As you’re building your marketplace, consider which tools and technology to leverage. There’s no reason…
Entrepreneurship
Image via Wikipedia One of the best talks I heard at CasualConnect last week was “Building communities, not just hits” by Max Levchin (founder and CEO of Slide) and Philip Rosedale (founder and CEO of Linden Lab, the company behind Second Life). Creating an online community is extremely hard to do and I have seen […]
As you’re building your marketplace, consider which tools and technology to leverage. There’s no reason…
As social has become integral part of how web product are built these days, every…
One of the best talks I heard at CasualConnect last week was “Building communities, not just hits” by Max Levchin (founder and CEO of Slide) and Philip Rosedale (founder and CEO of Linden Lab, the company behind Second Life). Creating an online community is extremely hard to do and I have seen a lot of examples where it just happened but nobody could explain why (and tons of examples where community plans never took off) so I appreciated the thoughts by Max and Philip on this topic. They basically boiled it down to 4 success factors:
Building online communities is very hard but if you are successful, you can create amazing value for your startup. So think about those 4 points when you think about adding a community aspect to your site.
Portfolio
Robotics has been a core focus of my time in deep tech. I recently wrote a post sharing our considerations on robotics and we’ve made three investments in the category within the past year, including Optimotive. Today, I am thrilled to be able to share the news that we’ve led the $5m seed round of […]
There’s a talent drain facing the tech industry today. We frequently hear about companies that…
We are very happy to announce our investment in Manifold, the easiest way to find…