All Posts By Date

July 2007

Splunk: A Software Enabled Platform for Data Search - By David Hornik on July 18, 2007
DoneRight: Pay For Performance for Service Professionals - By David Hornik on July 9, 2007


June 2007

VideoEgg: Three Quart of a Billion Served - By David Hornik on June 29, 2007
Changing Titles - By David Hornik on June 27, 2007
Six Apart's Traffic is Huge! - By David Hornik on June 26, 2007
Nomis Solutions: Price Optimization Guru Focuses on Financial Services - By David Hornik on June 25, 2007
Networking the Old Fashioned Way: Dodgeball - By David Hornik on June 22, 2007
LiveOps: From Next Available Agent to Best Available Agent - By David Hornik on June 21, 2007
LiveOps: Why Maynard Webb Wants to Run Your Call Center - By David Hornik on June 19, 2007
In Jerry Yang I Trust - By David Hornik on June 19, 2007
PayCycle: From Zero to Fifty-Thousand Small Business Payroll Customers - By David Hornik on June 17, 2007
Under the Radar - By David Hornik on June 10, 2007
All Things Digital: Bill Gates and Steve Jobs - By David Hornik on June 5, 2007
Calling All Powerful VCs (and a few weakling entrepreneurs) - By David Hornik on June 1, 2007


May 2007

The Widget Economy - By David Hornik on May 14, 2007


April 2007

Web 2.0 Expo and the TechCrunch20 Conference - By David Hornik on April 16, 2007
The Softwareless Software Company - By David Hornik on April 9, 2007


March 2007

Under The Radar: Office 2.0 - By David Hornik on March 13, 2007
Ask Dick "The Wizard" Costolo - By David Hornik on March 8, 2007


February 2007

VentureBlog hits 50,000 Subscribers: Without RSS There Would Be No VentureBlog - By David Hornik on February 23, 2007
VentureCast at DEMO (Now in MP3) - By David Hornik on February 4, 2007


January 2007

VC, VCs, Tech VC, a VC, The VC, Sand Hill Road VC . . . - By David Hornik on January 30, 2007
CES 2007: True HD, OLED and Ultra Wideband - By David Hornik on January 16, 2007
Blogging and Podcasting Into the New Year - By David Hornik on January 2, 2007


December 2006

New Marketing Gurus: Tariq Krim and Jonathan Coulton - By David Hornik on December 20, 2006
From Web 2.0 to Le Web 3 - By David Hornik on December 13, 2006
Attention LinkedIn Germany: Aussuchen Mich! - By David Hornik on December 7, 2006


November 2006

VentureCast from the Web 2.0 Conference - By David Hornik on November 19, 2006
I Love Software as a Service - By David Hornik on November 15, 2006


October 2006

VentureBlog Conference Roundup (Under The Radar: Mobility / Business Blogging Seminar SF / Web 2.0) - By David Hornik on October 30, 2006
I am a Vox Addict - By David Hornik on October 30, 2006
Return of VentureCast (or is that VCcast? VentureRant?) - By David Hornik on October 26, 2006
Chris Anderson Strikes Again: The Economy of Abundance - By David Hornik on October 22, 2006
Building Great Internet Companies - By David Hornik on October 15, 2006


September 2006

Yahoo Hack Day - By David Hornik on September 30, 2006
Momentum Growth Conference - By David Hornik on September 24, 2006
VCs Are Marketing Geniuses - By David Hornik on September 20, 2006
Paul Graham is Today's Prius - By David Hornik on September 9, 2006
Another Great Party At August Capital - By David Hornik on September 7, 2006


August 2006

Recovering From FOO Camp - By David Hornik on August 28, 2006
TechCrunch August Capital Party - By David Hornik on August 20, 2006
A Little Hardship Goes A Long Way - By David Hornik on August 7, 2006


July 2006

Entrepreneurship In Europe - By David Hornik on July 31, 2006
Company Building on a Shoe String (or One Red Paperclip and Some Worm Poop) - By David Hornik on July 15, 2006
Entrepreneurship and Barbecues - By David Hornik on July 9, 2006
Too Long (at Long Last) - By David Hornik on July 6, 2006


