Month: November 2020

  • How Israel and the Arab World Connect Through Technology

    This post is by David from David Teten's blog One of the greatest missed opportunities in Middle East business is no longer going to be missed. Back in July, I wrote an essay in Geektime on “The Anti-Israel BDS Movement Will Fail“. Little did I know how quickly that would prove true! Many Israeli companies…

  • Interviewing Designers and PMs: The Design Challenge

    This post is by Giff Constable from giffconstable.com It’s really hard to interview product designers and product managers. The most effective step I added to my cycles several years ago is a design challenge. The challenges themselves are a 2-hour take-home challenge, and then a 1-hour presentation with cross-functional members of the team. Because of…

  • Tony Hsieh

    This post is by Jo Tango from jtangoVC.com I never met Tony Hsieh (pronounced “shay”). But we were in an investment together decades ago, before there was a Zappos, before he was famous, and during the Dot-Com Bubble. When I was working on an investment (Ask Jeeves, which went IPO), I saw “Venture Frogs” listed…

  • 259. Developer Tools, The Surge of European Tech, and Why Founder Needs Differ Across Regions (Reid Christian)

    This post is by Nick Moran from The Full Ratchet: VC | Venture Capital | Angel Investors | Startup Investing | Fundraising | Crowdfunding | Pitch | Private Equity | Business Loans Reid Christian of CRV joins Nick to discuss Developer Tools, The Surge of European Tech, and Why Founder Needs Differ Across Regions. In…

  • 259. Developer Tools, The Surge of European Tech, and Why Founder Needs Differ Across Regions (Reid Christian)

    Reid Christian of CRV joins Nick to discuss Developer Tools, The Surge of European Tech, and Why Founder Needs Differ Across Regions. In this episode, we cover: Walk us through your background and path to VC What’s the thesis at CRV? $600M closed…

  • Thank you, Tony

    This post is by dunkhippo33 from Elizabeth Yin Coincidentally enough, I had decided that I wanted to write a letter to my mentor Tony this weekend, thanking him for the huge impact he’s had on my life. But I suppose that has now morphed into a more public letter. Being in a zombie, half blurry-eyed…

  • BFCM

    This post is by Alex Danco from alexdanco.com It’s Black Friday / Cyber Monday weekend, the biggest days of the year for Shopify. Inside our HQ, it’s just called “BFCM”, and it’s a very big deal. In our… Read more BFCM →

  • Conflicting Advice

    This post is by David Cohen from Hi, I'm David G. Cohen I’ve had several conversations recently where the idea came up that advice is situational. And, for any often used piece of advice, it’s sometimes easy to give exactly the opposite advice. The hard part is deciding what advice (if any) to take in…

  • How to Talk About the Arc of Your Career

    This post is by Charlie O’Donnell from This is going to be BIG Not everyone’s career moves up and to the right from beginning to end.In fact, I don’t think that actually happens to anyone—but some people are just better at hiding the wrong turns, u-turns, and downturns than others. The key isn’t skipping over…

  • How to Talk About the Arc of Your Career

    This post is by Charlie O’Donnell from This is going to be BIG Not everyone’s career moves up and to the right from beginning to end.In fact, I don’t think that actually happens to anyone—but some people are just better at hiding the wrong turns, u-turns, and downturns than others. The key isn’t skipping over…