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Asynchronous Design Critique: Getting Feedback

“Any comment?” is probably one of the worst ways to ask for feedback. It’s vague and open ended, and it doesn’t provide any indication of what we’re looking for. Getting good feedback starts earlier than we might expect: it starts with the request.  Article Continues Below It might seem counterintuitive to start the process of […]

Strobist: SLC-1L-13: Conservancy Critters

When lighting with small subjects, a speedlight is generally all you’ll ever need. Further, because of the scale and distances involved, even with a small flash you’ll be working at low power settings. For these photos of some of the resident animals at the Howard County Conservancy, we used a single speedlight generally at one-eighth […]

On Funding — The Denominator Effect

I recently wrote a post about funding for investors to think about having a diversified portfolio, which I called “shots on goal.” The thesis is that before investing in an early-stage startup it is close to impossible to know which of the deals you did will break out to the upside. It’s therefore important to […]

Episode 159 – JetBrains Space

Valerie specializes in team tools, team collaboration, and project management methodologies. Apart from product marketing, her role is to help different teams at JetBrains to establish themost suitable and productive process to achieve their specific goals and meet their requirements. Guest Episodes: Source link

On Funding — Shots on Goal

Being great as a startup technology investor of course requires a lot of things to come together: You need to have strong insights into where technology markets are heading and where value in the future will be created and sustained You need be perfect with your market timing. Being too early is the same as […]

What Mistakes Do VCs Make When Fundraising?

A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of talking to Samir Kaji on the Venture Unlocked podcast about a wide range of topics that we as venture capitalists think about everyday, including: How to build a generational firm — retaining partner talent and finding the complimentary networks and skillsets firms need to succeed over […]