June 2006

Who Owns Scobleizer? - By David Hornik on June 19, 2006
Don't Miss Under the Radar - By David Hornik on June 8, 2006
DV: All Things Digital Video - By David Hornik on June 6, 2006


May 2006

The Web 2.0 Trademark Controversy: Take Note and Take Care - By David Hornik on May 31, 2006
A Bunch of This and A Bunch of That - By David Hornik on May 18, 2006


April 2006

Valleyschwag: The Power of Schwag - By David Hornik on April 28, 2006
The Web 2.0 List - By David Hornik on April 9, 2006
Deal or No Deal Podcast - By David Hornik on April 3, 2006


March 2006

The 2006 Conference Season - By David Hornik on March 30, 2006
Google/Yahoo: Deal or No Deal - By David Hornik on March 20, 2006
It's Not Web 2.0, It's The Next Net - By David Hornik on March 9, 2006
Searching VentureBlog and Beyond - By David Hornik on March 2, 2006


February 2006

Points On The Curve - By David Hornik on February 13, 2006
Under The Radar: Why Web 2.0 Matters - By David Hornik on February 6, 2006
Company Building For Eight Year Olds - By David Hornik on February 2, 2006


January 2006

Unique Technology Still Matters to Start-ups - By David Hornik on January 24, 2006
The Long Tail and Content Creation - By David Hornik on January 20, 2006
CES: One Inch Better - By David Hornik on January 7, 2006


December 2005

Where's The Money In The Long Tail? - By David Hornik on December 13, 2005
Social Networks 3.0 - By David Hornik on December 4, 2005


November 2005

Celebrating Creative Commons - By David Hornik on November 6, 2005


October 2005

Bubble 2.0 Revisited - By David Hornik on October 28, 2005
Built To Be Bought (Bubble 2.0) - By David Hornik on October 24, 2005
Web 2.0 - By David Hornik on October 11, 2005
VCitis - By David Hornik on October 2, 2005


September 2005

Let the Podcasting Begin - By David Hornik on September 26, 2005
Don't Let Your Advertising Agency Write Your Blog - By David Hornik on September 16, 2005
Steve Jobs: Master of the Demo - By David Hornik on September 12, 2005
The August Annual Schmoozefest - By David Hornik on September 8, 2005
Pandora and Persistence - By David Hornik on September 7, 2005


August 2005

Fun and Crazy and Frustrating and Hard and Rewarding - By David Hornik on August 25, 2005
Wandering the Blog "Library" - By David Hornik on August 22, 2005
Reopening the Pharmacy - By David Hornik on August 20, 2005


June 2005

My Quest For The World Record In Conference Attendance - By David Hornik on June 30, 2005
The Podcast Elevator Pitch - By David Hornik on June 13, 2005


May 2005

Why Are Startups Like Peacocks? - By Kevin Laws on May 11, 2005
Mac Mini -- The New New Internet Computer - By David Hornik on May 5, 2005


April 2005

The O'Reilly Radar Blog: Technology's Crystal Ball Now Comes With RSS - By David Hornik on April 28, 2005
The Startup Ecosystem - By David Hornik on April 20, 2005
Personal Hygiene and PowerPoint Don't Mix - By David Hornik on April 11, 2005


March 2005

Lawyers Take Hold Of Blogging - By David Hornik on March 29, 2005
Of Searches and Psychics: The Costs of Long Tail Businesses - By Kevin Laws on March 18, 2005


February 2005

Hewlett Packard Blogs - By David Hornik on February 24, 2005
The Dos and Don'ts of Presenting at DEMO - By David Hornik on February 16, 2005
15 Years of DEMO - By David Hornik on February 16, 2005
New VentureBlog - By Andrew Anker on February 15, 2005
RSS - Really Something Special? - By Kevin Laws on February 8, 2005


January 2005

CES, Part 2: Voice Over IP Hits The Masses - By Kevin Laws on January 20, 2005
CES: Confessions Of A Bluetooth Skeptic - By David Hornik on January 12, 2005
Our Cover Boy - By Andrew Anker on January 9, 2005
New Year's Resolution: Meet Great Entrepreneurs - By David Hornik on January 3, 2005


December 2004

Team Building 200 Feet Underground - By David Hornik on December 20, 2004
Coming Soon: Desktop In Your Pocket - By Kevin Laws on December 3, 2004


