Week 33: Network Centrality, Bass Diffusion, SaaS Sales & Data Science
Stanford GSB Sloan Study Notes, Week 3 (33), Spring quarter Head down in two inches of readings for this week and a fresh flow of first written project deadlines, like a two-degrees-deep analysis of...
View ArticleWeek 35: Virality, Freemium, Bitcoin & Asteroids
Stanford GSB Sloan Study Notes, Week 5 (35), Spring quarter Could be that my future co-alumni will look back at this week from the future as historic: the school came out to the public with news that...
View ArticleWeek 39: R, Regression Discontinuity, Bakeries and Sales VPs
Stanford GSB Sloan Study Notes, Week 9 (39), Spring quarter The Memorial Day week was the only one compressed to four long days this quarter, with the main theme on finalizing group projects. We...
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Sten @ a16z
August 1st marked the end of my 8+ year journey with Skype, after returning from an academic break at Stanford. As expected, the top incoming question following my departure tweet has been “what’s...
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First Decade of #SkypeMafia
On August 29th Skype is celebrating its birthday. As it did as a small European-rooted startup, so it does as a product in the portfolio of Microsoft. This time it is a round one, too: first 10 years....
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VC Funds Go Where Immigrants Come From
Thinking about the linkages between US and European tech investment and startup scenes ahead of the Slush conference in 10 days, I found an interesting paper: Deal or No Deal: The Growth of...
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On Bridges, Part 1: Realizing how Europe and Silicon Valley are drifting apart
This post is 1st of 3 in the series aimed at discussing ways Silicon Valley and European tech scenes could contribute to and gain more from each other. The series are an expansion of a short speech I...
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On Bridges, Part 2: Why Should Europe Care for Silicon Valley
This post is 2nd of 3 discussing ways Silicon Valley and European tech scene could get closer to each other. The series are an expansion of a short speech I gave at Slush conference in November 2013 –...
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On Bridges, Part 3: What Can Europe Give to Silicon Valley?
This is the final post of 3 contemplating how Silicon Valley and European tech scenes could get closer to each other. The series are an expansion of a short speech I gave at Slush conference in...
View ArticleSo… What Does an EIR Actually Do?
This has been a persistent question since I started my Entrepreneur in Residence gig at Andreessen Horowitz, and one that I have had to both figure out for myself and explain over and over again. If...
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