Hey friends! You’ve prob seen some delete Facebook stuff. Clearly they’ve made some mistakes. So in an effort to help push Fb to a stronger privacy policy, I’ve joined MeWe. I’m not planning on leaving Fb but if you’re so inclined feel free to connect with me on mewe...
Happy to announce that we just launched a new website for Dayna’s new education consultant business, MyEdAdvisor. Dayna has been working with high school and college students for more than 20 years, providing a combination of mental health and educational...
I just published a piece about the importance of having a conversation with Millenials, rather than directing traditional “top down” advertising at them. The article includes 10 ideas that can help you connect with them on their terms. Read the complete...
It’s been more than a dozen years since I left Rent.com. Needless to say, I didn’t expect to jump back in to the multifamily space. But after working pretty closely as an advisor with the team at ABODO, I’m excited to be joining their team as the VP,...
After a almost a year of product development, marketing and customer development, I’m excited to be launching CrowdStreet, a commercial real estate crowdfunding platform. The $254 billion commercial real estate financing market is ripe for disruption....
Last month, we quietly launched Cinephiled.com, a new film and pop culture site that delivers a mixture of commentary, community, creativity and conversation for people who love film and pop culture. Cinephiled features a staff of writers who have previously...
Congrats to the team at Abodo for closing their seed round! After so many years away from the apartment listing realm, it’s impressive to see a group of founders innovating in this space. It’s a real pleasure to work with them and I’m looking forward...
Udacity recently released a series of videos led by Steve Blank, entitled How to Build a Startup: The Lean Launchpad. This is far and away the most accessible and approachable way to to dig into Customer Development. The class summary says it all: Learn the key tools...
For about 15 years, I have had the pleasure of working with startup entrepreneurs in a number of technology sectors and in various capacities. I’m amazed at how much the startup landscape has changed and, more importantly, how the processes that are used by tech...
If you’re a startup founder, you’ve got one pitch deck for investors, another for sales, one for advisors that your try to recruit and you might have one for co-founders. And keeping all of those decks update and useful has always been a time-consuming...