November 2004

Fun With SEC Filings - By David Hornik on November 16, 2004


October 2004

On Board With Six Apart - By David Hornik on October 7, 2004
The Internet And the Death Of 80/20 - By Kevin Laws on October 5, 2004


September 2004

Sillywood, Part 3: All The Money is in Sequels - By Kevin Laws on September 22, 2004
Joe Kraus's Entrepreneur Blog - By David Hornik on September 20, 2004
Camping With The Alpha Geeks - By David Hornik on September 15, 2004
Walled Gardens At DemoMobile - By David Hornik on September 11, 2004


August 2004

What's Left To Say About Participating Preferred Stock? - By David Hornik on August 27, 2004
What I Want From The Next Generation of the Web - By Martin Tobias on August 3, 2004


July 2004

Disintermediating CBS - By David Hornik on July 31, 2004
VentureBlogger Makes It Big - By Andrew Anker on July 22, 2004
Fanaticism Is The Secret Weapon - By David Hornik on July 11, 2004


June 2004

Sillywood, Part 2: Perceived Success Breeds Success - By Kevin Laws on June 29, 2004
Thinking About Success Factors - By Martin Tobias on June 23, 2004
Sillywood, Part 1: Believing Makes It So - By Kevin Laws on June 22, 2004
All Social Networking Panels Are The Same - By David Hornik on June 17, 2004
The Who Hates Who Of The Technology World - By David Hornik on June 11, 2004
The Future in Review - By Martin Tobias on June 6, 2004
VentureBlog Contributor News - By Andrew Anker on June 6, 2004


May 2004

The International Thing - By Andrew Anker on May 23, 2004
Quantitative Evidence Of An Upswing - By David Hornik on May 22, 2004
Calendar Calisthenics Redux - By David Hornik on May 15, 2004
Calendar Calisthenics - By David Hornik on May 6, 2004
Tapping The Trillion Dollar Market - By Kevin Laws on May 4, 2004


April 2004

Legally Gray (Observations From My Law School Reunion) - By David Hornik on April 28, 2004
Former Venture Capitalist - By Andrew Anker on April 25, 2004
Venture Lending 101 - By David Hornik on April 20, 2004
Success Breeds Success - By David Hornik on April 7, 2004


March 2004

Whither mCommerce? - By Kevin Laws on March 30, 2004
It's The People, Stupid! - By David Hornik on March 29, 2004
Brand Follows User Experience - By Andrew Anker on March 9, 2004
Translating Passion Into Profits - By Kevin Laws on March 8, 2004
More TED Thoughts - By David Hornik on March 5, 2004


February 2004

Evolution and Product Development - By David Hornik on February 26, 2004
I Used To Be Very Wealthy - By Andrew Anker on February 23, 2004
Don't Make Me Laugh - By David Hornik on February 19, 2004
The Silicon Valley Demo Express - By David Hornik on February 18, 2004
Standardizing The Comparison Slide - By David Hornik on February 16, 2004
Practical Networking: Make Your Own Luck - By Kevin Laws on February 12, 2004
Do It Yourself Corporate Law - By David Hornik on February 8, 2004


January 2004

Microsoft at CES - By David Hornik on January 21, 2004
Seeing Blue At CES - By David Hornik on January 12, 2004
DNS Problems - By Andrew Anker on January 7, 2004


December 2003

Venture Friction - By Andrew Anker on December 17, 2003
Financial Markets Predict Linux Win Vs. SCO - By Kevin Laws on December 11, 2003
Conserving Social Capital - By David Hornik on December 9, 2003
Old School Social Networking - By David Hornik on December 5, 2003
The End Of The Laptop? - By Kevin Laws on December 3, 2003
Steve Case Makes A Career Of Vacationing - By David Hornik on December 3, 2003
Carrot Capitalism - By Andrew Anker on December 2, 2003


November 2003

Accelerating Acceleration - By Andrew Anker on November 20, 2003
The Irony of Outsourcing - By Kevin Laws on November 18, 2003
200 Of Reid Hoffman's Closest Friends - By David Hornik on November 12, 2003
Geographic Network Effects - By Andrew Anker on November 10, 2003
The Future of Email - By Kevin Laws on November 3, 2003


