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The Venture Capital Industry is Broken...and How to Fix It - Part 2

Wed Feb 24, 2010 9:54 AM EST

In my last blog article, I framed the current state of the venture industry and pointed out several issues that are clearly causing the industry problems.

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vc, technology, venture, gtd

The Venture Capital Industry is Broken...And How to Fix It - Part 1

Sun Feb 14, 2010 12:24 PM EST

By Hightechexec

One of the less known facts about Venture Capital is that according to MergerStat, 95% of all acquisitions happen below $25M and 97% happen below $50M. Almost the entire venture industry is built on exits greater than $200M and that represents only about 1% of all exits.

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technology, angels

Liaise Turns Emails Into Action Items

Wed Jan 27, 2010 8:53 AM EST

By Hightechexec

If you read my previous blog, you saw that I am about to add a new tool to the add-ons I have in Outlook. Because I run so many add-ons, I am very careful when I add a new one. I have been beta testing Liaise for about 1 month and I have decided it it time.

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technology, web-2-0, outlook, gtd

Outlook Add-On Round-up

Mon Jan 25, 2010 8:55 AM EST

By Hightechexec

Because I get so much email (300-400 per day), I had to use technology to keep up. I use Outlook as my email client and a hosted version of Exchange as my server.

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technology, outlook, organization, gtd

Tumbling with Tumblr

Mon Nov 2, 2009 11:12 AM EST

By Hightechexec

I am trying to up my blogging to 2-3 times per week, Tweeting 5-10 times per day, and now I have a new strategy based on Tumblr.

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technology, blogging

Video Call at 35,000 Feet...

Sun Aug 2, 2009 12:52 PM EDT

By Hightechexec

I had two new experiences this week that were really cool. First, I went to Boston to meet with a customer of mine and flew on Virgin America. The San Francisco to Boston flight has Internet access for $6 and the quality of service was great.

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technology, organization, gtd, lifestreaming

What is the next iPhone Killer App? Augmented Reality

Sat Jul 11, 2009 8:38 PM EDT

By Hightechexec

Apple filed for three patents this week that give will give you a feel where they are going with the next evolution of iPhone Application. The patents are described in this weeks Mashable and there are three features that will be really fantastic.

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technology, organization, gtd, iphone

New Project to Manage All Your Historic Email and Conversations...

Sat May 16, 2009 3:50 PM EDT

By Hightechexec

I don't know about you, but trying to manage historical email and conversation in an insane process. I get 300-500 emails a day and because I use Outlook, I can only keep about one quarters worth of email in an archive file.

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technology, outlook, organization, gtd

Twitter is the new Bloomberg Terminal for Tech...

Sat Apr 25, 2009 3:06 PM EDT

By Hightechexec

A lot of people are confused about Twitter. With over 9M new users in March alone, Twitter has definitely "jumped the shark" and has literally bypassed the early adopter and gone straight to mainstream.

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technology, organization, gtd, twtter