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Mark is an Associate at DFJ Gotham Ventures. He works closely with DFJ Gotham portfolio companies ViVOtech and Drop.io.
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Posted: Wednesday 2 May 2012
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When I was in High School I taped a picture of the next guy I was going to wrestle to my bathroom mirror. I stared him down as I scrubbed my teeth every morning. I was on a mission to...
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Posted: Thursday 19 April 2012
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I just came across this TED talk. Very interesting thinking about human psychology that has implications for product and pricing decisions. Enjoy.
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Posted: Tuesday 17 April 2012
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Any plan to transform an entire country into a thriving startup ecosystem is a lofty goal for a mere mortal. Despite that, Fernando Napolitano has set out to do just that. Fernando organized a conference in Rome that took place...
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Posted: Tuesday 3 April 2012
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When I left my last job and set out to build Kohort, I laid out a few personal goals. One of them was simply to always work with people that I like and that I hoped would like each other....
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Posted: Tuesday 20 March 2012
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I just landed back from my trip to SXSW. It was a lot of fun but it was also inspiring. The energy & passion to drive change bubbled up from every street corner, dive bar and seat in conference. The...
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Posted: Saturday 10 March 2012
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...back next week.
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Posted: Tuesday 6 March 2012
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I was invited in to speak to a swarm of NYU Stern MBAs yesterday. The stadium seating positioned lots of eyes to stare down at the topic at hand - how to get a job in VC. You can pick...
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Posted: Tuesday 14 February 2012
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There has historically been a lot of focus on the role of the CEO, the tech & product teams and sales & marketing personnel. Business writing has engulfed each of these functions and the tabloids rave about celebrity executives from...
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Posted: Thursday 2 February 2012
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Ever find your team debating a decision in which there are two very different yet justifiable solutions to a given problem? We all have. Very often these are the most contentious and most complicated decisions simply because despite rigorous review...
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Posted: Tuesday 31 January 2012
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Kohort was asked by the Startup America Partnership to help celebrate their 1-year anniversary. Alison and I ended up ringing the bell at the NYSE. The video is below. PS - the "bell" is actually a big green button.
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Posted: Tuesday 24 January 2012
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During my first week at Columbia Business School in the fall of 2007, class was interrupted to do an exercise with an improv troop. Not being much of a thespian, I scowled thinking that my time was about to be...
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Posted: Thursday 19 January 2012
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For techies who are nestled in their startup caves some of the major web properties (Google, Wikipedia, etc) protested SOPA/PIPA yesterday by either shutting down their sites or changing some of the content on their homepages. While we have a...
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Posted: Thursday 12 January 2012
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The cultural norms in the venture capital industry change. What I mean is that deal terms - valuation, control rights and beyond - change over time. A sweetheart deal last year is an outrage this year. A few years back...
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Posted: Thursday 15 December 2011
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For those who missed it - yesterday I did a 1-hour live Q&A on Inc.com. There were some great questions from the viewers. You can watch the Q&A here: Watch live video from Inc. Magazine on Justin.tv
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Posted: Friday 9 December 2011
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High Peaks CEOs & Ambassadors converged on Cooley Wednesday night to attend a rockstar course on Media Training. The course was part of a series High Peaks casually calls High Peaks University where we have industry leaders in a swath...
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Posted: Wednesday 30 November 2011
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Last night the Columbia Venture Community announced the CVC30. The CVC30 is a list of some of the most interesting people in startrup ecosystem out of Columbia University. This list represents the achievements of a lot of hard working folks...
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Posted: Tuesday 8 November 2011
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Every industry has its nuances. One of the most painful parts of the software space is waiting for the product to be baked. For business folks, waking up day-by-day to wait for software development can feel like watching a pot...
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Posted: Tuesday 1 November 2011
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As they delegate more of their day-to-day tasks, CEOs will be able to increasingly focus on strategic alignment. To me, strategic alignment means coordinating your efforts internally to achieve progress that fits into the external opportunity. In order to do...
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Posted: Wednesday 21 September 2011
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Have you ever had a really frustrating experience with a customer service person - maybe a clerk at a store, a teleservice rep for a service provider? What did you say when you got off the phone? Did your curse...
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Posted: Thursday 15 September 2011
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I remember when I was a few years out of college thinking that I was ready to be a partner at my firm. I could do every type of analysis that was required of me, modeling was easy and, boy,...
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