October 2003

Lessons Not Learned - By Andrew Anker on October 30, 2003
Ubiquity Breeds Utility - By Naval Ravikant on October 23, 2003
High Tech Energy Crisis - By David Hornik on October 20, 2003
Business As Reality Programming - By David Hornik on October 20, 2003
Beauty Contests and Venture Valuations - By Kevin Laws on October 14, 2003
Bill Gurley On The Digital Hand - By Andrew Anker on October 9, 2003
Reed Hundt, Unleashed - By Naval Ravikant on October 8, 2003
Let The Convergence Wars Begin - By David Hornik on October 8, 2003
Complexity Over Opacity - By Andrew Anker on October 7, 2003
Nigerian Email About Viagra - By David Hornik on October 5, 2003
Much Ado About Email - By Naval Ravikant on October 3, 2003
Enterprise Social Software Is Not An Oxymoron - By David Hornik on October 1, 2003
RSS: The Best Of All Possible Worlds - By David Hornik on October 1, 2003


September 2003

It's The End Of The Web As We Know It And I Feel Fine - By David Hornik on September 30, 2003
From Moviemercials To Advergaming - By David Hornik on September 25, 2003
A New Newsletter From Lessig's Gang - By David Hornik on September 23, 2003
TicketMaster Ain't Ebay - By Naval Ravikant on September 22, 2003
Audience As Economic Indicator - By David Hornik on September 19, 2003
The Coming Bubblet - By Andrew Anker on September 17, 2003
Snidely Whiplash And The Liquidation Preference - By Kevin Laws on September 12, 2003
First Mover Disadvantage - By Andrew Anker on September 11, 2003
Swapping Executives - By David Hornik on September 10, 2003
VentureBlog Live - By David Hornik on September 8, 2003
Another Good Enough Point - By Andrew Anker on September 5, 2003
Rock Concerts Are A Marketing Device - By David Hornik on September 4, 2003


August 2003

No Admission For The University Of California - By David Hornik on August 29, 2003
Know Your Presentation Cold - By David Hornik on August 28, 2003
Mr. Gruener Goes To Sacramento? - By Andrew Anker on August 26, 2003
Bill Gurley On Restricted Stock - By Andrew Anker on August 25, 2003
Q2 Venture Economy Looking Up - By David Hornik on August 25, 2003
A Hairy Market For China - By David Hornik on August 22, 2003
The Summer Slowdown - By David Hornik on August 19, 2003
All Quiet In Silicon Valley - By Naval Ravikant on August 14, 2003
Too Cheap To Meter - By Naval Ravikant on August 14, 2003
TruckWidth - By Naval Ravikant on August 14, 2003
Tim Oren On Unintended Consequences - By Andrew Anker on August 13, 2003
Patently Cynical - By Andrew Anker on August 11, 2003
Bootstrapping Your Company - By Andrew Anker on August 6, 2003
Good (CEO) Help Is Hard To Find - By Naval Ravikant on August 3, 2003


July 2003

Movin' On Up - By Andrew Anker on July 29, 2003
The IPO Tipping Point - By Andrew Anker on July 28, 2003
The Importance Of PR - By Andrew Anker on July 24, 2003
Less Convergence Please - By David Hornik on July 23, 2003
Is There A Doctor In The House? - By David Hornik on July 21, 2003
Bill Gurley On The Mobile Internet - By Andrew Anker on July 20, 2003
VCs And Golf - By Andrew Anker on July 16, 2003
McProcessors - By David Hornik on July 14, 2003
A Leadership Rally - By Andrew Anker on July 14, 2003
There's No Accounting For Taste - By David Hornik on July 11, 2003
When Are Bloggers Off The Record? - By David Hornik on July 10, 2003
Apple As An Appliance Vendor - By Andrew Anker on July 7, 2003
Putting The "Power" In PowerPoint - By David Hornik on July 7, 2003
The Danger Of State Sponsored Monopolies - By David Hornik on July 3, 2003
The Danger Of Overseas Outsourcing - By David Hornik on July 3, 2003
Digital Music Grows Up - By Andrew Anker on July 3, 2003
Can The Internet Stay Neutral? - By David Hornik on July 2, 2003
Is The Web Inherently Democratic? - By David Hornik on July 1, 2003


