Oct 31
- Reading up on CA Propositions at http://kqed.org/elections. Wish legislature would do its job rather than punting to uninformed voters. #
Oct 30
- RT @ToniPeramaki: at #stanford learning from @manukumar about the way Valley VCs and angels operate. #aaltoes http://yfrog.com/77yz1pj #
- Silliness of our legislative system that we end up w/things like the small biz tax incentive for investments — but *only* for 3 months! #
- 100% Cap Gains Exclusion for Qualified Small Business Investments Before Year-End (if you hold for 5yrs) http://k9.vc/9WJM1e #
- Signed paperwork for new FT office for @K9Ventures in d/t Palo Alto. Psyched to have a dedicated office! #MetaLevelStartup #
- I'm at Huang Building – Stanford in CA http://gowal.la/c/2MFG7?137 #
- The #1 #Startup Philosopher was Nietzsche. He gave us the startup mantra: 'That which does not kill us, makes us stronger' #
- SVB Showcase — at Rosewood Sand Hill Hotel http://gowal.la/c/2MAbN?137 #
Oct 29
- RT @lindsayblakely: If you missed #FailCon here's a great clip of VC Manu Kumar on what he looks for in CEOs http://bit.ly/c5QzAc #
Oct 28
- Great press coverage on #FailCon 2010 at http://failcon2010.com/press/ (thanks for the pointer @webwallflower) #
- Feels like @bowei, @sidviswanathan, @sudeepy622 & I are all in a new reality TV show called #DeviceSwap Go @cardmunch! #
- I'm in love (okay maybe not in love, but definitely a believer!) The 11" MacBook Air it is. http://twitpic.com/31fmgb Will order online tho. #
- Want to check if I should get the 11" or 13" MacBook Air, any recommendations? — at Apple Store, Palo Alto http://gowal.la/c/2M1a1?137 #
- Exchanging some amazing customer stories w/ @cardmunch team in the lobby of the #xinnovate conference. Good stuff. #
- Spotted him on down escalator while I was going up. Chase him down & cordially exchanged bags! iPad recovered. Phew! #xinnovate #excitement #
- Sherlock Holmes would be proud. Tracked bag miscreant down. Called his hotel left msg, alerted all staff to watch for him… Cont… #
- Congrats @christine! #
- On a hunt for the person who (hopefully mistakenly) took my conference bag (w/ my iPad!) at #xinnovate & left his hanging behind his chair! #
- At PayPal #xinnovate at Moscone West but my iPhone thinks I'm somewhere else in SF http://twitpic.com/31d2u7 #
- Aw, thnx! RT @mattwork: @manukumar is a real gentleman amongst #angels & #VCs Recommend highly to #entrepreneurs Even a "pass" feels good! #
Oct 27
- Very cool. Wish it let me see/sort by Avg Cust Review tho! RT @Werner: Amazon Windowshop for iPad has launched – http://www.windowshop.com/ #
- Did more today!
RT @sidviswanathan: I'm wondering who actually did more CardMunch demos at #FailCon yesterday, myself or @manukumar # - Will be at PayPal #xinnovate tomorrow. At the Microsoft #VCSummit today. Lot's of good events this week! cc @sudeepy622 @sidviswanathan #
- Got reprimanded for trying to take a iPhone picture during the IE 9 demo. Doh! So no pics folks, sorry! #VCSummit #
- Ballmer on the cloud: 'We're all in.' http://twitpic.com/312o28 #VCSummit #
- Ballmer on Bing: 'If there is no competition then I [referring to VCs] would invest in any advertising based businesses' #VCSummit #
- Ballmer: 'it's not about unit volumes, it's about mojo' #phones #VCSummit #
- Ballmer says on mobile 'We made a mistake, but we *don't* give up. We keep coming. We have lot's of funding so to speak' #VCSummit #
- Ballmer says Microsoft sold 240M copies of Windows 7. 'Got ripped off for another 100M, 65M of that in China' #VCSummit #
- Have to say that I feel just a tad guilty walking into the Microsoft #VCSummit w/ an iPad & an iPhone
# - Steve Ballmer giving an overview of Microsoft's focus in different areas. http://twitpic.com/312kio #VCSummit #
- Microsoft VC Summit 2010 — at Microsoft Building 1 http://gowal.la/c/2Lwva?137 #