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Getting trashed

Someone recently trashed me pretty good.

It was an entrepreneur and he wasn't happy that I didn't invest in his company. I was very clear on why I wasn't going to invest this time around. I told him directly & clearly & quickly. But I guess that wasn't good enough. So he took it out on me behind my back. And I found out. Maybe I was supposed to?

The odd thing is that this person then called me for advice a week or so later. He has a bunch of VC friends so i was a quite surprised that he reached out to me about his particular question.

Odd behavior coming from a guy that trashed me.

Anyway, I answered his questions and gave him some pointers.

Felt good giving him advice. But also felt pretty bad too.

Time to forget it I suppose.

I've been tagged. 5 things you don't know about me.

Well Jeff Pulver started this [sick] game and now we are all playing. Fun and pretty geeky stuff.

Howard tagged me yesterday. Here are 5 things you probably don't know about me.

1. I was a brown belt in tae kwon do by my senior high year in high school. then i goofed off and never earned my black belt.

2. i played in a rock band in college. i played bass.

3. i have this man bag

4. Briefs .not boxers.

5. i voted for a republican president once.

I tag Santo, Nabeel, Brad,  Josh and Jason. Have fun guys :-)

Just call me peter parker.

Saw this on Om's personal blog. Fun stuff. 

Om wanted to be Spiderman. I was hoping for superman....

My results:

You are Spider-Man

Spider-Man 80% The Flash 75% Superman 70% Robin 65% Green Lantern 60% Iron Man 60% Wonder Woman 45% Supergirl 45% Hulk 40% Batman 35% Catwoman 25%

You are intelligent, witty, a bit geeky and have great power and responsibility.

Click here to take the Superhero Personality Quiz

City by the Bay.

I just landed in SF tonight. I'm here for meetings tomorrow and then off to Denver tomorrow night.

It's a typical winter day in SF. Chilly, wet and clouds everywhere.

It's good to be back :-)

Focus: easier said than done.

I really enjoy reading Mark Cuban's blog. And while I have disagreed with him in the past I typically find him spot on.

His recent post is excellent. He shares his personal experiences and lessons. His three rules are great.

1. Everyone is a genius in a bullmarket
2. Win the battles you are in before you take on new battles
3. You can drown in opportunity

Check out the full post here.

Good lessons for entrepreneurs and VCs alike. I think it's also helpful for ones own personal life too :-)

Diet Coke Symphony

My friend Reiko just told me about this. Wow.

First snowfall.

This is snow falling in our backyard. It's only October.

I'm depressed.

Joining the blog party

I've been keeping an online photo gallery of my family and friends since 1999 with the birth of our first daughter Sophia. It's become a personal journal to me and my family. I'm pretty late to the party but I thought I would try out blogging to extend my personal journal (or journey?). I'm going to try this for 30 days and see how well it works out. If it's too hard I'll go back to the plain vanilla photo gallery :-)

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