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Hi, i'm looking for product feedback on a new generative AI product called Ambient. We are calling it an AI Chief of Staff, and it's basically a summarizer for everything: Zoom mee…

Bingo. If I were selling on premise software, this would be in my deck. Selling fear is one of the oldest sales tricks in the book. I do believe however that enterprises act more r…

It didn't make me laugh.

I would downvote this story if I could. Color operates in a parallel bizarro world that most of us will, thank god, never know. $40M in funding and no users? Check. Three months of…

I find platitudes backed by data pretty useful and interesting.

I'm not sure the author is a basketball player: "Aiming for the center of the basket increases the chance of hitting the front of the rim and having the shot drop straight down." H…

Well, I think if it were about the money he would have lawyered up, and not gone public. My understanding of his post was that the decision to go public meant he cared most about w…

You may want to consider putting the $10K towards a good cause (if Miso eventually steps up), to show it was never about the money. Thanks for sharing. Sounds like Miso may have ma…

Talk about taking transparency to the next level. This post has revenue, freemium conversion data, cap table breakdown, valuation, vc negotiation detail, and how Rand and his co-fo…

I haven't really noticed the pall. LinkedIn and Jive are doing very, very well on the public markets. As far as the private markets, valuations and acquisition prices don't seem to…

Oh man, I couldn't disagree more. Not only is Foursquare still relevant and presumably growing, but there are a whole bunch of cool services building on Foursquare location data in…

I find myself talking about Rapportive a lot as one of the better executed examples of the contextual delivery of relevant content. Glad these pioneers got rewarded for their work.…

You might be right. But dropping one giant startup in there will almost certainly mean new coffee shops, restaurants, and more courage for other startups to move in.

The area to watch right now if you want central location, access to Bart, and an up coming startup scene is around Civic Center, between 6th and 10th and market / mission. It's sti…

Agree, but not sure what that has to do with execution. More passion? More expertise? You think that's why 4sq won?

Yeah, this is an interesting topic. Why did Foursquare win? Was it anti-cheating provisions that were too strict in the early days? New York vs. Austin? Better PR? Simpler product?…

pattern recognition? My favorite investors were entrepreneurs once, but those that can at least identify attributes of companies that tend to wine can add value.

Rand, I wouldn't be surprised if this post gets you that round, and at better terms. Neil will be kicking himself at some point.

In my 10 person company, stuff like finance / cash management, distribution, statistics, operations, marketing, and sales are pretty crucial. Probably more so than the cleaning of …

Well said. I think you need a little swagger to handle the overwhelming odds against you as a startup. What you don't need are assholes.

I'm not sure about that. Many startups are either creating markets, or going after brand new markets. Expanding / educating the market is more important than destroying your compet…

glympse? Ish, would like to connect with you. we build geo apps, and work out of the mission (in the us bank building on 22nd and Mission).