If imitation is flattery, the venture business should be enthused by the Wilson brothers’ recent spate of VC costume-bearing.  First, Owen dons the hat in “Wedding Crashers” and now Luke takes the baton in “The Wendell Baker Story”: 
“Venture capitalist: that’s the misleading job description preferred by the title character of the slight and silly “Wendell Baker […]

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At the beginning of the year I noted that media (i.e. content) would play a role in 2007 e-commerce growth.  Here was prediction #2 in my e-commerce prognostications: 
Content shifts traffic patterns. Especially within niches, the more sophisticated e-tailers will look to media to drive visit frequency. Just as groceries changed Wal-Mart’s customer base from […]

I generally try to scan my “held mail” email each day to see what my spam filter, AppRiver, caught.  It’s often a collosal waste of time, but when it’s not, I’m glad I checked.  Type I errors are death for time-sensitive correspondence (and spam filter companies).
So imagine my surprise when I discovered yesterday’s “held mail” email in today’s ”held mail” […]