for myself and explain over and over again. If...
View ArticleManaging the Idea Buffet
As a follow-up to my post on what an EIR does, I promised to share a little more detail on how I practically go about filtering ideas. Effective filtering, choosing what to engage in and what to...
View ArticleOn the Road Again
As it isn’t a good tone to have a blog sit stale for a year, I figured this place deserves at least a brief set of links as an update on what’s been happening. The EIR period at Andreessen Horowitz...
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