We love what we do, so ClearCreek writes and publishes pieces for a somewhat irregular blog about emerging companies and the capital markets. Or we did for a while anyway, then we did less, and apparently we stopped entirely. But we kept the old posts below. Any errors are ours exclusively while the occasional sharp insight is probably borrowed. We hope you find them of interest, and we always welcome feedback.
Our regular feature of the five best blogs includes: Jeff Bussgang on Lean Ideas v. Big Ideas; the NYT’s David Pogue on the Worst Tech Predictions of All Time; Chris Dixon on the ticking clock that starts when you raise money; GGV’s Jeff Richards with Eight Tips for Entrepreneurs;…
Read MoreThis month’s list of the five best blogs includes: Brad Feld on the need to focus on outcomes, not organization; James Surowiecki on human nature and volatile stocks; former ClearCreek client Roger Dooley dissects a Starbucks loyalty failure; Jeff Bussgang on the difficulty in scaling;…
Read MoreIt’s a theme as old as Dickens and reflects both a central tenet of biology and the basic economic belief that as an industry matures, it divides. Fred Wilson sees the venture capital industry increasingly split into two parts:…
Read MoreA new feature for this blog — with a hat tip to FiveBooks — are a quick list of five of the best blogs since, um, the last newsletter. This round features: Paul Graham on The Top Idea In Your Mind and The Future of Startup Funding; Brad Feld on Serious Questions for Super Angels;…
Read MoreFlybridge’s Jeff Bussgang has a nice blog piece where he coins a new word in the venture lexicon: the “promote” (not the Prestige). Entrepreneurs too often fixate on their pre-money valuation (the “pre”), instead of focusing on what…
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