A common question among out-of-town visitors at Founders Co-op is “how do you get a cab around here?” Seattle is a car-centric city with far-flung neighborhoods and few concentrated population centers that can support a New York-style cab culture. As a result, actually getting a cab to show up when you need it is pretty continue…
I had a great time last week at the Legal Frontiers in Digital Media conference – an event put on jointly by the Media Law Resource Center and Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society. As one of the few non-lawyers in the room (most attendees were either in-house counsel at large media and continue…
A few weeks ago Fred Wilson reflected on the tight market for engineering talent: “[T]here is a war for talent, particularly developer talent, going on. Not just in Silicon Valley but also in NYC and many other places around the country.” In chemistry terms, developers are now the limiting reagent for high-growth software firms. The scarcity continue…
I was on a great panel at TiECon on Friday, flew home just in time for my son’s 6th birthday party, and flew out the next morning for Whitefish, Montana. I usually hate being away from my kids on the weekend but this was a trip I couldn’t miss: a close college friend had just continue…