June 2003

Bad Laws Don't Make Good Technology - By David Hornik on June 28, 2003
Sarbanes-Oxley Is Good For The Valley - By Andrew Anker on June 26, 2003
Public Markets Drive Private Investment - By David Hornik on June 25, 2003
More Signs Of Life - By Andrew Anker on June 23, 2003
Networking Is Not A Dirty Word - By David Hornik on June 21, 2003
The Blog Explosion - By Andrew Anker on June 20, 2003
The New Platforms - By Naval Ravikant on June 19, 2003
Tim Oren On Venture Returns - By Andrew Anker on June 18, 2003
Know Your Burn - By Andrew Anker on June 18, 2003
True Or False - By Andrew Anker on June 16, 2003
How They Say It - By David Hornik on June 16, 2003
To Expense Or Not To Expense - By Andrew Anker on June 13, 2003
Being Diligent - By David Hornik on June 12, 2003
Stewart Alsop On Broadband - By Andrew Anker on June 10, 2003
Dell's Transformation - By Andrew Anker on June 9, 2003
We Are All Digital Consumers - By Andrew Anker on June 7, 2003
Don't Take the Money - By Naval Ravikant on June 6, 2003
The Market For Money - By David Hornik on June 5, 2003
The Savior Of Web Advertising? - By Andrew Anker on June 3, 2003
Giving Mine Sweeping A Whole New Meaning - By David Hornik on June 2, 2003


May 2003

Understanding Optimism - By Andrew Anker on May 30, 2003
Great Executives Don't Have All The Answers - By David Hornik on May 30, 2003
Bill Gates At D - By David Hornik on May 30, 2003
Wall Street Journal Live - By David Hornik on May 28, 2003
Net Boom, Act II - By Andrew Anker on May 28, 2003
How Do You Solve A Problem Like Linux? - By David Hornik on May 27, 2003
Most Popular Posts - By Andrew Anker on May 25, 2003
Joi Ito On The Investment Process - By Andrew Anker on May 25, 2003
Moneyball - By Andrew Anker on May 25, 2003
Free Biz Dev Guys - By David Hornik on May 22, 2003
What Does It All Mean? - By David Hornik on May 21, 2003
Optimism Not Reflected In Q1 Financing Terms - By David Hornik on May 20, 2003
The Slippery Slope of Statistics - By David Hornik on May 19, 2003
It Sounds So 1999 - By David Hornik on May 16, 2003
New Media, Reloaded - By Naval Ravikant on May 15, 2003
Google As Navigation - By David Hornik on May 14, 2003
Tim Oren On No Exit - By Andrew Anker on May 14, 2003
Valuing Your Company - By Andrew Anker on May 13, 2003
Creating Habits - By Andrew Anker on May 12, 2003
There's Plenty of Room in the Future - By Naval Ravikant on May 9, 2003
Approaching Good Enough - By Andrew Anker on May 8, 2003
Hire, Hire, Hire -- Fire, Fire, Fire - By David Hornik on May 7, 2003
Ebb And Flow - By Andrew Anker on May 6, 2003
Startups Shouldn't Come With Golden Parachutes - By David Hornik on May 6, 2003
New 30 Gig iPod - By Andrew Anker on May 5, 2003
Do Good Work - By David Hornik on May 5, 2003
VentureBlog Referrer Logs Are Live - By Andrew Anker on May 3, 2003
4 Keys To Google's Success - By David Hornik on May 2, 2003
Understanding Venture Returns - By Andrew Anker on May 1, 2003
You Know Your Legislation Has Gone Awry When . . . - By David Hornik on May 1, 2003


