Things a VC Will Never Say
I picked up this pretty funny and, shall I say, quite cynical deck on the A VC blog by NYC-based venture capitalist Fred Wilson.
Enjoy!
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The Market Segment Analysis Chart
Most segment-strategy discussions involve seas of numbers scattered across slides, spreadsheets, and dashboards. Here’s a simple chart that puts the relevant data in one place so you can spend less time reconciling numbers and more time deciding where to invest, what to fix, and when to get out.
The One Thing That Everyone May Be Too Busy to Worry About: Winning
Everyone on the executive team is busy making plan and improving efficiency. But who is making sure you’re actually winning the market? Why CEOs need to track market share — even when the data is imperfect.
Why I Believe in Categories, Just Not Category Design
Imagine you’re walking down a beach and find a watch. You pick it up, inspect its intricate mechanism, admire how precisely all the pieces fit together, and conclude that something so complex and precisely engineered couldn’t possibly have arisen by chance: there must have been a designer. Wait.
Introducing Kellblog Subscriptions
(Edited 8/5 with expectations for more changes coming.) I often tell founders to "test by doing," so in this post I'll be practicing what I preach. After nearly 20 years of publishing Kellblog for free, I'm introducing subscriptions. I'll start by