I like to do a little exercise when I give a talk (like the one above), which is to ask the room how many golf balls fit in a bath tub.Not because

"Experience is what you get right after you need it." - James C. WoffordArmory is the startup I've always wanted to create. I'm applying everything I've learned over the past fifteen years from

I've never tried this myself, but I've heard it works extremely well -- and in fact, I'd love for someone to try this and then post a comment on this blog (ideally w/

When Isaac, Ben and I started Armory late last year, I found a lot has changed since starting my last startup, Socialize, in 2008. There's a suite of new tools available to instrument

One of my best "get things done" tricks: is that I focus on the "last mile" of whatever I'm doing.Here's a picture to illustrate what I mean:Most of the work went

Elon Musk did a fireside chat (why is the fire always missing from these fireside chats?) with Steve Jurvitson of DFJ at Stanford this morning to celebrate an event called FutureFest. In the

I'm going to share a story about the forest vs. the trees. But it's not the story you're expecting to hear.My last blog post was about Doing Less, Better, which is my

There's a great article in the NYTimes about Slack, a new startup that the Valley is buzzing about. Slack is a business messaging & collaboration app, and it's really, really good. The reporter

This new startup, Jet.com, is looking to be the Costco of the web, and to undercut Amazon's prices by an average of 10%. They won't focus on speedy 2 day "prime" delivery.

Just a quick post to share a decision making pro-tip that I shared with a few people this week.Anytime I need to consider a number of criteria to make a decision on

At a recent DFJ venture capital conference, I heard the story of Arash Bayatmakou.He fell from a 3rd story balcony a few years ago and landed on his neck, paralyzing him from

I'm going to share one of my most powerful negotiating techniques. The funny thing is that up until a year ago, I didn't even realize this was a technique -- I thought everyone

I absolutely love this video of Zuck talking about Facebook back in 2005. If I had been in that room, I wouldn't have been able to guess that Facebook would become a $180+