April 2003

Fear Vs. Greed - By Naval Ravikant on April 30, 2003
Was Hummer Winblad Unjustly Enriched? - By David Hornik on April 30, 2003
Do Your Homework - By David Hornik on April 29, 2003
We've Hit Bottom - By Andrew Anker on April 29, 2003
Fear Expands Intellectual Property Rights - By David Hornik on April 27, 2003
Money Is Time - By Andrew Anker on April 26, 2003
Blahg, Blahg, Blahg - By David Hornik on April 25, 2003
Power of the Alpha Geek - By David Hornik on April 25, 2003
Bill Gurley On Dot Com Recovery - By Andrew Anker on April 24, 2003
Metacrap and Interoperability - By David Hornik on April 23, 2003
Charles Hudson On Software - By Andrew Anker on April 22, 2003
The No-Cost Option - By Naval Ravikant on April 21, 2003
Uncle Sam's Huge IT Budget - By David Hornik on April 21, 2003
How Marc Became Marc - By Andrew Anker on April 19, 2003
Semiconductors Are Hot! - By Andrew Anker on April 18, 2003
Better Than a Stuffed Matzoh Man - By David Hornik on April 18, 2003
Projections Don't Matter - By Andrew Anker on April 17, 2003
Not Talking Technology - By Naval Ravikant on April 16, 2003
Stewart Alsop On Server Side State - By Andrew Anker on April 14, 2003
The Price of Procrastination - By David Hornik on April 14, 2003
PowerPoint: Just Don't Unimpress Us - By Andrew Anker on April 11, 2003
A Porsche 911 For $750 - By David Hornik on April 11, 2003
Selling Outside Korea - By David Hornik on April 10, 2003
VCs Invest In Companies, Not Products - By Andrew Anker on April 9, 2003
Sitting in My Hotel Hall - By David Hornik on April 9, 2003
The Other War - By Andrew Anker on April 8, 2003
Old Technology In The Air - By David Hornik on April 8, 2003
Look Ma, No Wireless - By Naval Ravikant on April 7, 2003
Fastest Growing Tech Companies - By Andrew Anker on April 7, 2003
A Web Pioneer Moves On - By Andrew Anker on April 5, 2003
Sand Hill Dead Zone - By David Hornik on April 5, 2003
Stewart Alsop On Virtualization - By Andrew Anker on April 3, 2003
VentureBlog: The First Week - By Andrew Anker on April 3, 2003
Know Thy Investor - By Naval Ravikant on April 3, 2003
Make Your Own Credibility - By David Hornik on April 2, 2003
DRM - By David Hornik on April 1, 2003


March 2003

Don't Be Conservative - By David Hornik on March 31, 2003
Wi-Fi And Baseball - By Andrew Anker on March 31, 2003
Cash Is King - By David Hornik on March 28, 2003
Lunch At Silicon Valley Bank - By Andrew Anker on March 27, 2003
How Established Companies Compete - By Andrew Anker on March 26, 2003
VentureBlog Is Live - By Andrew Anker on March 25, 2003
Be Different - By David Hornik on March 24, 2003
The Punctuated Equilibrium of Valley Tech Magazines - By Andrew Anker on March 23, 2003
How Hardware Changes Media - By Andrew Anker on March 21, 2003
At What Cost? - By David Hornik on March 19, 2003
War and Optimism - By Andrew Anker on March 19, 2003
The Exploding Termsheet - By Naval Ravikant on March 17, 2003
Can't We All Be Buddies? - By Andrew Anker on March 17, 2003
The Need For Strong Leadership - By Andrew Anker on March 14, 2003
Legal Eagles Go East - By Naval Ravikant on March 13, 2003
Stewart Alsop On Killer Apps - By Andrew Anker on March 12, 2003
Free Legal Advice - By David Hornik on March 12, 2003
Don't Get Bitten By Your Own NDA - By David Hornik on March 12, 2003
Confidence Up... Down - By Andrew Anker on March 11, 2003
Why Text Will Always Rule - By Andrew Anker on March 9, 2003
Is Google the Next Microsoft? - By David Hornik on March 7, 2003
BusinessWeek Talks TV - By Andrew Anker on March 6, 2003
Know When You're a Loser - By David Hornik on March 6, 2003
I'm a VC. Who The Hell Are You? - By David Hornik on March 5, 2003
Joel Goes Bigtime - By Naval Ravikant on March 5, 2003
Building A Better Server - By Andrew Anker on March 4, 2003
The Home Theater PC is Coming - By Naval Ravikant on March 3, 2003
Apple Thinks Start-Up - By Andrew Anker on March 2, 2003


February 2003

Google at TED - By Andrew Anker on February 28, 2003
Welcome To VentureBlog - By Andrew Anker on February 23, 2003