Just a quick update for those of you following our investment in Frugal Mechanic: Eric and Tim don’t make much noise but they’re quietly dominating the world of auto parts price comparison. That may not sound like a big market, but DIY auto parts is actually a $19B market in the U.S. alone, and none continue…
Find iPhone apps at AppStoreHQTwo-thirds of the Urbanspoon team dropped by Founders Co-op for our weekly all-hands lunch this week, fresh on the heels of their acquisition by IAC. They shared the story of their journey from struggling Facebook app developer to iPhone app superstars, including some of the best (and worst) decisions they made continue…
I love my BlackBerry and I love Google’s suite of productivity and communications apps, but until recently I’ve had to rely on apps I don’t love at all (like Microsoft Outlook and BlackBerry’s own desktop sync) to make the two play nicely together. It was a great day when Google released Gmail for the BlackBerry, continue…
In his excellent series of blog posts on building and managing technology startups, Marc Andreesen advances (with an oblique credit to Benchmark’s Andy Rachleff) the idea of “product/market fit” as the foundation of startup success. In his view, achieving product/market fit is the only thing that matters to a startup, trumping all other factors like continue…
Like any couple that’s been together a while, my wife and I have a large vocabulary of stock jokes and catchphrases that we use semi-ironically whenever we’re recounting a recent experience that fits a familiar pattern. One of my favorites is: “The Internet Rules!” used triumphantly (usually by me) whenever we use the Web to continue…