“Lighten Up, Francis”

Remember early 80’s comedy movie “Stripes” starring Bill Murray? If you do, you remember the scene where Sgt. Hulka is getting to know the troops and he gets around to the psycho guy who tells all the other guys “…if any of you guys touch my stuff I’ll kill you”…or something to that affect.

Another Run at a Sports Stock Exchange

Well I guess in light of the financial crisis and economic meltdown, in a world where everyone’s net worth has taken a dive of 30% or so since this time last year, it’s as good a time as any to fund another sports stock exchange business.

Day in the Life of an EIR

This post has been a long time coming, well, say four months in coming. I get a lot of questions from my friends regarding what is life like as an EIR with Polaris Ventures. Well, take a walk with me as I share with you what today — a typical “day in the life” entailed:

LA Weekend Interrupted

Here I am lounging in the backyard of our friends’ home in LA — Pacific Palisades to be exact — enjoying some unseasoanably warm weather and a light breeze. A nice, welcome change to my past week in frigid Boston and New York.

Digital Media and Jackson Hole

Just about ready to head back to SF from Jackson Hole, Wyoming after spending three days with a bunch of smart, funny and “the kind of people that are fun to hang out with” at the Polaris digital media summit.

Eradicating Distraction

Just read Daniel Henninger’s piece “Top 2009 Resolution: Don’t Be Stupid” in today’s Wall Street Journal. I can’t really argue with this as a resolution (though, if you scroll down you’ll see that not being stupid will have to be my #2 resolution), however what Henninger is calling for…

Sunday Times Stories Reax

(Note: This post written on my iPhone WordPress app — so no linking or images available for your reading pleasure.)

For those who don’t get the chance to read the Sunday New York Times, allow me to react to a few pieces from the two sections I read…

Lunch with Billy Beane

I took a detour off the typical Silicon Valley meeting circuit today and hopped over to the East Bay to have lunch with Billy Beane, GM of the Oakland A’s.

First, let me say that the Oakland Airport Hilton does a pretty darn good New England clam chowder (if you…

Break All the Rules

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Finally, after having the book sit on my shelf for years I got around to reading “First, Break All the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently” over the holiday break. For anyone who is either a manager, or being managed by a…

How NOT to Spend Your Friday Night

Ah, Friday nights. After a long work week nothing is more exciting than the thought of heading home Friday evening, melting down in the couch with my daughters for movie night and a pepperoni pizza. But let me give you a glimpse of the opposite of that kind of a Friday…