December 2009
2 posts
Commented on "A VC"
But JLM, as Seth Godin says, sometimes it’s more important to know when to quit if you want to succeed (see “The Dip” for example). Always a fine line between persevering/”never say die” and “the definition of insanity is trying the same thing expecting a different result”.
Sometimes you have to find the door instead of bashing your head against the...
Commented on "Both Sides of the Table"
Great post! Sometimes street smarts can take a while to sink in (or be rediscovered). I founded a company in 1999 and left a very staid old (low margin) industry to do so. The founder of my prior company had boostrapped it over 25 years into a $100M business and I learned a lot about how to run a lean and successful business from him.
That all went out the window when we took venture capital in...