I was recently interviewed for a WSJ article that was exploring the trends associated with the popularity (or lack thereof) of the freemium model called “When Freemium Fails.” In researching my answers for the WSJ reporter, I dug up some data on Techstars companies over the last several years that use the freemium model. Here’s …
The Microsoft Accelerator in Seattle has been a huge hit. Techstars first announced this in January, and it’s really blown me away. Techstars “powers” the program which is run at Microsoft in Seattle. The first focus was on Kinect-based applications for Windows and XBOX. We had over 500 companies apply and we funded eleven. It’s …
When I read Brad Feld’s latest post “Random Acts of Kindness – Marathon Fundraising“, it made me think that If I had to create a fake tag cloud of words that have to do with Brad, the word “random” would be in it, as would the word “kindness.” You see, I met Brad on one …
I get asked to make many introductions. I’ve noticed a trend lately, which is that more and more of them go something like this: Hey David, can you introduce me to investors that you think might be interested in my company? To me, this is the lazyweb version of asking for introductions, and it has …
Consider the email chain below. I’ve assembled it in sequential order and bracketed out some parts that are not public. On Feb 8, 2012, at 10:56 AM, David Cohen wrote: Hi Mark, [Something great is happening to me that I never expected – redacted]. Who knew. Can you send me [the address I need …
Last night, I was invited by Xconomy to come to San Diego and talk about entrepreneurial communities at a private dinner that had about 25 entrepreneurs and investors that care deeply about the issue. It was a great group of people and a lively discussion to say the least. Xconomy had asked that I share …